Comparison

Raptor Safe vs Roost Directory

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

Head to head
About

Raptor Safe

This app enhances school safety by streamlining visitor check-ins and managing student dismissals. It allows visitors to verify their identity for faster entry and enables parents to easily update dismissal plans and carpool arrangements.

Highlights
  • Secure visitor identity verification
  • Streamlined school check-in
  • Manage student dismissal plans
  • Authorize carpool pick-ups
  • Digital visitor passport
Currently charting
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Raptor Safe Raptor® Safe™ is a comprehensive app designed to enhance safety and streamline processes for school communities. The app simplifies check-in with secure, fast and convenient entry at schools that have Raptor® VisitorSafe™. The Raptor Safe app provides visitors to the school with the ability to manage and verify their identity. When visiting a school, the visitor’s secure QR code is used to streamline the process while advancing overall security. With Raptor® DismissalSafe™, the Raptor Safe app provides parents/guardians with user-friendly access to easily manage their student’s dismissal plans and carpools. - Raptor Passport: Verify your identity before arriving at school, allowing for a seamless sign-in experience. - Manage Student Dismissal Changes: View and make changes to your student’s dismissal plans. - Manage Your Carpool: Provide authorization for others to pick your student up from school during end-of-day dismissal. The Raptor Safe app is available to all parents/guardians at schools using Raptor DismissalSafe, as well as visitors at schools using Raptor VisitorSafe. If you have questions, please contact your school. Every Child. Every School. Every Day. Raptor® was founded in 2002 with the mission to protect every child, every school, every day. Today, Raptor is a school safety partner for 60,000 schools in 55 countries, providing SaaS and mobile technology as well as comprehensive training and consultation solutions across the entire school safety life cycle, ranging from crisis prevention and preparation to emergency response and recovery. Raptor’s globally integrated product portfolio supports a school’s foundation of safety and wellbeing, including Emergency Management, Campus Movement, Student Wellbeing and Safety Training and Compliance.

About

Roost Directory

Features
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Roost is the private community directory you actually control. Most directories treat your contact info like a spreadsheet anyone can export. Roost doesn't. Your privacy is enforced at the database, not just hidden in the interface, and there's no "export everything" button for boards, admins, or us. You decide what you share, and you can change it any time. For the communities that run on trust: • PTOs and PTAs • HOAs and neighborhood associations • Foundations and nonprofits • Sports leagues, clubs, and alumni groups Built for how people actually connect: • Find the members you're looking for in a couple of taps • Three sharing choices (Visible, Private, or Opt out), and you pick how widely • Works for every kind of household: two homes, blended families, co-guardians The tools your community runs on: • Circles: private contact groups only you can see, for the people you coordinate with • Trusted Help: sitters, tutors, coaches, and helpers vouched for by your own community, never by us • Clubs: the activity groups your organization actually runs • Broadcasts: quick announcements from your leaders, without anyone's email leaking • Sponsors: local businesses your organization partners with One account that follows you across every group you belong to, year after year. Roost is licensed by your organization, so it's free to you as a member. No ads. No tracking. No selling your data. Ever.

Screenshots

Raptor Safe4 screens
Roost Directory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Roost Directory at every 2 days against Raptor Safe's every 3 weeks. Roost Directory also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Raptor Safe's advantage is chart position (#180 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Raptor Safe ships an update every 3 weeks, Roost Directory every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Raptor Safe versus Roost Directory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaptor SafeRoost Directory
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (64 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews3.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#180 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaptor Technologies, LLCHoldfast Community, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Raptor Safe

No in-app purchases

None

Roost Directory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Raptor Safe free?
Raptor Safe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roost Directory free?
Roost Directory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Raptor Safe or Roost Directory have ads?
Neither Raptor Safe nor Roost Directory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Raptor Safe or Roost Directory?
Raptor Safe ships an update every 3 weeks, and Roost Directory every 2 days. Most recently, Raptor Safe was updated on October 25, 2026 and Roost Directory on October 18, 2026.

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