MyFW vs DBUShield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyFW
This app facilitates community engagement and collaboration. It allows residents to work together to foster a stronger, more connected city.
- Community building
- Resident collaboration
- City engagement
- Strengthen community ties
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MyFW - Working together to build a strong community.
DBUShield
This app enhances campus safety by allowing users to submit anonymous tips, activate emergency alerts, and access campus safety resources. It provides real-time updates on campus safety maps and allows for setting safety timers.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Emergency alert activation
- Campus Safety Map updates
- Safety timer settings
- Access to campus resources
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Help protect Dallas Baptist University and stay safe by submitting Anonymous Tips, activating the Emergency Slider, viewing updates to the campus Safety Map, Setting Safety Timers and reviewing Campus materials via the Resources folder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MyFW at every 5 weeks against DBUShield's every 8 months. DBUShield's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for MyFW against 3.9 for DBUShield. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 16 respectively.
MyFW ships an update every 5 weeks, DBUShield every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | MyFW | DBUShield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (33 ratings) — better | 3.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Fort Worth, Texas | Dallas Baptist University |
Customer experience
MyFW
DBUShield
In-app purchases
MyFW
No in-app purchases
DBUShield
No in-app purchases
