Covington Connects vs Portolapp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Covington Connects
Easily report local issues like potholes, graffiti, or damaged signs to the city. Track the progress of your service requests and upload photos. Connect with your community and help improve your city.
- Submit service requests
- Track city response
- Upload photos of issues
- View community reports
- Report potholes, dumping, graffiti, and more
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Covington Connects makes connecting with the city (Covington, Wash.) and reporting local problems easy and convenient. If you see an issue (like potholes, dumping, damaged street signs, non-emergency hazards, damaged trees, graffiti, and more) you can open the app, submit a service request and even track the city’s response. This app also allows you to upload photos and see reports made by other members of the community. Downloading and using Covington Connects is free and easy!
Portolapp
This app provides students with essential campus information, including class schedules, upcoming events, and a teacher directory. It also offers a digital ID card, school news, and direct access to school offices.
- Real-time class schedule updates
- Campus event previews
- Teacher and staff directory
- Digital ID card with barcode
- Interactive school calendar
- School news and announcements
- Direct call shortcuts to offices
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Portolapp brings the below features to students on campus - Schedules: Students are able to see the minutes until the end of every class, passing period, the time school starts and the class schedule for the day on the home page. - Events: Students with the app can preview upcoming events on campus - Teachers: Students can save their classes and teachers, and the app provides an easy-to-access directory of all the teachers and administration staff on campus, making the task of emailing a teacher more efficient. - ID Card: Students can save their ID card with its barcode within the app in case they forget to bring their physical ID cards. - Calendar: Students can check the class schedule as well as the start and end time of a school day with the interactive calendar in the app - Students can have access to shortcuts to call the front office as well as the attendance office. - Students can have access to school news and entertainment such as Portola Pilot and Portola News Network (PNN) - Notifications: Students receive notifications the day before a special schedule day on their device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Portolapp at every 2 weeks against Covington Connects's every 3 months. Portolapp also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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.
Covington Connects holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 65 respectively.
Covington Connects ships an update every 3 months, Portolapp every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Covington Connects | Portolapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better | 4.5 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 65 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Covington | Derivative LLC |
Customer experience
Covington Connects
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In-app purchases
Covington Connects
No in-app purchases
Portolapp
No in-app purchases
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