MesaNow vs Gilbert 311
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MesaNow
Access your utility accounts, city news, and event calendars. Stay informed about local government, parks, and road restrictions. More city services are planned for future updates.
- Utility account access
- City news updates
- Event calendars
- Video city leadership
- Park information
- Road restriction details
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Official application for the City of Mesa Arizona. Access to utility accounts, news, calendars, video city leadership and information about where you live, parks and road restrictions. More city services coming soon.
Gilbert 311
Report non-emergency issues like potholes or broken streetlights in your community. Submit requests with location details and track their status. Engage with local government to improve your neighborhood.
- Report non-emergency issues
- Tag issue location
- Track report status
- Communicate with local government
- Improve community services
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Do you see something in Gilbert that needs to be fixed? A pothole? Is your streetlight out? Need a new trash can? Now you can help us fix these issues quickly and efficiently. Gilbert 311 allows citizens to report common non-emergency issues, tag their location, and send them to the appropriate Gilbert staff member for assistance. Residents can create, view and track the status of their report making it easy to engage and communicate with their local government and improve their community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gilbert 311 at 4.7 against MesaNow's 2.7. Gilbert 311 also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 23%) and ratings volume (355 vs 22). MesaNow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Gilbert 311 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gilbert 311 has 355 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of MesaNow's written reviews are positive against 60% of Gilbert 311's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MesaNow | Gilbert 311 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (22 ratings) | 4.7 (355 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 355 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | City of Mesa | Town of Gilbert |
Customer experience
MesaNow
Gilbert 311
In-app purchases
MesaNow
No in-app purchases
Gilbert 311
No in-app purchases
