SHU Safe vs vID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHU Safe
This application allows users to quickly contact their university's public safety department in emergencies. It supports sending text messages, photos, and videos, along with location data, for faster assistance.
- Emergency contact with public safety
- Send text messages
- Share photos and videos
- Location sharing
- Quick access in dangerous situations
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If you're in a dangerous situation, use the SHU Safe application to quickly and easily make contact with the University's public safety department. You can also use the app to send text messages, along with photos and videos, to the public safety department. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
vID
This application helps organizations verify the identities of their members. It streamlines the process for approving individuals for employment, contracting, or volunteer roles.
- Member identification
- Employment approval
- Contractor verification
- Volunteer work approval
- Streamlined processes
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VID application allows organizations to identify their members and approve them for employment, contracting, and volunteer work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: vID at 4.8 against SHU Safe's 4.3. vID also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (6.5K vs 6). SHU Safe's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
vID holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vID has 6.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of SHU Safe's written reviews are positive against 85% of vID's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SHU Safe ships an update every 5 months, vID every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHU Safe | vID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (6.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 | 44 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sacred Heart University, Inc. | Cerebrum, Inc. |
Customer experience
SHU Safe
vID
Bugs and requests
SHU Safe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
vID
Reported bugs
5 issues- Keeps saying newer version is available
- Issues capturing image of ID back
- Doesn't allow fields to be updated
- Incorrect DOB displayed
- Scanning not working on various devices
Requested features
3 requests- Improve ID scanning capabilities
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Enhance reliability of ID recognition
In-app purchases
SHU Safe
No in-app purchases
vID
No in-app purchases
