Shafter Mobile vs Sunrun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shafter Mobile
Report civic issues like public safety or environmental concerns using your smartphone. This platform allows for quick and intuitive reporting with photo evidence to facilitate prompt resolution.
- Real-time civic engagement
- Identify and report public safety issues
- Report quality of life concerns
- Report environmental issues
- Smartphone reporting
- Photo evidence integration
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Shafter Mobile is a real time mobile civic engagement platform. Shafter Mobile provides a free, simple, and intuitive platform empowering people to identify civic issues (public safety, quality of life, & environmental issues) with your smartphone and report for quick resolution. A picture tells a thousand words and Shafter Mobile makes it a snap. Download it today!!
Sunrun
Monitor your solar energy system, track energy production, and access support. Gain insights into your environmental impact and manage your system data from a single, user-friendly interface.
- System data management
- Energy production tracking
- Customer support access
- Environmental impact insights
- User-friendly interface
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Newly designed and easy-to-use, our app is the single access point for Sunrun customers to monitor their systems, track energy production, and get the support they need. Featuring: • Streamlined access to manage and organize all of your system data. Our user-friendly interface provides a centralized hub where you can conveniently access and oversee your system data. • Thorough support page to help you find the answers you need. Whether it’s getting started with your new system or questions around the fundamentals of solar, we’ve got you covered. • Contextualized insights to better understand the positive environmental impact you’re making. Our app utilizes your system data to offer valuable insights, deepening your understanding of how your choices contribute to a greener planet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sunrun at 73% against Shafter Mobile's 0%. Sunrun also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Shafter Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Sunrun holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunrun has 3.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Shafter Mobile's written reviews are positive against 73% of Sunrun's.
Shafter Mobile ships an update every 8 months, Sunrun every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shafter Mobile | Sunrun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Shafter | Sunrun Inc. |
Customer experience
Shafter Mobile
Sunrun
Bugs and requests
Shafter Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sunrun
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Frequent loading issues
- Charts and graphs not functioning properly
- Discrepancies between app and actual production
Requested features
5 requests- Download or export data
- Integrate energy usage data
- Add alerts and notifications
- Provide landscape mode on iPad
- Show year-over-year production comparisons
In-app purchases
Shafter Mobile
No in-app purchases
Sunrun
No in-app purchases
