Comparison

SHARE Anywhere vs NearbySafe

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

Head to head
About

SHARE Anywhere

Access your SHARE library account from your mobile device. Search the catalog, manage your loans, and place holds on books. This app serves public and school libraries in southeast Wisconsin.

Highlights
  • Manage library account
  • Search catalog
  • Renew items
  • Place holds
  • Access from multiple libraries
Features
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SHARE is a library consortium of public and school libraries in southeast Wisconsin. You can access your SHARE library from your mobile device. Manage your account, search the catalog, renew and place holds on books, and more. Access your account from these libraries: Beloit Public Library Burlington Public Library Clinton Public Library Community Library Darien Public Library Delavan: Aram Public Library East Troy Public Library Elkhorn: Matheson Memorial Library Evansville: Eager Free Public Library Edgerton Public Library Fontana Public Library Genoa City Public Library Janesville: Hedberg Public Library Kenosha Public Library Lake Geneva Public Library Milton Public Library Orfordville Public Library Racine Public Library Rochester Public Library Sharon: Brigham Memorial Library Union Grove Public Library Walworth Memorial Library Waterford Public Library Williams Bay: Barrett Memorial Library

About

NearbySafe

Features
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Help shouldn't be a stranger's job. NearbySafe puts your neighbours one tap away. The moment something goes wrong, everyone nearby who can help — and everyone you trust — knows instantly. HOW IT WORKS 1. You're grouped automatically Sign up and NearbySafe places you in your local community by location — no setup, no searching for a group. 2. Mark yourself available Toggle "available to assist" whenever you're free to help someone nearby. Off when you're not — no pressure. 3. One tap sends the alarm Hold the SOS button and everyone available nearby gets a push alert — with a loud alarm sound that breaks through silent and vibrate mode, because an emergency should never go unheard. Your emergency contacts get an SMS with your location, instantly. FREE 7-DAY TRIAL, THEN $2.99/MONTH OR $29.99/YEAR Try NearbySafe free for 7 days. After your trial, staying connected to your community and able to trigger or respond to an SOS costs $2.99/month — or $29.99/year (about two months free) — auto-renewing until cancelled. This goes straight toward real, ongoing costs — SMS delivery to your emergency contacts, live location mapping, and the servers that deliver your alerts instantly, day or night. Manage or cancel anytime from your account settings. Prefer to run your own private, invite-only community instead of the standard local grouping — a family, a neighbourhood watch, a group of friends? Start one from the Community tab for $14.99/month or $149.99/year, which replaces your standard subscription (you only pay the one). You become its admin: share an invite code, approve who joins, add more admins, and hand billing over to another member later if needed. Members you approve still pay their own standard subscription as usual, auto-renewing until cancelled. Private communities can also add professional security guards via guard PINs. WHY NEARBYSAFE Automatic community grouping — You're connected to the people nearest you the moment you sign up. No codes, no invites, no waiting. One-tap SOS, everywhere at once — A single alert reaches your community's phones and your emergency contacts' SMS in the same instant. Be the help, on your terms — Only get alerted when you've marked yourself available. Help when you can, rest when you can't. Private until it matters — Your identity and exact location stay private, shared only with people actually responding to your SOS. Coordinate the response — Responders can mark themselves as arrived, flag that medical help or police have been called, and get live directions to the scene. NearbySafe is built by Oceanbreeze Concepts (Pty) Ltd, based in Botswana. Privacy Policy: https://nearbysafe.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://nearbysafe.com/terms/

Screenshots

SHARE Anywhere4 screens
NearbySafe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SHARE Anywhere at none against NearbySafe's 1. NearbySafe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. NearbySafe sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. SHARE Anywhere asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SHARE Anywhere ships an update every 2 months, NearbySafe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SHARE Anywhere versus NearbySafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSHARE AnywhereNearbySafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB33 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLakeshores Library SystemFacelite Proprietor Limited

In-app purchases

None

SHARE Anywhere

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

NearbySafe

Subscriptions1
  • NearbySafe Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month

Questions

Is SHARE Anywhere free?
SHARE Anywhere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NearbySafe free?
NearbySafe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SHARE Anywhere or NearbySafe have ads?
Neither SHARE Anywhere nor NearbySafe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SHARE Anywhere or NearbySafe?
SHARE Anywhere ships an update every 2 months, and NearbySafe every 2 weeks. Most recently, SHARE Anywhere was updated on October 23, 2026 and NearbySafe on October 25, 2026.

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