Comparison

LSU Shield vs Safe Schools LA

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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."

About

Safe Schools LA

This app allows students, parents, and teachers to anonymously report concerns about campus safety. Submit tips about bullying, drugs, mental health, and other threats, with the option to upload media. Receive updates and engage in two-way dialogue with staff.

Highlights
  • Anonymous tip submission
  • Upload photos, videos, and audio
  • Check tip status
  • Add information to existing tips
  • Two-way dialogue with staff
  • 24/7 tip monitoring
Features
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Crimestoppers Safe Schools Louisiana is an anonymous tip reporting solution designed for students, parents and teachers to submit secure and anonymous concerns about campus or campus events. Your school should be a safe place. If someone is committing a crime or threatening harm to others, tell us. You will be anonymous, which means that no one will know your identity, not even your school. Whether it's drugs, bullying, mental health concerns, alcohol, sexting or other related crimes, speaking up is the right thing to do and we're making it easy for you. Through the app you will be able to leave a tip, check tip status, add more information to existing tips and create new tips. You will even be able to upload photos, screenshots, videos, and audio to help build your case. This is all done by using the assigned “tip” number and your password. Tips are monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! You can even use the two-way dialogue to talk to a Crimestoppers employee. Remember, we are here for you!

Screenshots

LSU Shield3 screens
Safe Schools LA3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LSU Shield at 4.2 against Safe Schools LA's 3.4. Safe Schools LA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LSU Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of LSU Shield's written reviews are positive against 67% of Safe Schools LA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LSU Shield ships an update every 6 months, Safe Schools LA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LSU Shield versus Safe Schools LA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLSU ShieldSafe Schools LA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (38 ratings) — better3.4 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.28.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLouisiana State UniversityCRIMESTOPPERS, INC.

Customer experience

LSU Shield

All ratings31 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral3.2%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Safe Schools LA

All ratings19 ratings
Positive57.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

LSU Shield

No in-app purchases

None

Safe Schools LA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LSU Shield free?
LSU Shield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Safe Schools LA free?
Safe Schools LA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LSU Shield or Safe Schools LA?
LSU Shield is rated higher. LSU Shield averages 4.2 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Safe Schools LA averages 3.4 from 21 ratings.
Do LSU Shield or Safe Schools LA have ads?
Neither LSU Shield nor Safe Schools LA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LSU Shield or Safe Schools LA?
LSU Shield ships an update every 6 months, and Safe Schools LA every 2 weeks. Most recently, LSU Shield was updated on October 21, 2026 and Safe Schools LA on October 22, 2026.

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