MesaNow vs Notify MCDOT
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.
Notify MCDOT
Easily report issues like potholes and graffiti to the Maricopa County Department of Transportation. Request information about ongoing projects and track the status of your submissions. The app uses GPS to pinpoint your location and allows you to upload photos or videos for your reports.
- Report potholes and graffiti
- Request project information
- GPS location recognition
- Upload photos/videos
- Track report status
- Easy-to-use interface
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At the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), we provide connections that improve people’s lives. With the Notify MCDOT app, those connections are even stronger. From reporting potholes and graffiti to requesting information about current projects, the easy to use Notify MCDOT app is your connection to us. Using GPS to recognize your location, a menu helps guide you to report common types of service and/or to request information. Customers are able to upload pictures or videos to accompany the request and track the status of submitted reports. You can also visit us at mcdot.maricopa.gov.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notify MCDOT at 67% against MesaNow's 23%. Notify MCDOT also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7). MesaNow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Notify MCDOT holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of MesaNow's written reviews are positive against 67% of Notify MCDOT's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MesaNow | Notify MCDOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (22 ratings) | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 14 |
| 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 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | City of Mesa | COUNTY OF MARICOPA |
Customer experience
MesaNow
Notify MCDOT
In-app purchases
MesaNow
No in-app purchases
Notify MCDOT
No in-app purchases
