311SA vs Backwood
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
311SA
Report non-emergency community issues like potholes and graffiti. Track the progress of your reports in real-time and earn points and rewards for civic engagement. Connect with your city and fellow residents through a social feed.
- Report non-emergency issues
- Track report progress in real-time
- Earn points and rewards
- Engage with city updates
- Share issues on social media
- Vote up urgent issues
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See anything you want to improve in your community? San Antonio’s 311SA is the first social network for civic engagement where you can report non-emergency issues, such as potholes or graffiti while earning points and rewards. Interact with your city by using the 311SA mobile app to: Flag it: Snap a photo, select an issue from a list of 311 service request types, report it to your city. Monitor: Monitor the progress the city is doing on your reports in real-time. Receive updates as it gets fixed! Get Rewards: Engage with your city, get points, earn rewards, and reach new levels of engagement. Build Community: Follow your Urban Feed! Vote up urgent issues, and share it on Facebook and Twitter to rally support.
Backwood
Connect with local communities for sports and outdoor adventures. Discover new spots for activities like fishing, hiking, and off-roading. Organize group meetups, share locations, and compete on leaderboards.
- Local sports and outdoor community
- Discover new adventure spots
- Organize group meetups and challenges
- Interactive map with shared coordinates
- Seasonal leaderboards and rewards
- Private and public sharing options
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Your Local Social, Sports & Outdoor Community. Meet. Compete. Explore. Drop Meetups or Challenges on Local Sports Courts. Find new spots for fishing, hiking, camping, cycling, dirt biking, ATV riding, 4x4 off-roading & more. Challenge route courses with checkpoints and time leaderboards. Meet / Compete in basketball, fishing, running, biking, climbing and more. Climb seasonal leaderboards and earn rewards. Pin your favorite spots and plan group adventure or travel meetups on an interactive map. Share precise coordinates for fishing holes, trailheads, or off-road rally points. Save photos and videos to personal hotspots so you can revisit (and share) adventures anytime. Discover hidden riding routes, fishing access, campsites, hiking paths, climbing crags, and off-road lines. Search by activity, location, or distance. Build your crew. Connect with friends and like-minded adventurers. Share pins and media privately with your group or post publicly to the Backwood community. Swap insider tips, recommend trails, and coordinate group outings—seamlessly. No AI. No data brokers. No tracking. No spam. No BS. Join your local Social, Sports & Outdoors Community. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://backwood.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backwood at 100% against 311SA's 9%. Backwood also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). 311SA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (125 vs 13). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Backwood sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. 311SA asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backwood holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 311SA has 125 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of 311SA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Backwood's.
311SA ships an update every 2 months, Backwood every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | 311SA | Backwood |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (125 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of San Antonio Texas | Tech G Labs |
Customer experience
311SA
Backwood
In-app purchases
311SA
No in-app purchases
Backwood
- Backwood Monthly Supporter$4.991 Month
- Backwood Yearly Supporter$59.991 Year
- 5,000 Backwood Credits$4.99
- 10,000 Backwood Credits$9.99
- 15,000 Backwood Credits$14.99
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- 25,000 Backwood Credits$24.99
- 50,000 Backwood Credits$49.99
