Jags Safe vs Safe Dog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jags Safe
This app provides a direct link to university safety forces for quick assistance in emergencies. It allows users to send crime tips with media, share their location with friends, request safety escorts, and access campus resources like shuttle schedules and emergency procedures.
- Emergency contact with university safety forces
- Send crime tips with photos/videos
- Friend Watch location tracking
- Request safety escorts
- View shuttle schedules and real-time locations
- Access campus resources and emergency procedures
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If you're in a dangerous situation, use the Jags Safe application to quickly and easily contact university safety forces. Jags Safe also allows you to: -Send text messages, as well as photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to university safety forces. -Use the Friend Watch feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Friend Watch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -Request a safety escort to walk you through campus. -View campus shuttle schedules and even view the real-time locations of shuttles. -View campus resources, such as the student handbook, and emergency procedures directly through the app. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
Safe Dog
This app allows users to quickly contact university safety forces and report suspicious activity with messages, photos, and videos. It also features a peer-to-peer safety network for friends and family to track your location.
- Contact university safety forces
- Send crime tips with media
- FriendWatch location tracking
- Peer-to-peer safety network
- Report suspicious behavior
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Use the Safe Dog application to quickly and easily contact university safety forces. Safe Dog also allows you to: -Send messages, photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to university safety forces. -Use the FriendWatch feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Friend Watch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -And more. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Safe Dog at 50% against Jags Safe's 0%. Safe Dog also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). 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.
Safe Dog holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Jags Safe's written reviews are positive against 50% of Safe Dog's.
Jags Safe ships an update every 8 months, Safe Dog every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jags Safe | Safe Dog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Southern University and A and M College System | Louisiana Tech University |
Customer experience
Jags Safe
Safe Dog
In-app purchases
Jags Safe
No in-app purchases
Safe Dog
No in-app purchases
