Allentown PD vs General Population
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Allentown PD
This app allows community members to submit anonymous tips directly to the Allentown Police Department. It also provides access to agency crime alerts and official web and social media content.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Crime alerts
- Agency web content
- Social media integration
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The Allentown PD app provides the community the ability to submit anonymous tips to the Allentown, PA Police Department. The app also displays agency crime alerts, and other organization web and social media content.
General Population
Instantly connect with incarcerated individuals by sending them text messages that are converted into physical mail. This service handles all aspects of mailing, including postage and tracking, simplifying communication.
- Send text messages to inmates
- Convert messages to physical mail
- Handle all mailing logistics
- Includes postage
- Provides tracking
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Find and Message any inmate, instantly. We turn your text message into real mail, and handle everything else. Yes. Postage and Tracking too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: General Population at 50% against Allentown PD's 0%. General Population also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 32 months) and rating (3.0 vs 2.8). Allentown PD's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
General Population holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Allentown PD's written reviews are positive against 50% of General Population's.
Allentown PD ships an update every 32 months, General Population every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Allentown PD | General Population |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Allentown | General Population |
Customer experience
Allentown PD
General Population
In-app purchases
Allentown PD
No in-app purchases
General Population
No in-app purchases
Questions
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