Gilbert 311 vs Bosso Lights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Bosso Lights
Transform your home's exterior with customizable smart lighting. Create vibrant displays for holidays, game days, or everyday ambiance. Enjoy permanent, user-friendly accent and security lighting solutions.
- Accent lighting
- Security lighting
- Festive lighting
- Customizable displays
- Permanent home lighting
- User experience focused
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Enhance your home with accent, security, festive lighting, and more with Bosso Smart Lighting. Showcase your home with Bosso, the top choice for permanent home lighting. We've created a brand that puts your experience first and where every detail is carefully considered. Whether you want to show off on game day, celebrate the holidays, or provide an illuminating ambiance, you'll be able to customize your lights however you like, whenever you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gilbert 311 at 4.7 against Bosso Lights's 3.6. Gilbert 311 also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). Bosso Lights's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Gilbert 311 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 391 and 140 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Gilbert 311's written reviews are positive against 54% of Bosso Lights's.
Gilbert 311 ships an update every 3 months, Bosso Lights every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Gilbert 311 | Bosso Lights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (391 ratings) — better | 3.6 (140 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 53.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 391 — better | 140 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Town of Gilbert | Bosso |
Customer experience
Gilbert 311
Bosso Lights
Bugs and requests
Gilbert 311
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bosso Lights
Reported bugs
14 issues- Schedule settings fail to execute properly
- Lights turn on/off inconsistently or partially
- App requires re-entering WiFi credentials after updates
- Manual button presses require multiple attempts to register
- App freezes intermittently
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- End date validation allows invalid date ranges
- Lights malfunction after 2 months of use
- Rogue light programs run without user scheduling
- SSID entry screen causes login failures
- Save button cut off on phone screens
- Schedule presets not applying correctly across multiple systems
- App crashes or becomes unresponsive
- Lights display wrong preset than scheduled
- Default scene settings removed in recent update
Requested features
14 requests- Music synchronization feature
- Virtual linking of multiple controllers
- Face ID or biometric login option
- Save login credentials functionality
- Advanced effects similar to Light-O-Rama
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- More preset designs and patterns
- Default scene settings restoration
- Priority scheduling for overlapping events
- Lower brightness level settings
- Copy/paste functionality between zones
- Custom preset folder organization
- Ability to modify existing schedules
- Skip button for tutorial videos
- Automatic login persistence
In-app purchases
Gilbert 311
No in-app purchases
Bosso Lights
No in-app purchases
