Comparison

Be Safe Be Smart vs R

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Be Safe Be Smart

This app provides personal safety tools, including an SOS button for emergency response, location tracking for continuous monitoring, and advisory calls for support. It integrates with custom wearables for enhanced protection.

Highlights
  • SOS emergency response
  • 24/7 call center staffed
  • Location tracking
  • Advisory calls for support
  • Custom wearable integration
  • Intuitive end-user functionality
Features
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Five Connect brings together an extensive suite of unique & ground breaking products & services for those who need to have the assurance of an intelligent, bespoke and secure range of personal protection tools. Be Safe Be Smart provides the following features when enabled; - SOS, trigger a emergency response by our call centres which are staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. - Track Me, ask the app to track you location and keep the ARC (Alarm Receiving Centres in Europe) informed of your location. - Advisory call, make a call for support or advice in any situation and our call centre will be happy to help and advice. We also provide support using our custom wearables which connect to the app using Bluetooth 4.0. The difference is that we have experience that dates back to the 1970’s in providing security systems,intelligent services and protective devices from the world leaders to personal clients. Included in our application is proprietary software, with intuitive end-user functionality that is used to its full effect in legacy and dedicated devices and use probably the most up to date, state-of-the-art Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC). This delivers the ultimate in protection and life support system for any lone worker or vulnerable persons anywhere on the globe! DISCLAIMER "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."

About

R

Features
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Roster 101 is a cost-effective, intuitive, user friendly, staff rostering and management system that provides a powerful tool to business owners and managers responsible for ensuring the deployment of trained and certified personnel. Roster 101 provides; • Shift planning and rostering on a one off or recurring basis • Staff scheduling • Forecasting staff requirements • Shift deployment controlled by qualifications • License and certification monitoring • Incident reporting and management • Internal messaging system The Roster 101 App delivers critical information directly to your staff member’s smart phone, including; • Shift information – date, start and finish time, address • Upcoming shift calendar • Shift briefing – role requirements, who to report to, access information, health and safety, uniform requirements, whatever you want to tell them • Accept or Decline shifts • GPS controlled ‘Time in Attendance’ • Map to shift • Shift reminder • Internal messaging system • Real time incident reporting, including images Never be caught again out by an expiring license or certification. Roster 101 allows you to track any certification or qualification that could expire and hurt your business; managers license, driver’s license, first aid certificate, security license, induction training, or anything else. Roster 101 provides 90 days’ notice of a pending expiry and will prevent that staff member being used if the shift requires a valid license or certification. Help your staff be safe and productive by providing tailored information about health, safety, welfare, hazards, contact information and anything else that is vital to them completing their task correctly. Receive an automatic confirmation they have read and Accepted the information provided. Track all communication through the internal messaging system and receive ‘real-time’ incident reports including photos from your staff in your building or wherever they are deployed.

Screenshots

Be Safe Be Smart2 screens
R4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: R at every 3 months against Be Safe Be Smart's every 14 months. Be Safe Be Smart's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Be Safe Be Smart ships an update every 14 months, R every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and May 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Be Safe Be Smart versus R: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBe Safe Be SmartR
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1 LGM HOLDINGS LTDDarryl Stonnell

In-app purchases

None

Be Safe Be Smart

No in-app purchases

None

R

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Be Safe Be Smart free?
Be Safe Be Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is R free?
R is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Be Safe Be Smart or R have ads?
Neither Be Safe Be Smart nor R shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Be Safe Be Smart or R?
Be Safe Be Smart ships an update every 14 months, and R every 3 months. Most recently, Be Safe Be Smart was updated on June 2, 2026 and R on May 14, 2026.

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