Resiliency Switchboard vs Safety Plan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Resiliency Switchboard
This app connects users to a network of resilience resources from the Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense, and national organizations. It serves as a companion to a guide, providing access to support systems.
- Connects to resilience resources
- Supports Department of the Air Force
- Supports Department of Defense
- Includes national organizations
- Companion to a guide
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Resiliency Switchboard connects users to a network of resilience resources and support services across the Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense, and supportive national organizations across the United States.
Safety Plan
This app guides users through creating a personalized safety plan to manage suicidal thoughts and self-harm urges. It offers tools for crisis moments, mood tracking, and access to support resources for individuals and their loved ones.
- Step-by-step safety plan creation
- Shareable safety plans
- Crisis intervention tools
- Mood tracking
- Access to crisis support
- Informational resources
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Safety Plan is here to help you make a plan for dealing with thoughts of suicide and self-harm. The app will walk you through filling out the 6 steps of a safety plan, share your safety plan with your loved ones, and use your safety plan in a moment of crisis. The app also includes audio and interactive tools to help you calm down, information for you and your loved ones about safety plans and suicide, mood tracking, and ready access to crisis support. Safety Plan is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs app, developed by the National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division and the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Resiliency Switchboard at every 9 months against Safety Plan's every 22 months. Safety Plan's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 5.0 for Resiliency Switchboard against 5.0 for Safety Plan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 23 respectively.
Resiliency Switchboard ships an update every 9 months, Safety Plan every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resiliency Switchboard | Safety Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 5.0 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Femmer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Customer experience
Resiliency Switchboard
Safety Plan
In-app purchases
Resiliency Switchboard
No in-app purchases
Safety Plan
No in-app purchases
Questions
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