DigAlert vs Lone Star 811
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DigAlert
This app provides underground utility locating services for homeowners and contractors in Southern California. It helps prevent dangerous accidents by informing users about the location of underground lines before digging. Access tools for ticket updates, expiration dates, and emergency contacts.
- Web update of tickets
- View expiring tickets
- DigAlert Express
- Newtin ETA
- Access Emergency / Vacuum Contacts
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Underground Service Alert of Southern California (USA/SC) aka DigAlert was formed on September 13, 1976 in response to a deadly accident that had taken place in Culver City three months earlier. A petroleum pipeline was accidentally breached by a construction crew working on Venice Blvd and the resulting explosion took the lives of nine people. Additionally, an entire city block was burned to the ground and millions of dollars in damages were caused by this incident. The spark that ignited this deadly inferno quickly became the impetus behind a movement to prevent these tragic accidents. USA/SC is the result of that effort and has been serving this part of California ever since. Keep yourself up to date with our latest advancements in technologies by downloading the DigAlert app with tons of useful tools for homeowners and contractors such as: - Web Update of tickets - View expiring tickets - DigAlert Express - Newtin ETA - Access Emergency / Vacuum Contacts Remember, find out FIRST, contact 811 before you dig. It's the law.
Lone Star 811
This app allows excavators, homeowners, and facility operators in Texas to manage locate requests before digging. Users can initiate, monitor, and respond to requests, ensuring safe excavation practices.
- Manage locate requests
- Initiate excavation requests
- Monitor request status
- Facility operator responses
- Texas-specific
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Excavators, homeowners, and facility operators can use the Lone Star 811 app to easily and quickly manage locate requests. Anyone planning to excavate in Texas can use the app to initiate, manage and monitor a locate request prior to excavation. Facility operators can use the ticket management feature to provide a positive response to excavators.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DigAlert at 68% against Lone Star 811's 0%. DigAlert also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (90 vs 13). Lone Star 811's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
DigAlert holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DigAlert has 90 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of DigAlert's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lone Star 811's.
| Parameter | DigAlert | Lone Star 811 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (90 ratings) — better | 1.9 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DigAlert | One Call Concepts, Inc. |
Customer experience
DigAlert
Lone Star 811
In-app purchases
DigAlert
No in-app purchases
Lone Star 811
No in-app purchases
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