LSU Shield vs Dripos
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."
Dripos
This app provides a centralized dashboard for employees to manage shifts, communicate with team members, and view work-related information. Managers can access tools for restaurant operations, including scheduling, reporting, communication, and hiring.
- View and trade shifts
- Team chat communication
- Detailed reports for operators
- Team scheduling
- Invoicing and hiring tools
- Centralized employee dashboard
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For employees: View everything you need to work from one place. View shifts, trade them with employees, chat team members, and much more. For operators: A manager in your pocket. All the tools you need to run your restaurant on the go; detailed reports, team schedule, team communication, invoices, hiring, and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LSU Shield at 4.2 against Dripos's 3.0. LSU Shield also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and ratings volume (38 vs 2). 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LSU Shield has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of LSU Shield's written reviews are positive against 33% of Dripos's.
LSU Shield ships an update every 6 months, Dripos every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LSU Shield | Dripos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (38 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Louisiana State University | Frostbyte Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
LSU Shield
Dripos
In-app purchases
LSU Shield
No in-app purchases
Dripos
No in-app purchases
