Comparison

Hagerty vs SaferCar

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

Head to head
About

Hagerty

Access your collector car insurance ID cards, membership benefits, and vehicle valuation data. Connect with a global community of automotive enthusiasts and discover car values.

Highlights
  • Insurance ID cards
  • Drivers Club benefits
  • Price Guide values
  • Automotive enthusiast community
  • Membership organization
Features
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We began as a niche insurance agency offering coverage for collector cars. We’re now a global automotive enthusiast brand and the world’s largest membership organization for car lovers. And it’s all driven by our love for cars. The Hagerty app brings easy access to your insurance ID cards, Hagerty Drivers Club® benefits, Hagerty Price Guide values, and become a member of one of the world's largest communities of car enthusiasts.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

Screenshots

Hagerty4 screens
SaferCar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hagerty at 78% against SaferCar's 21%. Hagerty also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (12K vs 117). SaferCar's advantage is chart position (#209 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

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

Hagerty holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hagerty has 12K ratings behind it against 117, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Hagerty's written reviews are positive against 21% of SaferCar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hagerty versus SaferCar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHagertySaferCar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12K ratings) — better2.8 (117 ratings)
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews — better20.8% of reviews
Number of ratings12K — better117
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#209 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHE HAGERTY GROUP INCNATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

Customer experience

Hagerty

All ratings11,737 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral6.2%
Negative15.9%

SaferCar

All ratings114 ratings
Positive43.9%
Neutral9.6%
Negative46.5%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive20.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Hagerty

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

None

Hagerty

No in-app purchases

None

SaferCar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hagerty free?
Hagerty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SaferCar free?
SaferCar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hagerty or SaferCar?
Hagerty is rated higher. Hagerty averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while SaferCar averages 2.8 from 117 ratings.
Do Hagerty or SaferCar have ads?
Neither Hagerty nor SaferCar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hagerty or SaferCar?
Hagerty ships an update every 6 weeks, and SaferCar every 6 weeks. Most recently, Hagerty was updated on October 30, 2026 and SaferCar on October 29, 2026.

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