Sharpdesk Mobile vs Safe Dog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sharpdesk Mobile
Easily receive, preview, and store scanned documents from your Wi-Fi connected scanner directly to your mobile device. Print stored documents, attach them to emails, or share them with other applications.
- Receive scanned documents
- Preview documents
- Store documents on mobile
- Print stored documents
- Attach documents to email
- Share with other apps
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Sharpdesk Mobile can receive, preview and store scanned documents from your scanner to your mobile device connected to your Wi-Fi network. Sharpdesk Mobile can also print the documents stored in your mobile device to your printer, attach the scanned documents stored in this application to e-mail, and send the documents to other application in your mobile device to utilize them. For details, see Sharpdesk Mobile Web site: http://sharp-world.com/products/copier/docu_solutions/mobile/sharpdesk_mobile/ Sharpdesk is a trademark or registered trademark of Sharp Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. New features may require options and firmware updates for printer/scanner. See your local support web site for the detail.
Safe Dog
This app allows users to quickly contact university safety forces and report suspicious activity with messages, photos, and videos. It also features a peer-to-peer safety network for friends and family to track your location.
- Contact university safety forces
- Send crime tips with media
- FriendWatch location tracking
- Peer-to-peer safety network
- Report suspicious behavior
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Use the Safe Dog application to quickly and easily contact university safety forces. Safe Dog also allows you to: -Send messages, photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to university safety forces. -Use the FriendWatch feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Friend Watch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -And more. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Safe Dog at 4.7 against Sharpdesk Mobile's 3.2. Safe Dog also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Safe Dog holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Sharpdesk Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of Safe Dog's.
Sharpdesk Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Safe Dog every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sharpdesk Mobile | Safe Dog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sharp Corporation | Louisiana Tech University |
Customer experience
Sharpdesk Mobile
Safe Dog
In-app purchases
Sharpdesk Mobile
No in-app purchases
Safe Dog
No in-app purchases
