ITEA Mobile vs SaferCar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ITEA Mobile
This app provides members of the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association with a centralized resource for trucking laws, regulations, and standards of practice. It helps users navigate complex state and federal trucking policies and procedures.
- Access trucking laws and regulations
- Standards of practice for enforcement
- Federal regulations information
- Case law references
- Fine calculation tools
- Centralized member resource
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The laws that regulate trucking in Illinois are complicated and extensive, which leads to enforcement that is not uniform across local boundaries. It is the goal of the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association to create standards of practice that correctly interpret the law while providing a baseline for consistent enforcement across jurisdictions. The ITEA Mobile app offers its members a single location to access these standards of practice and serves as a central resource for everything from federal regulations to case law to fine calculation. As a non-governmental organization, the ITEA partners with state and national agencies to ensure its members have the information they need to navigate the differing policies and procedures of hundreds of municipalities and counties throughout the State of Illinois. Members may simply log in using their ITEA username and password to instantly gain access. To become a member or learn more about the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, visit illinoistruckcops.org. DISCLAIMER: The Illinois Truck Enforcement Association is a non-profit charitable organization unaffiliated with the State of Illinois. ITEA Mobile is for information purposes only and does not provide legal or law enforcement advice. Users of ITEA Mobile are encouraged to verify information with the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
SaferCar
Stay informed about automotive safety recalls directly from the official source. Enter your vehicle's VIN or details about tires and car seats to receive background notifications for any safety recalls affecting your owned equipment. Access NHTSA's 5-Star Safety Ratings and car seat tools.
- Vehicle recall notifications
- VIN entry for multiple vehicles
- Recall alerts for tires and car seats
- NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings
- Car seat installation tools
- Background operation for alerts
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SaferCar is your connection to automotive safety recall information directly from the official source—the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Every year, NHTSA manages millions of recalls affecting vehicles, tires, car seats and related equipment. SaferCar will notify you about any safety recalls affecting your vehicle or equipment as long as you leave it running in the background. With the SaferCar app, you can: • Enter a vehicle identification number (VIN) for as many vehicles as you own. Your virtual garage will accept VINs for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs, motorcycles and more. • Enter any related automotive products you own that could be subject to safety recalls, like tires, car seats and trailers. • Opt-in to receive notifications on your mobile device for each of the vehicles and products you’ve entered. • Know you’ll be better informed should any recall impact your vehicle or related equipment. • Check out NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings, and our online car seat tools that help you find the right seat, understand ease-of-use and check to make sure it’s installed correctly. • Know that NHTSA will never store or share your user data. To protect your privacy, NHTSA doesn’t store your device or VIN information on a server in order to send you a notification when a new recall is issued. This means SaferCar needs to run in the background so it can check for recall updates periodically from your device. If you force quit SaferCar, immediately reopen the app. From Apple: You should force an app to close only if it’s unresponsive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ITEA Mobile at 100% against SaferCar's 21%. ITEA Mobile also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9). SaferCar's advantage is ratings volume (114 vs 9) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). 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.
ITEA Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SaferCar has 114 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ITEA Mobile's written reviews are positive against 21% of SaferCar's.
ITEA Mobile ships an update every 3 months, SaferCar every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ITEA Mobile | SaferCar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 2.9 (114 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 114 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Authoritek, LLC | NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION |
Customer experience
ITEA Mobile
SaferCar
Bugs and requests
ITEA Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SaferCar
Reported bugs
58 issues- VIN Lookup Error
- App crashes on opening
- App freezes after prompts
- App won't open with iOS 14
- App flickers and disappears
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- Initial load stuck on 'what's new' pop-up
- App crashes repeatedly
- App won't launch
- App instantly closes
- VIN entry fail is persistent
- Cannot scan VIN
- Too many characters in VIN message
- VIN already in use error
- Recall details not accessible by tapping
- App shows incorrect vehicle year
- Search tool broken, fixed list only
- Cannot add second car
- VIN not recognized
- Models not available
- Cannot find VIN entry option
- App doesn't work after iOS 14 update
- App crashes when trying to launch
- App stops working with iOS 14
- App crashes upon launch
- Database not up to date
- VIN not recognized for motorcycle
- Cannot add vehicles or devices
- Home icon doesn't direct to home page
- App doesn't take VINs
- VIN lookup fails every time
- Backend problem prevents VIN submission
- Cannot add older vehicles
- VIN entry fails
- App doesn't find truck
- App can't find any vehicles from VIN search
- App cannot find camper van VIN
- App crashes on opening
- App doesn't work
- App crashes repeatedly
- App won't open
- App crashes when trying to launch
- App crashes
- App doesn't work after iOS 14 update
- App crashes when trying to launch
- App stops working with iOS 14
- App crashes upon launch
- Database not up to date
- VIN not recognized for motorcycle
- Cannot add vehicles or devices
- Home icon doesn't direct to home page
- App doesn't take VINs
- VIN lookup fails every time
- Backend problem prevents VIN submission
- Cannot add older vehicles
- VIN entry fails
- App doesn't find truck
- App can't find any vehicles from VIN search
- App cannot find camper van VIN
Requested features
12 requests- Allow searching for any vehicle recalls, not just owned ones
- Remove vehicle tracking limit
- Allow users to write notes for vehicles
- Adjust notification times
- Improve VIN barcode auto-identification
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- Allow VIN identification from cropped photos
- Improve contrast and placement of 'add vehicle' button
- Add a 'My Garage' section that doesn't replace the home screen
- Allow adding more than one vehicle
- Enable VIN pasting
- Server-side recall checking for privacy
- Allow users to search for any vehicle recalls, not just owned ones
In-app purchases
ITEA Mobile
No in-app purchases
SaferCar
No in-app purchases









