Rebel Safe vs CCSD Onboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rebel Safe
This app provides students, faculty, and staff with enhanced safety on campus. It offers direct reporting to security, emergency contact access, real-time location sharing, and instant safety alerts.
- Report safety concerns to UNLV security
- Access emergency and non-emergency contacts
- Share real-time location with friends
- Receive instant campus safety notifications
- Live chat with UNLV safety staff
- Convenient access to campus safety resources
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RebelSAFE is the official safety app of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It is the only app that integrates with UNLV's safety and security systems. Police Services has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. RebelSAFE features include: - Report a Tip: Report a safety/security concern directly to UNLV security. - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the UNLV area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Friend Walk: Send your location in real-time to a friend so they can watch you as you walk to your destination! - Safety notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from campus safety when on-campus emergencies occur. - Chat with Security: Communicate live with safety staff at UNLV via chat. - 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.
CCSD Onboard
Track your school bus in real-time from your home or school. This app provides students, parents, and guardians with quality communication and service for timely bus pickups.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Bus stop notifications
- Home and school pickup tracking
- Student-parent communication
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This app was designed by students for students of the Clark County School District. Users will be able to track their school bus in real time; while they prepare to be picked up at their bus stop, home and/or school. It is our goal to provide quality communication and service to Clark County School District students, parents and guardians. Access to your education is important to us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rebel Safe at 100% against CCSD Onboard's 16%. Rebel Safe also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.0). CCSD Onboard's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (176 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Rebel Safe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CCSD Onboard has 176 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Rebel Safe's written reviews are positive against 16% of CCSD Onboard's.
Rebel Safe ships an update every 33 months, CCSD Onboard monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Rebel Safe | CCSD Onboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | 2.0 (176 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 16.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 176 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Clark County School District - Transportation Dept. |
Customer experience
Rebel Safe
CCSD Onboard
Bugs and requests
Rebel Safe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CCSD Onboard
Reported bugs
49 issues- App only works 20-25% of the time
- Bus location inaccurate
- Bus times inaccurate
- App is awfully slow
- Bus location not live
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- App tracking wrong bus
- Bus tracking not showing up
- App signed out unexpectedly
- Cannot sign back in
- Confusing error messages
- App says bus is one stop away but daughter waited 40 minutes
- App says waiting to identify bus
- App is always buffering or can't find bus
- App pauses frequently
- App doesn't work on mobile data
- App kicks user out
- App not connected to server
- App stuck on waiting to identify bus
- Tracking rarely updates
- Latency of 30-120 seconds
- App doesn't run in background
- Bus appears on map after it has gone
- App doesn't show bus until it's gone
- App kicks user out due to not being connected to a server
- App doesn't update
- App says nothing at all
- Date is incorrect
- Cannot change date to correct date
- App fails to pick up child
- App doesn't detect bus location
- App goes blank to a gray screen after sign-in attempt
- App constantly waiting for bus GPS
- App didn't update for 20 minutes
- App won't detect bus location
- Blank white screen when logging in
- Stuck in the gray area after trying to sign in
- Have to exit and re-enter bus schedule for updated location
- App shows ETA of 20 minutes when bus is around the corner
- App freezes during registration
- App freezes during login
- App doesn't work most of the time
- App won't pull current bus, only day before
- App says waiting on GPS data
- App doesn't automatically update moving bus
- App says bus is on other side of town but it's outside
- Student ID is invalid
- Email address is invalid
- 502 Web server error during registration
- Information is invalid for student being added
Requested features
11 requests- Fix the app
- Improve bus tracking accuracy
- Ensure real-time tracking
- Fix login/registration issues
- Improve app performance
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- Allow students to be alerted when bus is within proximity
- Allow users to adjust proximity alert range
- Fix mobile data issue
- Update the app
- Offer dark mode
- Improve UX design
In-app purchases
Rebel Safe
No in-app purchases
CCSD Onboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Rebel Safe free?
Is CCSD Onboard free?
Which has better reviews, Rebel Safe or CCSD Onboard?
Do Rebel Safe or CCSD Onboard have ads?
Which is updated more often, Rebel Safe or CCSD Onboard?
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