Bookshare Reader vs LAB SAFE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Access millions of ebooks
- High-quality audio narration
- Customizable reading experience
- Adjustable font size and colors
- Follow along with highlighted text
- Offline reading
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
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.
- Emergency contacts
- Real-time location sharing
- Friend Walk safety feature
- Campus and transit maps
- Offline emergency protocols
- Instant safety notifications
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Bookshare Reader | LAB SAFE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (67 ratings) — better | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benetech | The University of Chicago |
Customer experience
Bookshare Reader
LAB SAFE
In-app purchases
Bookshare Reader
No in-app purchases
LAB SAFE
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bookshare Reader free?
Is LAB SAFE free?
Which has better reviews, Bookshare Reader or LAB SAFE?
Do Bookshare Reader or LAB SAFE have ads?
Other comparisons















