APX SmartCapture vs Citywide Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APX SmartCapture
This tool enables public safety agencies to quickly capture critical information using customizable forms and device cameras. It automatically generates digitized pre-incident plans that are synced to the cloud for easy access during emergencies.
- Customizable forms
- Built-in device camera integration
- Automated pre-incident plan generation
- NFPA 1620 compliant data
- Secure cloud syncing
- Emergency information access
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SmartCapture™ is an iOS-based capture tool designed to allow Public Safety agencies to leverage smart technology to rapidly and intuitively capture critical information. With SmartCapture™, first responders can use dynamic, fully customizable forms and built-in device cameras to quickly gather critical building information. Digitized, NFPA 1620 compliant pre-incident plans are automatically generated from this captured data and synced with the secure SmartCapture™ cloud server. With SmartCapture™, pre-plans are readily available and distributable at time of emergency.
Citywide Mobile
This mobile application helps public works departments manage projects by prioritizing, scheduling, and tracking tasks in real time. It allows field workers to view assigned work orders and their current location to optimize daily operations and resource allocation.
- Prioritize, schedule, and track projects
- Calculate resources, inventory, and labor
- Create, view, and edit Work Orders
- Manage Service Requests and Inspections
- Utilize Route Patrols in the field
- Real-time field updates
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Enables public works departments to prioritize, schedule, & track projects. Citywide Mobile is a mobile version of a web based Citywide Software application that is designed to enable public works departments to prioritize, schedule, and track projects. In addition, Citywide Software calculates resources utilized, inventory consumed, as well as direct and indirect labour. The application integrates with Citywide Asset Manager. Our iOS application lets you create, view and edit Work Orders, Service Requests, Inspections and Route Patrols in the field in real time. It allows workers to see their current location and any Work Orders assigned to them so they can prioritize their day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: APX SmartCapture at 100% against Citywide Mobile's 0%. APX SmartCapture also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). Citywide Mobile's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). 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.
Citywide Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of APX SmartCapture's written reviews are positive against 0% of Citywide Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
APX SmartCapture ships an update monthly, Citywide Mobile every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | APX SmartCapture | Citywide Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ian Martin | PSD Citywide Inc. |
Customer experience
APX SmartCapture
Citywide Mobile
In-app purchases
APX SmartCapture
No in-app purchases
Citywide Mobile
No in-app purchases
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