ApexPD vs TCI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ApexPD
This app allows citizens to submit anonymous crime tips to local law enforcement. It also provides access to crime alerts, an interactive crime map, and official social media content from the police department.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Agency crime alerts
- Online crime map
- Official social media content
- Access to organization web content
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The ApexPD app provides citizens the ability to submit anonymous tips to the Apex, NC Police Department. The app also displays agency crime alerts, online crime map, and other organization web and social media content.
TCI
Securely report anonymous tips about global crimes like human trafficking, terrorism, and corruption to law enforcement. Receive potential rewards for your information and engage in two-way dialogue with live chat, including image and video uploads.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Secure communication channels
- Live chat capability
- Image and video uploads
- Reward incentives
- Global crime reporting
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Report secure and anonymous tips or public leads to law enforcement about crimes that effect us on a global level without fear of retribution. Information about human trafficking, terrorism, drug trafficking, illicit trade, illegal arms dealing, cyber crime, and corruption can be reported with the incentive of a reward. It offers two-way dialogue including live chat capability and allows informants to upload images as well as video.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ApexPD at 3.5 against TCI's 2.0. TCI's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 35 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ApexPD holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
ApexPD ships an update every 35 months, TCI every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ApexPD | TCI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Town of Apex | SafeGuard Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
ApexPD
TCI
In-app purchases
ApexPD
No in-app purchases
TCI
No in-app purchases
