Rebel Safe vs The Winbox
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.
The Winbox
This app connects users with mentors and digital support like tutoring. It helps users share their passions, set goals, and collaborate with their community on opportunities to achieve success together.
- Near-peer mentorship
- Digital support and tutoring
- Share passions with Sparks
- Chart goals with Plans
- Personalized opportunities
- Community collaboration
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- Access Near-Peer Mentors and other Digital Supports like Tutoring, Anytime, Anywhere - Empower others to understand your passions and what drives you with Sparks - Chart your course and keep track of your goals with Plans - Connect your Sparks to Plans to share the "Heart Behind your Hustle" - Receive Personalized Opportunities from the people who are in your corner - Collaborate on the pursuit of Opportunities and Plans with your Community to Win Together
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rebel Safe at 100% against The Winbox's 45%. Rebel Safe also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). The Winbox's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (74 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 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Winbox has 74 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 45% of The Winbox's.
Rebel Safe ships an update every 33 months, The Winbox weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rebel Safe | The Winbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | 2.7 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Student Success Agency |
Customer experience
Rebel Safe
The Winbox
In-app purchases
Rebel Safe
No in-app purchases
The Winbox
No in-app purchases
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