Comparison

LSU Shield vs PartnersOne

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

PartnersOne

This app helps local businesses find new customers and drive repeat business by leveraging underutilized resources like empty tables or idle time. It facilitates trading excess inventory or services for needed ones, promoting local commerce.

Highlights
  • Acquire new customers
  • Turn idle resources into business
  • Facilitate repeat customers
  • Promote local commerce
  • Trade excess inventory/services
Features
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Need new customers? PartnersOne can help. We help local businesses turn empty tables, stagnant inventory, idle time, and more into new business and repeat customers. We’ve been helping local businesses since 2000. Trade what you have for what you need and keep your business local!

Screenshots

LSU Shield3 screens
PartnersOne4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PartnersOne at 5.0 against LSU Shield's 4.2. PartnersOne also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). LSU Shield's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

PartnersOne holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LSU Shield has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LSU Shield ships an update every 6 months, PartnersOne every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LSU Shield versus PartnersOne: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLSU ShieldPartnersOne
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (31 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLouisiana State UniversityRed Leaf Software LLC

Customer experience

LSU Shield

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

PartnersOne

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LSU Shield

No in-app purchases

None

PartnersOne

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LSU Shield free?
LSU Shield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PartnersOne free?
PartnersOne is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LSU Shield or PartnersOne?
PartnersOne is rated higher. LSU Shield averages 4.2 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while PartnersOne averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do LSU Shield or PartnersOne have ads?
Neither LSU Shield nor PartnersOne shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LSU Shield or PartnersOne?
LSU Shield ships an update every 6 months, and PartnersOne every 3 months. Most recently, LSU Shield was updated on September 24, 2026 and PartnersOne on June 1, 2026.

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