Comparison

USF SAFE vs Speakate

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

USF SAFE

This app provides students, faculty, and staff with enhanced safety features for the University of South Florida campus. It offers real-time location sharing, emergency contact access, and safety alerts to ensure preparedness during campus emergencies.

Highlights
  • Mobile Bluelight for real-time location sharing
  • Friend Walk location sharing with trusted contacts
  • Direct emergency and non-emergency contact options
  • Anonymous safety and security tip reporting
  • Instant safety notifications and instructions
  • Emergency preparedness plans and resources
Features
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USF SAFE is the official safety app of University of South Florida. It is the only app that integrates with University of South Florida's safety and security systems. USFPD, in partnership with USF Emergency Management and USF Information Technologies, has worked, to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the University of South Florida campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. USF SAFE features include: - Mobile Bluelight: Send your location to University of South Florida 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 University of South Florida area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Tip Reporting: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to University of South Florida 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 - 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.

About

Speakate

Features
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Speakate is a daily voice practice. One short session a day, already chosen for you, to build a steadier, clearer, more confident speaking voice. Most voice advice is a pile of tips you never act on. Speakate gives you one thing at a time: today's session, four to eight minutes, then you close the app. WHAT YOU PRACTICE Seven core modules, in the order a coach would teach them: - Breath Control - the engine. Everything else sits on top of this. - Relaxation and Resonance - let the body go, then find where the voice rings. - Pausing and Pacing - slow down, and let a silence do the work. - Articulation - crisp edges. Every word arrives whole. - Volume and Projection - louder from support, never from the throat. - Pitch Variety and Tonal Control - kill the monotone and control the tone. - Real-World Speaking - take it into calls, meetings and conversations. Repetition is the method. You do the same small set of drills every day for a week or two before the next module opens, because that is how a voice actually changes. BUILT AROUND YOUR VOICE Tell Speakate what trips you up and the modules reorder so yours comes earlier. Thirteen optional modules, such as Filler Words, Vocal Fry and Clear Endings, and Resonance and Depth, are added only when your answers or your voice test point to them. Nothing is locked. THE VOICE TEST Answer four questions and talk for 20 seconds. Speakate measures your pitch, pace, energy and control, gives you a voice type, and uses the result to shape your plan. SOUND MODE Follow the day's session by ear. Spoken instructions keep playing with the screen locked. THEN AND NOW At the start you record two short takes. Later you record them again and play the two side by side, so you can hear your own change. BUILT TO KEEP YOU GOING Streaks, points and milestones for the days you show up. One session at a time, so you are never staring at a long list. VOICE NUDGES Optional reminders through the day, each a different tip. "Start the first sentence lower." "Pause instead of saying um." Off until you turn them on. YOUR PRIVACY Takes you keep for playback are saved on your phone. A few features need to count your words: the pace checks, the filler count and the voice test. For those, the take is sent securely to be transcribed and is not stored. The microphone runs only while you are recording or in a live drill, never in the background. No advertising, no third-party trackers, nothing sold. What syncs is your practice log and results, so your streak follows you to a new phone.

Screenshots

USF SAFE4 screens
Speakate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Speakate at every 9 days against USF SAFE's every 45 months. USF SAFE's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

USF SAFE ships an update every 45 months, Speakate every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
USF SAFE versus Speakate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUSF SAFESpeakate
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 45 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversity of South FloridaRafael Hernandez Vantuyl

In-app purchases

None

USF SAFE

No in-app purchases

None

Speakate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is USF SAFE free?
USF SAFE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Speakate free?
Speakate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do USF SAFE or Speakate have ads?
Neither USF SAFE nor Speakate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, USF SAFE or Speakate?
USF SAFE ships an update every 45 months, and Speakate every 9 days. Most recently, USF SAFE was updated on October 21, 2026 and Speakate on October 24, 2026.

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