LSU Shield vs UH Safe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LSU Shield
This safety app connects users with university safety forces during emergencies. It allows for sending crime tips with media, creating a peer-to-peer safety network for location tracking, and accessing campus safety resources.
- Emergency contact with university safety forces
- Send crime tips with photos/videos
- Peer-to-peer location tracking (Safety Check)
- Access campus safety resources
- Emergency procedures guide
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LSU Shield is the official safety app of Louisiana State University. If you're in a dangerous situation, use the LSU Shield application to quickly and easily contact university safety forces. LSU Shield also allows you to: -Send text messages, as well as photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to university safety forces. -Use the Safety Check feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Safety Checks to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -Access campus safety resources, such as emergency procedures, directly through the app. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
UH Safe
This app provides a quick way to contact safety forces in emergencies. It allows users to send crime tips with media, share their location with friends, and access campus safety resources and incident maps.
- Emergency contact
- Crime tip reporting
- Location sharing
- Resource access
- Incident map
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If you're in a dangerous situation, use the UH Safe application to quickly and easily contact safety forces. UH Safe also allows you to: -Send text messages, as well as photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to safety forces. -Walking alone and want some additional safety? Use FriendWatch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -Access resources directly through the app, such as the handbook, and emergency procedures. -View a map which displays recent incidents and safe locations on and around campus. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LSU Shield at 50% against UH Safe's 0%. LSU Shield also leads on rating (4.2 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (31 vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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.
LSU Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of LSU Shield's written reviews are positive against 0% of UH Safe's.
LSU Shield ships an update every 6 months, UH Safe every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LSU Shield | UH Safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (31 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Louisiana State University | University Hospitals Health System, Inc. |
Customer experience
LSU Shield
UH Safe
In-app purchases
LSU Shield
No in-app purchases
UH Safe
No in-app purchases
