Berico vs Secure Volunteer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Berico
This app provides 24/7 access to manage your residential heating fuels and HVAC services. It offers information on propane, heating oil, kerosene, and diesel, along with HVAC service and efficiency evaluations.
- 24/7 account access
- Heating fuel information
- HVAC service details
- Efficiency evaluations
- Product information
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Berico has provided residential heating fuels and HVAC service throughout Greensboro, Eden, and Burlington since 1924. We offer propane, home heating oil, kerosene, diesel fuel, gasoline, and lubricant products. Furthermore, Gateco Oil Co., Berico’s wholesale fuel company, distributes heating oil, kerosene, gasoline, and diesel fuel for all of our commercial customers throughout the triad. In addition to fuels, Berico maintains a strong HVAC – heating and air conditioning service department, servicing all types of equipment; from oil furnaces & boilers, air conditioners, electric heat pumps, and more. The heating and air conditioning department is also fully equipped to evaluate your home’s heating & cooling efficiencies, ultimately to recommend, proper repairs, service plans and/or new unit installs.
Secure Volunteer
Easily access and display your volunteer ID cards digitally. Search for your card using provided details or a unique code. Avoid the need for printed cards at volunteer opportunities.
- Digital volunteer ID cards
- Search by details or code
- No printed cards needed
- Access for various organizations
- Secure background check integration
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Description: Easily access and display your volunteer cards issued by the Secure Volunteer platform, powered by BIB! This app helps volunteers download and display volunteer ID cards, all without the need to bring along anything printed to volunteer opportunities. Simply search for your card using the details previously provided to your volunteer organization or use a unique Do Good Code, emailed out once your background screen is completed. Thousands of volunteer organizations such as Non-Profits, Schools, Parks and Recreation, Ministries, Healthcare, and other organizations trust Secure Volunteer to provide a better and easier background check for their organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Berico at 4.7 against Secure Volunteer's 2.0. Secure Volunteer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). 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.
Berico holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secure Volunteer has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Berico ships an update every 6 months, Secure Volunteer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Berico | Secure Volunteer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Destwin LLC | Background Investigation Bureau, LLC |
Customer experience
Berico
Secure Volunteer
In-app purchases
Berico
No in-app purchases
Secure Volunteer
No in-app purchases
