NCIS Tips vs CGIS TIPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NCIS Tips
This app offers a secure and anonymous channel for citizens to report criminal activity. It supports the investigative and protective mission of the federal law enforcement agency for the Navy and Marine Corps.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Secure reporting channel
- Supports law enforcement investigations
- Protects Navy and Marine Corps interests
- Investigates felony crime and terrorism
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NCIS Tips provides citizens with a safe and anonymous way to report a crime. NCIS is the civilian federal law enforcement agency uniquely responsible for investigating felony crime, preventing terrorism and protecting secrets for the Navy and Marine Corps. NCIS will defeat threats across the foreign intelligence, terrorist and criminal spectrum by conducting operations and investigations ashore, afloat, and in cyberspace, in order to protect and preserve the superiority of the Navy and Marine Corps warfighters.
CGIS TIPS
This app offers a secure and anonymous channel for citizens to report crimes to the Coast Guard Investigative Service. It supports the mission of investigating felony crimes and protecting U.S. Coast Guard personnel and assets worldwide through objective investigations.
- Anonymous crime reporting
- Supports CGIS investigations
- Protects Coast Guard personnel
- Worldwide asset protection
- Objective investigations
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CGIS Tips provides citizens with a safe and anonymous way to report a crime. The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) is the criminal investigative arm of the U.S. Coast Guard responsible for investigating felony crime. The mission of CGIS is to support and protect U.S. Coast Guard personnel, operations, integrity, and assets worldwide. CGIS defeats criminal threats through objective and independent investigations.
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Verdict
NCIS Tips and CGIS TIPS are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
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 — 5.0 for NCIS Tips against 5.0 for CGIS TIPS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.
NCIS Tips ships an update every 103 months, CGIS TIPS every 77 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NCIS Tips | CGIS TIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 103 months | Every 77 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naval Criminal Investigative Service | United States Coast Guard Investigative Service |
Customer experience
NCIS Tips
CGIS TIPS
In-app purchases
NCIS Tips
No in-app purchases
CGIS TIPS
No in-app purchases
