UIC SAFE vs HistoLogic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UIC SAFE
This official campus safety app connects students, faculty, and staff to university security systems. It offers real-time location sharing, emergency alerts, and direct communication with campus police for enhanced safety.
- Emergency call button
- Real-time location sharing with friends
- Instant safety notifications and alerts
- Live chat with campus police
- Anonymous tip reporting
- Emergency preparedness guidance
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UIC SAFE is the official safety app of University of Illinois at Chicago. It is the only app that integrates with UIC's safety and security systems. The Office of Preparedness and Response, along with the Office of Public and Government Affairs, and the UIC Police Department, have worked to develop a new mobile application that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. The new app is just one part of a number of strategies being implemented to enhance public safety and emergency preparedness on- and off-campus. The apps user-friendly interface allows users to easily connect and share their location with family and friends in real-time as they walk and report information to UIC Police, anonymously if needed. UIC SAFE features include: -Emergency call button: contact UIC Police quickly for help in an emergency. -Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend, who can watch you walk home in real-time. -Safety notifications: receive instant notifications, emergency UIC ALERTs, and instructions when on-campus emergencies occur. -Chat with UIC Police: Communicate live with a UIC Police officer via chat. -Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the UIC area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern. -Tip Reporting: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to UIC Police. -Emergency Preparedness Protractive Measures: Learn what to do in case of an emergency. -Campus safety resources: access all important safety resources and student and employee services. Download today and ensure that you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.
HistoLogic
Learn tissue microscopy with high-quality images and detailed descriptions. Test your knowledge with multiple-choice quizzes in various game modes, including timed challenges and high-difficulty tests.
- Hundreds of histology images
- Low and high magnification toggling
- Detailed cell and tissue outlines
- Explore mode for organ examination
- Time Trial quiz mode
- Hot Streak challenging mode
- Randomized question order
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HistoLogic is a free study resource for people trying to learn tissue microscopy. It was designed for students in graduate medical education programs. Users of the app gain access to hundreds of high-quality images and helpful descriptions of the important cells, tissues, and structures in multiple organ systems created by faculty at University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. Explore mode allows students to learn about cells in different organs and their functions in the body. Toggle between low and high magnification images of each organ. Specialized cells are clearly highlighted, and the underlying text describes their appearance and role. The app also contains Time Trial mode with multiple choice questions at escalating difficulty levels. There are over 350 different questions to test your knowledge across multiple organ systems. The Time Trial questions challenge you to beat your old score with each login. The question order is randomized with each gaming session, and the app adapts to your previous play through. True histology pros can test their skill in Hot Streak mode. This mode forces you to answer all 90 questions for an organ system in a single sitting. One wrong answer boots you back to the beginning and resets the question order. Can you make it all the way to the end? Features: • View hundreds of histology images across multiple organ systems. • Toggle between high quality images at low and high-power magnification. • View hand-drawn outlines for important cells, tissues, and structures. • Examine organs and learn their important histological features with Explore mode. • Review histology questions in Time Trial mode with three difficulty settings. • Strain your brain to answer all 90 questions per organ system in a single run of Hot Streak. • Enjoy endless replays as questions order is randomized for each session. • Detailed rationale for each question is clearly described in case you answer incorrectly. • Randomization adapts to your scores; previously missed items are prioritized in later game sessions. • Additional organ systems to come.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HistoLogic at 100% against UIC SAFE's 36%. HistoLogic also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). UIC SAFE's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 5). 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.
HistoLogic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of UIC SAFE's written reviews are positive against 100% of HistoLogic's.
UIC SAFE ships an update every 4 months, HistoLogic every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UIC SAFE | HistoLogic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | University of Illinois at Chicago | OSF Healthcare System |
Customer experience
UIC SAFE
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In-app purchases
UIC SAFE
No in-app purchases
HistoLogic
No in-app purchases









