Safe Chico vs MTN Field Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Safe Chico
This official campus safety application provides students, faculty, and staff with real-time alerts and direct access to emergency resources. It features tools like mobile bluelight, friend walk tracking, and tip reporting to enhance security on campus.
- Emergency Contacts
- Mobile Bluelight with real-time location sharing
- Friend Walk location sharing
- Report safety concerns
- Campus maps and assembly points
- Offline emergency procedures
- Support resource access
- Safety notifications
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Safe Chico is the official safety app of Chico State. It is the only app that integrates with Chico State's safety and security systems. University Police has worked to develop a unique app that provides students, faculty and staff with added safety on the Chico State campus. The app will send you important safety alerts and provide instant access to campus safety resources. Safe Chico features include: - Emergency Contacts: Contact the correct services for the Chico State area in case of an emergency or a non-emergency concern - Mobile Bluelight: Send your location to Chico State security in real-time in case of a crisis - Friend Walk: Send your location to a friend through email or SMS on your device. Once the friend accepts the Friend Walk request, the user picks their destination and their friend tracks their location in real time; they can keep an eye on them to make sure they make it safely to their destination. - Report a Tip: Multiple ways to report a safety/security concern directly to Chico State security. - Campus Maps - Campus Map: Navigate around the Chico State area. - Emergency Assembly Points: Find gathering points after an evacuation alarm has been sounded. - Campus Connection Safety Shuttle Map: Find designated stops along the Campus Connection route. - Emergency Procedures: Campus emergency documentation that can prepare you for disasters or emergencies. This can be accessed even when users aren’t connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. - Support Resources: Access support resources in one convenient app to enjoy a successful experience at Chico State. - Safety Notifications: Receive instant notifications and instructions from Chico State safety when on-campus emergencies occur. Download today to ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency.
MTN Field Guide
An offline reference and training companion for wilderness medicine. It offers field guidance, assessment support, training practice modules, and essential field tools. The app prioritizes privacy and offline functionality for trained responders and outdoor professionals.
- Offline wilderness medicine references
- Symptom, injury, and acronym search
- Structured assessment prompts
- Study modules, flashcards, and scenarios
- Field tools like timers and checklists
- Single-draft encrypted SOAP notes
- Offline functionality, no account required
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MTN Field Guide is an offline educational wilderness-medicine reference and training companion for trained responders, outdoor professionals, instructors, students, trip leaders, and guides. FIELD GUIDANCE Search wilderness-medicine references by symptom, injury, acronym, or title. Browse organized field guides and bookmark useful entries for quick access. ASSESSMENT SUPPORT Review structured scene-safety and patient-assessment prompts. These reference checklists support your training and judgment; they do not analyze patient findings or generate a diagnosis. TRAINING PRACTICE Reinforce learning with study modules, questions, flash cards, and scenarios. FIELD TOOLS Access rescue-request prompts, timers, checklists, acronyms, scales, and other reference tools. SOAP NOTE LITE Write one active SOAP worksheet, stored in encrypted form on your device. Optionally capture one foreground GPS snapshot and attach one photograph. Export a PDF through your device's share menu and delete the local draft when you choose. This is a single-draft worksheet, not a patient archive or complete electronic medical-record system. OFFLINE AND PRIVATE Core guidance and training content work offline. No account is required. The app has no advertising, analytics, patient-data backend, cloud synchronization, audio recording, transcription, or background location tracking. External website links require connectivity. Export destinations may retain their own copies of files you choose to share. INTENDED USE MTN Field Guide is for educational purposes exclusively. None of its material should be used to treat, diagnose, or manage injuries, illness, or disease without the appropriate training, licensing, scope of practice, and medical direction. It does not replace medical care by licensed professionals, hands-on training, or emergency services. Always double-check information and follow local laws, protocols, and guidance. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before making medical decisions. The app does not interpret patient-entered findings, generate diagnoses, calculate medication doses, or dispatch emergency services. No physician medical-director approval is claimed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Safe Chico at 13.0 against MTN Field Guide's 15.0. On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Safe Chico against 5.0 for MTN Field Guide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | Safe Chico | MTN Field Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | California State University, Chico | Ryan Armstrong |
Customer experience
Safe Chico
MTN Field Guide
In-app purchases
Safe Chico
No in-app purchases
MTN Field Guide
No in-app purchases
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