Verkada Command vs AE SAFE+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Verkada Command
Access all your cloud-based security cameras and footage from a single interface. Quickly filter and track individuals across your organization's cameras with advanced technology. This app puts the future of enterprise security in your hands.
- Single view for all cameras
- Cloud-based footage history
- Individual filtering and tracking
- Cross-camera tracking
- Enterprise security management
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With the Verkada mobile app, you can access all your Verkada cameras in a single view, and your entire cloud-based footage history is just a swipe away. With industry-redefining tech, Verkada enables you to quickly filter and identify individuals, and track them across your organization’s cameras. The future of enterprise security is in your hands.
AE SAFE+
Provides critical real-time information to emergency responders during incidents, including building floor plans, occupant safety status, and threat locations. It aims to bridge the communication gap and eliminate the "Big Black Hole" of information responders often face.
- Building floor plans and campus maps
- Occupant safety status tracking
- Threat location identification
- Real-time communication for responders
- Personnel location within buildings
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When a critical incident occurs, Responders have no insights into what is happening within a building. Where are the building floor plans or campus maps? Are all occupants safe, unsafe, and do they need medical attention? Are students safe and accounted for? Where is the threat located? Where are your people in the building? Little or no communication happens with responders. Radio signals are usually weak. This lack of information dilemma is commonly referred to as the Big Black Hole by responders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: AE SAFE+ at free against Verkada Command's paid. AE SAFE+ also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Verkada Command's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (233 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Verkada Command holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Verkada Command has 233 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Verkada Command | AE SAFE+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (233 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 233 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 544 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Verkada Inc. | Audio Enhancement |
Customer experience
Verkada Command
AE SAFE+
Bugs and requests
Verkada Command
Reported bugs
24 issues- Unable to login after update
- Cameras don't update in real-time
- App freezes and is tough to scroll
- Eliminated live streaming in grid view
- Screen bounces around, unclear video
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- App will not open most of the time
- Livestream from grid view goes black
- Extremely slow/unusable to look back at footage
- Login issues with authentication code verification button off-screen
- Lost ability to remotely unlock doors on iPhones
- Verify button behind Dynamic Island for 2FA
- No field popping up to enter login info
- Unable to switch between organizations without logging out/in
- App freezes iPhone, locks screen, prevents calls
- Constantly signed out
- Prompted with multiple credential screens, email link not needed
- Phone freezing when switching between cameras
- Repeatedly asking to enable notifications
- iPhone app unusable, freezes on attempted action
- Face ID not working after updates, requires username/password
- App keeps logging out
- Full screen on iPad broken after update
- No 2FA in the app
- Scan code crashes
Requested features
11 requests- Add Schedule function to mobile app
- Ability to toggle cameras to follow person of interest on mobile
- Add Grid view as per browser
- Manage admin settings (access control) from app
- Separate Verkada Admin application
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- Add Apple Watch app
- Add Face ID for security
- Add social SSO options
- Swipe left/right to view different cameras at a site
- Add new cameras by scanning QR code from app
- Add new sites from app
AE SAFE+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Verkada Command
No in-app purchases
AE SAFE+
No in-app purchases
