Comparison

APSO vs BellsClock

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

Head to head
About

APSO

Submit anonymous tips to law enforcement and receive real-time crime alerts. Stay informed about community safety with direct access to agency news and social media.

Highlights
  • Anonymous tip submission
  • Crime alerts
  • Agency news
  • Social media integration
  • Community safety updates
Features
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The APSO app provides citizens the ability to submit anonymous tips to the Ascension Parish, LA Sheriff's Office. The app also displays agency crime alerts and other organization web and social media content.

About

BellsClock

Easily create and manage custom school bell schedules. Import schedules from CSV files or websites, and export your own. Personalize screen colors and navigate with a hamburger menu.

Highlights
  • Customizable bell schedules
  • Add/delete class periods
  • Modify start/end times
  • Import from CSV/web
  • Export to CSV
  • Personalize screen color
  • Hamburger menu navigation
Features
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Version 2 update: * Navigation among pages is done by the hamburger menu. * The screen color can be modified and personalized. * Individual bell schedules can be exported to Comma Separated Value (CSV) text format. Details: You can customize a bell schedule by adding or deleting class periods, modifying their start and end times, adding or deleting whole schedules, and modifying the names of the periods. School bell schedules can be imported from a Comma Separated Values text file located on the device or, for school-wide distribution of a set of schedules, from a Web site. The CSV file format is simple: - Quotation marks are optional. - A schedule record precedes the set of period records. - Period record format is periodname,start HH:MM,end HH:MM HH can be 24 hour or 12 hour; simply add AM or PM for 12 hour times. - Sample file: # Comment lines have leading hash mark # Next line is a schedule name (no colon or comma) Regular # These are period records name-of-period,HH:MM,HH:MM Home Room,7:55,8:05 1st Period,8:08,8:48 2nd Period,8:51,9:31 Break,9:31,9:41 3rd Period,9:44,10:24 4th Period,10:27,11:07 5th Period,11:10,11:50 Lunch,11:53,12:33PM 6th Period,12:36,13:16 7th Period,1:19PM,1:59PM 8th Period,14:02,14:42 Office Time,2:42p,15:15 # Next schedule A.M. Assembly Home Room,7:55,8:03 Assembly,8:05,9:15 1st Period,9:18,9:51 # And so on.....

Screenshots

APSO3 screens
BellsClock2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: APSO at 5.0 against BellsClock's 4.2. APSO also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). BellsClock's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

APSO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BellsClock has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

APSO ships an update every 38 months, BellsClock every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
APSO versus BellsClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAPSOBellsClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAscension Parish Sheriff's OfficeFrancis Golazeski

Customer experience

APSO

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BellsClock

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

APSO

No in-app purchases

None

BellsClock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is APSO free?
APSO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BellsClock free?
BellsClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, APSO or BellsClock?
APSO is rated higher. APSO averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while BellsClock averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do APSO or BellsClock have ads?
Neither APSO nor BellsClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, APSO or BellsClock?
APSO ships an update every 38 months, and BellsClock every 6 months. Most recently, APSO was updated on June 24, 2026 and BellsClock on June 2, 2026.

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