SHU Safe vs AudienceView Professional
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."
AudienceView Professional
This companion app allows event staff to scan and validate tickets using their mobile device. It supports both the device's camera and an external laser scanner for efficient entry management. Users log in with their existing credentials to access event lists and scan tickets.
- Ticket barcode scanning
- Built-in camera scanning
- External LineaPro scanner support
- Automatic event list synchronization
- Login with existing credentials
- Ticket validation
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AudienceView Professional for iOS is the companion app for scanning admissions to events sold by organizations using the AudienceView Professional ticketing system. This app features ticket barcode scanning using the built-in camera as well as the LineaPro external scanner. - Login with the AudienceView Professional credentials (email and password). The user must have the permission Scan tickets in the Box Office section. - Automatic synchronization with the list of events so that tickets can be scanned and validated. - Scan barcodes with the LineaPro external laser scanner - Scan barcodes with the built-in camera
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SHU Safe at 100% against AudienceView Professional's 50%. SHU Safe also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.8). AudienceView Professional's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.2). 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.
SHU Safe holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SHU Safe's written reviews are positive against 50% of AudienceView Professional's.
SHU Safe ships an update every 5 months, AudienceView Professional fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SHU Safe | AudienceView Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 2.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — 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 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sacred Heart University, Inc. | AudienceView Ticketing Corporation |
Customer experience
SHU Safe
AudienceView Professional
In-app purchases
SHU Safe
No in-app purchases
AudienceView Professional
No in-app purchases
Questions
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