Bloomfield PD vs Newark Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloomfield PD
This app allows the community to anonymously report tips to the local police department. It also provides access to crime alerts, an interactive crime map, and official social media content.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Agency crime alerts
- Online crime map
- Social media integration
- Official web content
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The Bloomfield PD app provides the community the ability to submit anonymous tips to the Bloomfield, NJ Police Department. The app also displays agency crime alerts, online crime map, and other organization web and social media content.
Newark Connect
Report non-emergency neighborhood issues with precise GPS location tagging. Citizens can categorize observations, upload photos, and track the status of their reports anonymously. Submitted issues are routed to the correct municipal departments for resolution.
- Report non-emergency issues
- Accurate GPS location tagging
- Categorize observations
- Upload photos
- Anonymous reporting
- Track report status
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Newark Connect is a reporting tool, allowing citizens to identify and report non-emergency neighborhood observations. This app can offer an accurate GPS location to pin-point the location being reported within the City of Newark. The app also provides you a list of categories to choose for the item being reported. Through this app, citizens can also anonymously file reports, complaints, upload photos, and review existing reports. Once an issue is reported, a ticket will be created and routed to the appropriate municipal department as well as the City 4311 center. Citizens can track the status of reported issues and even view observations submitted by others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bloomfield PD at 100% against Newark Connect's 0%. Bloomfield PD also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and device support (3 vs 1). Newark Connect's advantage is ratings volume (70 vs 2) and update cadence (every 12 months vs every 41 months). 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.
Bloomfield PD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newark Connect has 70 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bloomfield PD's written reviews are positive against 0% of Newark Connect's.
Bloomfield PD ships an update every 41 months, Newark Connect every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Bloomfield PD | Newark Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.2 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 41 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bloomfield Police Department | City of Newark, NJ |
Customer experience
Bloomfield PD
Newark Connect
In-app purchases
Bloomfield PD
No in-app purchases
Newark Connect
No in-app purchases
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