App Profile: State Auto Safety 360® Mobile

givehope

Rating: 3/5

For some reason, anytime I have a short trip somewhere (less than a mile), it rates my driving pretty low (two or three stars). Any trip that’s longer I get four or five stars. But I’m driving the same way no matter where I go. A bit frustrating

KillrApple

Rating: 1/5

I would just like to state first I may be a bit biased because as a computer scientist I don’t like apps tracking me on my phone, especially apps designed to track me at all times. The only reason I got this is because I’m young and auto-insurance is unaffordable without the discount. Personally I don’t see why this app even needs to exist. It feels like an unnecessary intrusion into my life given the type of tracking relevant to auto insurers can be obtained via a small device in a vehicle’s OBD2 port. Aside from the privacy issues this app also is constantly draining the battery from my phone since location services are always on. The app itself is unresponsive at times and doesn’t even correctly track half of my trips. It does a worse job than older tracking methods like the OBD2 method and it kills my phone at the same time.

hgfdsrui

Rating: 5/5

The Safety360 Mobile works well to benefit good driving. I appreciate the prompt trip feedback, the good maps, and very complete mapping of speed limits. I will offer a few suggestions to make the app even better. Have the Safety360 Mobile device beep when the vehicle is going more than 8 mph over the speed limit, or doing a hard breaking or cell phone is used while driving.