Sharpdesk Mobile vs SafeStop
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.
SafeStop
Track your child's school bus in real-time on a map and receive alerts for zone arrivals and departures. Streamline communication with the school district and manage access for multiple caregivers. Protects privacy with unique access codes and student IDs.
- Real-time map-based bus locator
- Customizable alert zones
- Push notification alerts
- District-to-parent messaging
- Caregiver access management
- Bus substitution updates
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With SafeStop, customize zone(s) settings to receive timely alerts and avoid getting stuck outside during inclement weather. Plus, manage and share access with other caregivers. Key Features View a real-time, map-based locator: See the real-time location of your child’s school bus based on your customized Alert Zone. Receive email or push notification alerts when the bus is approaching an Alert Zones and when bus arrives or departs from the school. Streamline parent and district communication: Through the SafeStop application, districts can send messages to parents regarding substitutions, delays, closures, etc. Share and manage access with other caregivers: Invite other caregivers to receive alerts. Manage their access to specific days, child and bus route. Protect their Privacy: To access SafeStop, parents and caregivers need a unique access code from the school district. They must also know their student’s private ID number. Know when there is a bus substitution: If the school districts make a bus substitution, SafeStop will automatically update with those changes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SafeStop at 4.1 against Sharpdesk Mobile's 3.2. SafeStop also leads on ratings volume (448 vs 16) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Sharpdesk Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 13%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SafeStop holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SafeStop has 448 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Sharpdesk Mobile's written reviews are positive against 13% of SafeStop's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sharpdesk Mobile ships an update every 5 months, SafeStop every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sharpdesk Mobile | SafeStop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (16 ratings) | 4.1 (448 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 448 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sharp Corporation | ByteCurve |
Customer experience
Sharpdesk Mobile
SafeStop
User reviews
Sharpdesk Mobile
From 16 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for mobile printing
- 👍 Handy for reps/employees
- 👍 Easy to switch options
- 👍 Prints MS Office files
- 👍 Smooth photo printing
Room to improve
- 🐛 App is broken/stopped working
- 🐛 Printing issues
- 🐛 Clunky and terrible
- 🐛 Cannot print PDFs
- 🐛 Useless app
SafeStop
From 448 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📍 Real-time bus location tracking when working
- 🔔 Timely notifications for bus arrival at school
- 👍 User-friendly interface design
- ⚡ Fast and accurate tracking during functional periods
- 😌 Provides peace of mind for parents
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent and unreliable tracking functionality
- 📵 Bus location frequently disappears from map
- 🔔 Notifications fail to trigger or arrive late
- ⏱️ Significant lag in real-time location updates
- 🔄 App requires frequent reinstallation to function
Bugs and requests
Sharpdesk Mobile
Reported bugs
21 issues- Stopped working after a couple of months
- Cannot print since updating to version 2.5.0
- Says file is being sent but never prints
- Unable to print documents due to missing components
- Won't print PDFs, only photos
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- No longer prints pics from iPhone 6+
- Broken with iOS 11
- App broken with iOS 9.0
- Cannot communicate to printer successfully
- Not recognized on iOS 8's share sheet
- Cannot print from other apps
- Cannot print a page range from a document
- Cannot open local documents directly
- App crashes on start with iOS 7
- Needs iOS 7 update
- Scanning quit working
- Authentication configured on 5110
- Send to dialog box is blank
- iPad DR Collision error
- Won't find devices across a VLAN
- Cannot edit device name field
Requested features
8 requests- Option to print black-and-white by default
- Option to print specific pages from PDF
- Network support for mobile data (VPN)
- Add 'Open In' function again
- Link to OCR apps
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- User authentication for printing
- Ability to change device name
- Airplay emulation as default
SafeStop
Reported bugs
11 issues- Bus disappears halfway through route
- Notifications fail to trigger for zone entries
- Location data shows 2+ hours old information
- App locks users out after a few days of use
- Cannot find student error message
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- App stuck on wrong school after switching
- Buses not visible on iPhone app but visible on Android
- 15-minute lag in location updates
- App crashes or fails to load
- Settings lost after inactivity
- Alerts trigger at wrong times or locations
Requested features
6 requests- Display bus route numbers on map
- Show multiple buses for families with multiple children
- Improve notification accuracy for zone-based alerts
- Add bus number visibility during tracking
- Restore previous version features that worked better
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- Implement more reliable alert system
In-app purchases
Sharpdesk Mobile
No in-app purchases
SafeStop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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