Comparison

InitialView vs UC Berkeley Safety

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

InitialView

This platform provides live, unscripted interviews for academic program admissions. It helps assess applicants' English ability and interpersonal skills for boarding schools, undergraduate, and graduate programs worldwide. The service offers admission officers assurance through its proprietary interview technology.

Highlights
  • Live, unscripted interviews
  • English ability assessment
  • Interpersonal skills evaluation
  • Proprietary interview platform
  • Global admissions support
  • Admission officer assurance
Features
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For InitialView Students and Schools' Admission Officers' Use. InitialView was founded in Beijing, China in 2009, and in a short time it has become a world leader in interview services, having provided interviews to thousands of applicants to top academic programs. We provide live, unscripted interviews which are then uploaded to our proprietary interview platform. Our proprietary platform allows viewers to, within seconds, determine the interviewee’s English ability and interpersonal skills. Our technology is currently patent-pending in both the U.S. and China. Our interviews have been a part of more than 40,000 applications reviewed by over 200 boarding school, undergraduate, and graduate programs. We have interviewed applicants in over 50 countries. We are able to provide admission officers a level of assurance about our interviews, processes and operations in China in a way that is unmatched by others in international education.

About

UC Berkeley Safety

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UC Berkeley Safety is the official safety app of University of California, Berkeley. It is the only app that integrates with UC Berkeley's safety and security systems. The University of California Police Department (UCPD) has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the UC Berkeley campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. UC Berkeley Safety App features include: - Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend through email or SMS on your device. Once the friend accepts the Friend Walk request, the user picks their destination and their friend tracks their location in real time; they can keep an eye on them to make sure they make it safely to their destination. - Mobile Panic: Send your location to UCPD in real-time in case of a crisis - Anonymous Tip: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to UCPD. - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the UC Berkeley area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - SafeWalk / Night Shuttle: UC Berkeley offers comprehensive free night safety services made up of Safewalk escort, night shuttle buses, and a door-to-door service. The time of day determines what services are available. - Emergency Procedures: Campus emergency documentation that can prepare you for disasters or emergencies. This can be accessed even when users aren’t connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. - Preparedness Resources: Access emergency resources in one convenient app to enjoy a successful experience at UC Berkeley. - Campus Maps: Navigate around the UC Berkeley area. - Safety Toolbox: Enhance your safety with the set of tools provided in one convenient app. - Notification History: Find previous Push Notifications for this app with the date and time. - I’m OK!: Send your location and a message indicating that “You’re OK” to a recipient of your choosing. - Safety Notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from UC Berkeley safety when on-campus emergencies occur. Download today to ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.

Screenshots

InitialView4 screens
UC Berkeley Safety4 screens

Verdict

The call

InitialView and UC Berkeley Safety are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
InitialView versus UC Berkeley Safety: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInitialViewUC Berkeley Safety
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTerry CrawfordUniversity of California, Berkeley

In-app purchases

None

InitialView

No in-app purchases

None

UC Berkeley Safety

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is InitialView free?
InitialView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UC Berkeley Safety free?
UC Berkeley Safety is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do InitialView or UC Berkeley Safety have ads?
Neither InitialView nor UC Berkeley Safety shows ads.

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