Polk Waste Wise vs FRONTSTEPS Community Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Polk Waste Wise
Report waste and recycling issues with this app. You can select service requests, pinpoint locations with GPS, attach photos, and receive status updates. It also helps you find your service date and report curbside bulk pickups.
- Report waste and recycling issues
- Pinpoint issue location with GPS
- Attach photos to reports
- Receive status updates
- Find service dates
- Report curbside bulk pickup
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Grumpy about garbage? Report what you see to Waste & Recycling with Polk Waste Wise. • Choose from a variety of requests for service • Pinpoint a Waste issue location with GPS • Attach a photo with your comments and/or request • Receive status updates and resolution notifications • Find your service date • Report a curbside bulk pick up
FRONTSTEPS Community Manager
This app helps Community Association Managers streamline daily tasks, enhance accuracy, and improve safety. It offers advanced mapping and offline capabilities, integrating seamlessly with the FRONSTEPS Suite for an optimized workflow.
- Streamline daily tasks
- Increase accuracy
- Improve safety
- Advanced mapping
- Offline capabilities
- Seamless integration
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The FRONTSTEPS Community Manager is is intended for Community Association Managers only. It is not intended for community residents. Optimize your daily tasks with our app designed specifically for Community Association Managers (CAMs). Streamline your workflow, increase accuracy, and improve safety with advanced mapping, offline capabilities, and seamless connection to the FRONSTEPS Suite. Download now and revolutionize your community manager experience!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Polk Waste Wise at 2.6 against FRONTSTEPS Community Manager's 1.9. FRONTSTEPS Community Manager's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 18 months). 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.
Polk Waste Wise holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Polk Waste Wise ships an update every 18 months, FRONTSTEPS Community Manager monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Polk Waste Wise | FRONTSTEPS Community Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (14 ratings) — better | 1.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polk County, A Political Subdivision of the State of Florida | Frontsteps |
Customer experience
Polk Waste Wise
FRONTSTEPS Community Manager
In-app purchases
Polk Waste Wise
No in-app purchases
FRONTSTEPS Community Manager
No in-app purchases
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