bloomWatch vs Get Involved Service Hours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bloomWatch
This app allows users to document and track the occurrence of freshwater algae blooms. Your submissions help scientists and public health officials monitor water quality and manage resources for recreation and potable water.
- Document algae bloom occurrences
- Track bloom location and frequency
- Contribute to water quality monitoring
- Support scientific research
- Report potentially harmful blooms
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Blooms are visibly abundant proliferations of freshwater algae and have the potential to cause risks to human and animal health. Their occurrence is presently not well documented. bloomWatch is an App that has been developed to track and document the occurrence of these potentially harmful algal blooms. Your input using this App will provide documentation as to the location and frequency of potentially harmful bloom events, helping scientists, water quality managers, and public health officials effectively track and manage the water resources that the public depends on for potable water and recreation.
Get Involved Service Hours
Easily track your community service hours with this straightforward application. Designed for students, it offers a simple interface to log your volunteer activities. Partnered with a non-profit, it streamlines the process of managing your service contributions.
- Track service hours easily
- Simplistic and easy-to-use interface
- Log community service activities
- Partnered with non-profit organization
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Hi! My name is Adrit Rao. I am 13 years old and a WWDC 2020 Swift Student Challenge Winner. This is my 4th app on the App Store. Get Involved Service Hours is an app that allows users to track service hours easily. I partnered with the non-profit organization Get Involved Palo Alto and made this app. This app makes it easy for students to track their community service hours easily. The interface is simplistic and easy to use. I hope you enjoy using this app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Get Involved Service Hours at 100% against bloomWatch's 0%. Get Involved Service Hours also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Get Involved Service Hours holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of bloomWatch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Get Involved Service Hours's.
bloomWatch ships an update every 4 months, Get Involved Service Hours every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bloomWatch | Get Involved Service Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (13 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) | Sangeetha Rao |
Customer experience
bloomWatch
Get Involved Service Hours
In-app purchases
bloomWatch
No in-app purchases
Get Involved Service Hours
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is bloomWatch free?
Is Get Involved Service Hours free?
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