Safety App Of The Week

August 25, 2014 No Comments

Below is this week’s “Safety App of the Week“.  Every Monday we publish an article that reviews and rates a new workplace safety app.  Our testing is done on Apple iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3s.  We rate each app from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best).  Prior app of the week articles are archived here.

SafetySnaps\-

Official Description  

“Safety Snaps is the quick and simple way to collect and share information on safety, health and environment issues.

With Safety Snaps you can take a photo, add a description, select a priority and record your current location. Safety Snaps will also add the time and date.

You can share your Safety Snap by sending a Safety Snap email. This is a simple way to notify those responsible for fixing the problem or for you to keep a record of the problems.

Safety Snaps is suitable for any workplace and helps provide and maintain a safe working environment.

If you see a problem Safety Snap it!“¹

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Thumbs Up

• cost is only $3.99
• no registration or sign in required
• easy to use, no instructions are necessary
• attaching photos to the report is easy
• each report automatically records the location/street-address of the location inspected
• can assign a priority to each hazard report
• when it’s time to email completed reports, email addresses are automatically pulled from your contacts list
• the email reports that you sent look amazing
• completed reports are stored in the app for future reference

Thumbs Down

• can only attach one photo
• it would have been nice if  you could also attach short videos to the report

Overall Rating

• iPad/iPhone  – ♥♥♥♥♥
• Android  –  not currently available
• Overall – simple, short, and sweet – we’ll be using this app on a regular basis

¹ Descriptions courtesy of  iTunes

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