App Task Force vs ILLUMIVUE PROTECT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
App Task Force
This app helps communities engage with law enforcement to report crimes, share photos, and improve safety. It streamlines patrol management and reduces administrative tasks for officers.
- Increase community engagement
- Reduce crime reporting time
- Improve patrol response
- GPS patrol management
- Paperless shift management
- Share photos with authorities
- Report incidents confidentially
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App Task Force is a mobile Applicationto make an area safer by increasing community engagement with law enforcement agencies. The App allows citizens to easily report, in real time, certain types of crimes. The submitted information is then automatically transmitted to Officers patrolling the area so they can rapidly respond and investigate. Citizens are encouraged to submit photographs as a picture is worth a thousand words. The App however can only be used where the corresponding dedicated police presence is funded and the companion Officer and Administration Apps installed. Once an agency or neighborhood decides to utilize the Application, a unique App for their specific area is created that allows citizens in that area to report suspicious and potentially criminal activity that they are observing in real time. The App was first launched in March 2015 in the French Quarter of New Orleans and has continuously operated there ever since its initial deployment. The App and its companion police presence is credited with a significant reduction in crime and is now utilized in other Security Districts. The App was developed by SDT Productions LLC and their software development teammate LookFar Labs.
ILLUMIVUE PROTECT
Access your video surveillance systems remotely to view live feeds, control pylon cameras, and review recorded footage. Receive instant alarm notifications and manage your cloud-connected devices with ease.
- Live video viewing
- Pylon camera control
- Video playback
- Alarm push notifications
- Cloud device management
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ILLUMIVUE PROTECT can directly access video surveillance products through the network to meet your needs of viewing live events on your mobile phone, controlling the pylon, playing back videos, pushing alarms, managing cloud devices, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ILLUMIVUE PROTECT at 67% against App Task Force's 31%. ILLUMIVUE PROTECT also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.6). App Task Force's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). 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.
ILLUMIVUE PROTECT holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of App Task Force's written reviews are positive against 67% of ILLUMIVUE PROTECT's.
App Task Force ships an update every 2 weeks, ILLUMIVUE PROTECT every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | App Task Force | ILLUMIVUE PROTECT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (25 ratings) | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 410 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SDT Productions LLC | Surf OpcO LLC |
Customer experience
App Task Force
ILLUMIVUE PROTECT
In-app purchases
App Task Force
No in-app purchases
ILLUMIVUE PROTECT
No in-app purchases
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