Collin Co Sheriff vs Bayou Tips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Collin Co Sheriff
This app allows citizens to anonymously report tips to the local Sheriff's Office. It also provides access to crime alerts, an interactive crime map, and official agency news and social media content.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Agency crime alerts
- Online crime map
- Official web content
- Social media integration
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The Colin Co Sheriff app provides citizens the ability to submit anonymous tips to the Collin County, TX Sheriff's Office. The app also displays agency crime alerts, online crime map, and other organization web and social media content.
Bayou Tips
This app offers a secure and anonymous channel for reporting criminal activity and fugitive locations in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. It focuses on felony crimes that impact community safety and may offer cash rewards for tips leading to an arrest.
- Anonymous crime reporting
- Fugitive location submission
- Focus on felony crimes
- Potential cash rewards
- Secure tip submission
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Crime Stoppers Bayou Region provides citizens in the parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne a safe and anonymous way to report information on crime (past or future) and locations of fugitives wanted by law enforcement. Crime Stoppers Bayou Region is most interested in felony crimes which affect the safety and well- being of your neighborhood and community. Crimes such as murder, armed robbery, assault, rape, robbery, weapons, felony warrants, drug dealing, burglary, theft, kidnapping, fraud, hit and run and vandalism. Once received, your tip information is sent to law enforcement for investigation and if your tip leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward. Rewards are paid to you by your tip number through a drive-through at a local bank.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bayou Tips at every 3 months against Collin Co Sheriff's every 42 months. Bayou Tips also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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 Collin Co Sheriff against 5.0 for Bayou Tips. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Collin Co Sheriff ships an update every 42 months, Bayou Tips every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Collin Co Sheriff | Bayou Tips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collin County Sheriff's Office | Bayou Region Crime Stoppers, Inc. |
Customer experience
Collin Co Sheriff
Bayou Tips
In-app purchases
Collin Co Sheriff
No in-app purchases
Bayou Tips
No in-app purchases
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