Comparison

Safety Mobile vs PayTix

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

Head to head
About

Safety Mobile

Manage your insurance policies and claims conveniently from your mobile device. Pay bills, report accidents, access insurance cards, and track claim history. Receive important alerts for payments and renewals.

Highlights
  • Pay bills
  • Report claims
  • View insurance card
  • Access claim history
  • Receive payment/renewal alerts
  • Find an agent
Features
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Safety Mobile by Safety Insurance Insurance just got a whole lot easier with Safety Mobile right at your fingertips. It gives you access to your Safety Insurance My Account to pay your bill, report a claim at the accident scene, view your insurance card and access your agent information. View the history of your home and auto claims, including your adjuster's contact information, appraisals, and payments by selecting 'Claim History' under My Account. With the Alert Center, we will send you an email or text message when a payment is due, or your license, registration, or inspection expires. * Use Face/Touch ID or the 'Remember Me' switch on the login page to remember both your user name and password. Logging into My Account has never been easier! * Not a Safety Insurance policyholder? That’s OK - use the Find an Agent tool to locate an Independent Agent near you. About Safety Insurance: Safety Insurance is sold exclusively through a network of professional independent agents in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. Safety Insurance offers insurance products for your Auto, Home, and Business.

About

PayTix

Pay parking tickets securely and easily through a mobile app. It offers a simple payment process, ticket reminders, and a history of your payments. The app is free to download and use, with potential convenience fees applied by member cities.

Highlights
  • Simple ticket payment process
  • Barcode scanning for ticket numbers
  • Payment reminders and alerts
  • Secure payment gateway
  • Ticket history management
Features
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What is PayTix®? PayTix® has partnered with cities across the US to enable users to pay for parking tickets in a safe and secure mobile environment without any added usage fee other than a member cities convenience fees (if applicable). PayTix® has direct connections to member cities parking systems and is a partner of the cities listed in our supported city list. Key Features: o Simple, quick ticket payment process o Quick and easy ticket bar code scanning for fast ticket number searches o Ticket Payment reminders and alerts o Fast and Safe payment gateway o Manage and maintain a ticket list of your ticket history No App Usage Fee Commitment: PayTix® is FREE! We feel adding app "usage fees" on top of what you pay for a parking ticket is unfair and burdensome to you, the "public", and we are totally committed to keeping PayTix® FREE. We do not charge a "usage fee" to download the PayTix® app. Please note, some member cities may apply a "convenience" or "service" fee to transactions to cover the cost of providing services to the public. Why use PayTix®? Since PayTix® is fully supported by member cities you can be assured that your payment is handled with the same security safe guards that are available to you on our member cities payment websites. We do not store your credit card data (anywhere) and we are fully PCI DSS compliant. When you pay for your parking tickets with PayTix™, you are paying with the same service that processes payments for the member cities today. PayTix® has native interfaces to our member cities systems. How To Use PayTix®?: Simply pick the city that you got your parking ticket in and either scan the ticket number bar code on the ticket or manually enter the ticket number into PayTix® and press the Submit button. PayTix® will then guide you through the ticket payment process in 4 easy steps. If your ticket is not in the city's parking system yet, don't worry, PayTix® will setup simple reminders and a "Ticket List" for you to check your tickets availability.

Screenshots

Safety Mobile4 screens
PayTix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Safety Mobile at 1.9 against PayTix's 1.4. Safety Mobile also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 10%). PayTix's advantage is ratings volume (332 vs 60) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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

Safety Mobile holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PayTix has 332 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Safety Mobile's written reviews are positive against 10% of PayTix's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Safety Mobile ships an update every 3 months, PayTix every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Safety Mobile versus PayTix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafety MobilePayTix
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (60 ratings) — better1.4 (332 ratings)
Positive reviews23.9% of reviews — better10.2% of reviews
Number of ratings60332 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSafety Insurance CompanyModaxo Traffic Management USA Inc.

Customer experience

Safety Mobile

All ratings51 ratings
Positive15.7%
Neutral7.8%
Negative76.5%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive23.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative67.6%

PayTix

All ratings229 ratings
Positive12.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative84.3%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive10.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative88.0%

User reviews

Safety Mobile

From 60 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use (older reviews)
  • 👍 Customer friendly (older reviews)
  • 👍 Agent finder map view (older reviews)
  • 👍 Intuitive interface (older reviews)
  • 👍 Functional, informational (older reviews)

Room to improve

  • 👎 Cannot view policy documents
  • 👎 Cannot see policy information
  • 👎 Login errors/system errors
  • 👎 App freezes/crashes
  • 👎 Useless for most functions

PayTix

From 332 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick and fast payment processing
  • 👍 Simple and straightforward user interface
  • 📧 Email confirmation receipt provided
  • ⏱️ Faster than website payment option
  • ✅ Successfully processes payments when working

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Displays error messages despite successful charges
  • 🔒 Appears insecure and sketchy for credit card input
  • 📱 Outdated UI design from 2010-2013 era
  • 💳 Charges unexpected convenience fees (2-8%)
  • ❌ Fails to recognize valid payment cards

Bugs and requests

Safety Mobile

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • System error on login
  • App freezes when reporting claims
  • App closes when uploading photos for claims
  • Login verification loop
  • App crashes on sign in
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  • App closes after login
  • App doesn't remember username
  • App sends incorrect payment due notifications
  • App doesn't display all covered individuals on insurance card

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add ability to view policy documents
  • Add ability to see policy information
  • Add bill payment scheduling
  • Add payment history view
  • Add pending payment view
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  • Add ability to view ID proof
  • Improve login process
  • Add Touch ID/biometric login
  • Add ability to report bugs/suggestions
  • Allow saving billing information
  • Add mobile payment option

PayTix

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Payment shows error but card is charged anyway
  • Multiple charges for single transaction attempts
  • Barcode scanning produces incorrect ticket numbers
  • QR code scanning fails to populate information
  • Ticket lookup by violation number fails intermittently
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  • Valid payment cards rejected by app
  • City never receives payment despite app confirmation
  • Ticket not found in system despite being valid
  • No email confirmation sent after payment
  • Payment history doesn't update after successful payment
  • Buttons appear in middle of screen instead of proper placement
  • App freezes or hangs during payment processing
  • Cannot go back to edit information without clearing fields
  • Inconsistent behavior across different devices

Requested features

12 requests
  • Modern UI redesign for current devices
  • Lookup and pay multiple tickets simultaneously
  • Save personal information for future transactions
  • Ability to view and verify card information before submission
  • Apple Pay and digital wallet integration
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  • Remove or eliminate convenience fees
  • Payment history and confirmation records in app
  • Lookup tickets by license plate
  • Automatic barcode/QR code scanning without manual steps
  • Ability to contest tickets through app
  • Clear security and privacy statements
  • Accessible customer service phone number

In-app purchases

None

Safety Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

PayTix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Safety Mobile free?
Safety Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PayTix free?
PayTix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Safety Mobile or PayTix?
Safety Mobile is rated higher. Safety Mobile averages 1.9 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while PayTix averages 1.4 from 332 ratings.
Do Safety Mobile or PayTix have ads?
Neither Safety Mobile nor PayTix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Safety Mobile or PayTix?
Safety Mobile ships an update every 3 months, and PayTix every 4 months. Most recently, Safety Mobile was updated on October 20, 2026 and PayTix on October 24, 2026.

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