Bruins Safe vs Campuswire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bruins Safe
This official campus safety app provides instant alerts and direct access to emergency resources for UCLA students. It ensures users are prepared for on-campus emergencies with quick contact options and essential safety information.
- Safety notifications for emergencies
- Instant contact with campus safety
- Access to campus safety resources
- Official UCLA safety app
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Bruins Safe is an essential tool to enhance your safety at UCLA. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. Bruins Safe is the official mobile safety app of UCLA. Bruins Safe benefits include: - Safety notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from campus safety when on-campus emergencies occur. - Emergency help: contact campus safety staff quickly for help in an emergency. - Campus safety resources: access all important safety resources in one convenient app. Download today and ensure that you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.
Campuswire
This tool simplifies class discussions, Q&A, and announcements for college courses. It provides an easy-to-use platform for students and instructors to engage with course material and each other.
- Class discussions
- Q&A functionality
- Announcements
- Simplified communication
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Campuswire is the tool for college classes that makes class discussions, Q&A and announcements extremely simple.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Campuswire at monthly against Bruins Safe's every 54 months. Campuswire also leads on ratings volume (67 vs 5) and review sentiment (10% vs 0%). Bruins Safe's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for Bruins Safe against 2.5 for Campuswire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Campuswire has 67 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Bruins Safe's written reviews are positive against 10% of Campuswire's.
Bruins Safe ships an update every 54 months, Campuswire monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bruins Safe | Campuswire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) — better | 2.5 (67 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 9.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 67 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 54 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of California, Los Angeles | CampusTech, Inc. |
Customer experience
Bruins Safe
Campuswire
In-app purchases
Bruins Safe
No in-app purchases
Campuswire
No in-app purchases
