LSU Shield vs MyDEMCO
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."
MyDEMCO
Manage your utility account with ease. View usage, pay bills, report issues, and receive important notifications about your service. Access account history and find service locations all within a user-friendly interface.
- View usage and billing
- Manage payments
- Report account/service issues
- Outage notifications
- View bill history
- Energy use graphs
- Contact customer service
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MyDEMCO provides members with a full range of services at their fingertips. Through this fast, user-friendly app, view usage and billing, manage payments, notify customer service of account and service issues, report and receive outage-related notifications, and receive special messaging from DEMCO. Additional Features: Bill & Pay -Quickly view your current account balance and due date, manage recurring payments and modify payment methods. You can also view bill history including PDF versions of paper bills directly on your mobile device. My Usage -View energy use graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture-based interface. Contact Us -Easily contact DEMCO. News -Provides a convenient way to monitor news that may affect your service such as rate changes, outage information and upcoming events. Outage Map -Displays service interruption and outage information. Maps -Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LSU Shield at 4.2 against MyDEMCO's 2.3. LSU Shield also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 21%) and device support (4 vs 2). MyDEMCO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). 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.
LSU Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of LSU Shield's written reviews are positive against 21% of MyDEMCO's.
LSU Shield ships an update every 6 months, MyDEMCO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LSU Shield | MyDEMCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (38 ratings) — better | 2.3 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 20.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Louisiana State University | Dixie Electric Membership Corporation |
Customer experience
LSU Shield
MyDEMCO
In-app purchases
LSU Shield
No in-app purchases
MyDEMCO
No in-app purchases









