Safe Dog vs G Safe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Safe Dog
This app allows users to quickly contact university safety forces and report suspicious activity with messages, photos, and videos. It also features a peer-to-peer safety network for friends and family to track your location.
- Contact university safety forces
- Send crime tips with media
- FriendWatch location tracking
- Peer-to-peer safety network
- Report suspicious behavior
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Use the Safe Dog application to quickly and easily contact university safety forces. Safe Dog also allows you to: -Send messages, photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to university safety forces. -Use the FriendWatch feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Friend Watch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -And more. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
G Safe
Enhance campus safety with tools like a panic button, tip submission, and a safety timer. This app provides an extra layer of security for your university experience.
- Panic Slider
- Submit Tips
- Safety Timer
- Campus Protection
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Use G Safe to add an additional layer of protection to your campus experience by utilizing tools such as: Panic Slider, Submit Tips and Safety Timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Safe Dog at every 2 months against G Safe's every 11 months. 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 — 4.7 for Safe Dog against 4.8 for G Safe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 19 respectively.
Safe Dog ships an update every 2 months, G Safe every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Safe Dog | G Safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Louisiana Tech University | Grambling State University |
Customer experience
Safe Dog
G Safe
In-app purchases
Safe Dog
No in-app purchases
G Safe
No in-app purchases
