SGU Safe vs Elsevier eBooks+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SGU Safe
This app enhances safety for students, faculty, and staff on a university campus. It provides real-time location sharing for emergencies, direct reporting of concerns, and instant safety alerts. Access campus security resources and emergency plans all in one place.
- Real-time location sharing for emergencies
- Friend Walk location sharing
- Direct tip reporting to security
- Instant safety notifications
- Emergency preparedness plans
- Live chat with security staff
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SGU Safe is the official safety app of St. George’s University. It is the only app that integrates with St. George’s University's safety and security systems. Campus Security has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the St. George’s University campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. SGU Safe features include: - Mobile Bluelight: Send your location to St. George’s University security in real-time in case of a crisis - Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend, who can watch you walk home in real-time. - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the St. George’s University area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Tip Reporting: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to St. George’s University security. - Safety notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from campus safety when on-campus emergencies occur. - Emergency Plans: Learn what to do in case of an emergency - Chat with Security: Communicate live with safety staff at St. George’s University 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.
Elsevier eBooks+
Access your medical textbooks offline and enhance your learning with tools for note-taking, highlighting, and flashcard creation. Sync your progress and annotations across devices for a seamless study experience.
- Offline book access
- Note-taking and highlighting
- Flashcard creation
- Cross-device syncing
- In-book search
- Figure viewing and zooming
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The Elsevier eBooks+ Bookshelf companion app provides on and offline access to the books in your eBooks+ account on the Content Library page. Enhance your reading experience with tools designed to build and improve your medical knowledge; making and sharing notes, highlighting key text, and creating flashcards. Elsevier eBooks Features: • Download books to your iOS device for easy online or offline reading. • Simple, user-friendly navigation and a clean reading experience. • Search inside your current book or across your full library. • Select text to create notes or highlights from your mobile device. • Tap to open figures, view captions, and pinch to zoom. • Sync your bookmarks, last page read, and all of your notes and highlights between your iOS device and our desktop or web-based eBooks+ apps. Requirements: • Elsevier eBooks+ account • One or more books available in your eBooks+ Bookshelf account • iOS 17+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SGU Safe at 100% against Elsevier eBooks+'s 43%. SGU Safe also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). Elsevier eBooks+'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Elsevier eBooks+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elsevier eBooks+ has 1.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of SGU Safe's written reviews are positive against 43% of Elsevier eBooks+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SGU Safe ships an update every 13 months, Elsevier eBooks+ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SGU Safe | Elsevier eBooks+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University Support Services, LLC | Elsevier Inc. |
Customer experience
SGU Safe
Elsevier eBooks+
Bugs and requests
SGU Safe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Elsevier eBooks+
Reported bugs
5 issues- Figures placed at the end of chapters
- Search function only works for single words
- Inability to clear search history
- Freezing and crashing issues
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
8 requests- More highlighting and note-taking options
- Ability to write, draw, or paste images on pages
- Separate flashcard option integration with Anki/Quizlet
- More font size options
- Streamlined text selection for voiceover
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- Page turning instead of scrolling
- Ability to write on pages
- Interactive features
In-app purchases
SGU Safe
No in-app purchases
Elsevier eBooks+
No in-app purchases
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