SPPD Tips vs Await
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPPD Tips
Submit anonymous tips to the St. Petersburg, FL Police Department. Stay informed with agency crime alerts and access their web and social media content directly.
- Anonymous tip submission
- St. Petersburg Police Department
- Crime alerts
- Agency web content
- Social media integration
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The SPPD Tips app provides citizens the ability to submit anonymous tips to St. Petersburg, FL Police Department. The app also displays agency crime alerts and other agency web and social media content.
Await
Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdowns. See your events on your home and lock screens with interactive widgets. Unlock unlimited event tracking with a one-time purchase.
- Customizable event countdowns
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets
- Title, date, color, and icon customization
- Unlimited event tracking with Pro version
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Count days until events with Await. Await is an app built to help you keep track of upcoming events. Add a countdown and customise it by setting: * Title * Date * Accent Color * Icon HOME SCREEN WIDGET See your countdowns on your Home Screen by adding the Await widget to it. Different sizes available. LOCK SCREEN WIDGET Keep track of what is upcoming directly from your Lock Screen with the Await Lock Screen widget. AWAIT PRO Try out Await by creating a up to 2 event countdowns. To remove this limit, you need to purchase Await PRO. Await PRO is a one time single purchase that removes all restrictions of the app and widgets. Hope you enjoy using Await.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SPPD Tips at none against Await's 1. SPPD Tips also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Await's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 34 months). On price and ads 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. Await sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SPPD Tips asks for nothing beyond the download.
SPPD Tips ships an update every 34 months, Await every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SPPD Tips | Await |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City St Petersburg Police Department | Nikola Kirev |
Customer experience
SPPD Tips
Await
In-app purchases
SPPD Tips
No in-app purchases
Await
- Await Pro$3.99
