Comparison

BADCO Crew vs NearbySafe

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

Head to head
About

BADCO Crew

Experience epic global fishing adventures with a passionate crew. Get early access to exclusive, ad-free videos, discounts on merchandise, and join a private community. Download content offline and access exclusive updates on the go.

Highlights
  • Early access to new videos
  • Exclusive ad-free footage
  • 20% off merchandise
  • Private community access
  • Offline video downloads
  • Mobile app access
Features
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Team BADCO travels the globe in search of the biggest billfish the world has to offer. Fishing in every ocean and documenting their Adventures along the way. The Team logs tens of thousands of miles on the water with their fleet of three motherships and eight fishing boats. Jumping from ocean to ocean and traveling hundreds of thousands of miles in the air with their private jets and helicopters. This is Epic Fishing on a grand scale. An operation at this level requires a well engineered plan with passionate crew. All the credit for this operation goes to the world class Team that is relentlessly focused on the execution of this dream. You can be a part of it all. Join the BADCO Crew U-Screen membership and get: - Early Access to new BADCO videos up to one week before YouTube release. - Exclusive Ad-Free footage, posted only on BADCO Crew. - 20% off all merchandise and members-only apparel. - Access to the BADCO Crew private community, Talk to Anthony, The Team, View exclusive updates and more. - Access the BADCO Crew Mobile App and download videos offline and access the private BADCO community on the go. ▷ Already a Member? Sign-In to access your subscription. ▷ New? Subscribe in the app to get instant access. BADCO Crew offers auto-renewing subscriptions. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your Account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, or the trial period (when offered). Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://badcocrew.com/pages/terms-of-service -Privacy Policy: https://badcocrew.com/pages/privacy-policy

About

NearbySafe

Features
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Help shouldn't be a stranger's job. NearbySafe puts your neighbours one tap away. The moment something goes wrong, everyone nearby who can help — and everyone you trust — knows instantly. HOW IT WORKS 1. You're grouped automatically Sign up and NearbySafe places you in your local community by location — no setup, no searching for a group. 2. Mark yourself available Toggle "available to assist" whenever you're free to help someone nearby. Off when you're not — no pressure. 3. One tap sends the alarm Hold the SOS button and everyone available nearby gets a push alert — with a loud alarm sound that breaks through silent and vibrate mode, because an emergency should never go unheard. Your emergency contacts get an SMS with your location, instantly. FREE 7-DAY TRIAL, THEN $2.99/MONTH OR $29.99/YEAR Try NearbySafe free for 7 days. After your trial, staying connected to your community and able to trigger or respond to an SOS costs $2.99/month — or $29.99/year (about two months free) — auto-renewing until cancelled. This goes straight toward real, ongoing costs — SMS delivery to your emergency contacts, live location mapping, and the servers that deliver your alerts instantly, day or night. Manage or cancel anytime from your account settings. Prefer to run your own private, invite-only community instead of the standard local grouping — a family, a neighbourhood watch, a group of friends? Start one from the Community tab for $14.99/month or $149.99/year, which replaces your standard subscription (you only pay the one). You become its admin: share an invite code, approve who joins, add more admins, and hand billing over to another member later if needed. Members you approve still pay their own standard subscription as usual, auto-renewing until cancelled. Private communities can also add professional security guards via guard PINs. WHY NEARBYSAFE Automatic community grouping — You're connected to the people nearest you the moment you sign up. No codes, no invites, no waiting. One-tap SOS, everywhere at once — A single alert reaches your community's phones and your emergency contacts' SMS in the same instant. Be the help, on your terms — Only get alerted when you've marked yourself available. Help when you can, rest when you can't. Private until it matters — Your identity and exact location stay private, shared only with people actually responding to your SOS. Coordinate the response — Responders can mark themselves as arrived, flag that medical help or police have been called, and get live directions to the scene. NearbySafe is built by Oceanbreeze Concepts (Pty) Ltd, based in Botswana. Privacy Policy: https://nearbysafe.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://nearbysafe.com/terms/

Screenshots

BADCO Crew3 screens
NearbySafe4 screens

Verdict

The call

BADCO Crew and NearbySafe are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. BADCO Crew sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and NearbySafe sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BADCO Crew ships an update every 3 weeks, NearbySafe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BADCO Crew versus NearbySafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBADCO CrewNearbySafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnthony HsiehFacelite Proprietor Limited

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BADCO Crew

Subscriptions2
  • BADCO Crew Monthly Membership$9.991 Month
  • BADCO Crew Annual Membership$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Content Tier $9.99$9.99
1 purchases

NearbySafe

Subscriptions1
  • NearbySafe Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month

Questions

Is BADCO Crew free?
BADCO Crew is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NearbySafe free?
NearbySafe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BADCO Crew or NearbySafe have ads?
Neither BADCO Crew nor NearbySafe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BADCO Crew or NearbySafe?
BADCO Crew ships an update every 3 weeks, and NearbySafe every 2 weeks. Most recently, BADCO Crew was updated on October 14, 2026 and NearbySafe on September 30, 2026.

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