Comparison

Bookshare Reader vs LAB SAFE

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

Head to head
About

Bookshare Reader

Access a vast library of ebooks designed for individuals with reading barriers. Enjoy high-quality audio narration and customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, colors, and speeds. Continue reading seamlessly from where you left off.

Highlights
  • Access millions of ebooks
  • High-quality audio narration
  • Customizable reading experience
  • Adjustable font size and colors
  • Follow along with highlighted text
  • Offline reading
Features
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Get the official Bookshare Reader app. Access millions of ebooks from Bookshare, the world's largest library of ebooks for people with reading barriers like dyslexia, blindness, low vision, and physical disabilities. Listen to books in high quality audio and customize your reading experience in ways that work for you. Read bestsellers, new releases, textbooks and educational books, children’s books, young adult, mysteries, biographies, and more. Read your way with these customizable features: • Listen to books in high quality audio • Adjust reading speed, font size, and colors • Follow along with highlighted text • Navigate by page and chapter • Stop reading and pick up from your last spot • Download books and read offline To use Bookshare Reader, you must have a Bookshare membership. Learn more by visiting the Bookshare website.

About

LAB SAFE

This safety app provides students, faculty, and staff with enhanced campus security. It offers emergency contacts, real-time location sharing, campus maps, and emergency protocols. Receive instant safety alerts and instructions during on-campus emergencies.

Highlights
  • Emergency contacts
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Friend Walk safety feature
  • Campus and transit maps
  • Offline emergency protocols
  • Instant safety notifications
Features
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LAB SAFE is the official safety app of University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. It is the only app that integrates with University of Chicago Laboratory Schools's safety and security systems. Safety and Security has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. LAB SAFE features include: - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - University Mobile Blue Light : Send your location to University of Chicago security in real-time in case of a crisis - Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend through email or SMS on your device. Once the friend accepts the Friend Walk request, the user picks their destination and their friend tracks their location in real time; they can keep an eye on them to make sure they make it safely to their destination. - Campus Maps - Campus Map: Navigate around the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools area. - Transit Map: Find transit routes currently in service. - Emergency Protocols: Campus emergency documentation that can prepare you for disasters or emergencies. This can be accessed even when users aren’t connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. - Safety Notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from University of Chicago Laboratory Schools safety when on-campus emergencies occur. Download today to ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.

Screenshots

Bookshare Reader4 screens
LAB SAFE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bookshare Reader at 3.3 against LAB SAFE's 1.0. Bookshare Reader also leads on review sentiment (35% vs 0%) and ratings volume (67 vs 4). LAB SAFE's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookshare Reader holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookshare Reader has 67 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Bookshare Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of LAB SAFE's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bookshare Reader versus LAB SAFE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookshare ReaderLAB SAFE
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (67 ratings) — better1.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews34.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings67 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenetechThe University of Chicago

Customer experience

Bookshare Reader

All ratings67 ratings
Positive52.2%
Neutral13.4%
Negative34.3%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive34.5%
Neutral21.8%
Negative43.6%

LAB SAFE

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bookshare Reader

No in-app purchases

None

LAB SAFE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookshare Reader free?
Bookshare Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LAB SAFE free?
LAB SAFE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bookshare Reader or LAB SAFE?
Bookshare Reader is rated higher. Bookshare Reader averages 3.3 out of 5 from 67 ratings, while LAB SAFE averages 1.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Bookshare Reader or LAB SAFE have ads?
Neither Bookshare Reader nor LAB SAFE shows ads.

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