Shafter Mobile vs MyKern
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!!
MyKern
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Wondering how to quickly and easily find out what's going on around Kern County? Look no further than MyKern.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MyKern at none against Shafter Mobile's shown. MyKern also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). Shafter Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Shafter Mobile ships an update every 8 months, MyKern every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shafter Mobile | MyKern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Shafter | GOGov, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Shafter Mobile
No in-app purchases
MyKern
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Shafter Mobile free?
Is MyKern free?
Do Shafter Mobile or MyKern have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shafter Mobile or MyKern?
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