MCSJ Meter Management vs PubWorks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MCSJ Meter Management
This app allows users to log in with their existing account to submit meter readings, view past readings, and manage work orders. It also provides navigation to work order property locations.
- Log meter reads
- View meter reads
- Replace meters
- Manage work orders
- Navigate to work order locations
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Companion to Edmunds & Associates' MCSJ Software suite. Allows users to log in using their MCSJ account information to insert meter reads, view meter reads, replace meters, manage work orders, and navigate to a work order's property location.
PubWorks
Empower your public works department with a mobile workforce solution. Record work in real-time, respond to service requests instantly, and manage inspections and assets efficiently. Seamlessly integrates with your main database for instant updates.
- Real-time work recording
- Mobile work orders
- Service request management
- Inspections
- Asset inventory
- Seamless database integration
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This app is for PubWorks customers only. Equipping your crew with tablets will create your new mobile workforce – allowing them to record work as they go, and quickly respond to new work orders and service requests. This divide-and-conquer field-recording capability will increase your department’s efficiency and productivity. With mobile mapping, work orders, service requests, inspections and asset inventory, you’ll be better equipped to deal with sudden change of crew needs. This mobile public works tool designed to seamlessly interact, securely and in real-time, with the main PubWorks database which can be hosted on-site or in the cloud. This allows in-office updates to reach field crews automatically and instantly. Field crews will be able to act on the latest information and record their work allowing office staff to see their accomplishments, notes and photos in seconds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MCSJ Meter Management at 5.0 against PubWorks's 2.0. PubWorks's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). 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.
MCSJ Meter Management holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PubWorks has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MCSJ Meter Management ships an update every 5 months, PubWorks monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MCSJ Meter Management | PubWorks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edmunds GovTech, Inc. | gWorks |
Customer experience
MCSJ Meter Management
PubWorks
In-app purchases
MCSJ Meter Management
No in-app purchases
PubWorks
No in-app purchases
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