CHI311 vs Metra COPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHI311
Report non-emergency issues like potholes or graffiti directly to Chicago city services. Track the status of your requests, submit photos, and get real-time updates on city work in your neighborhood. This official app connects residents and businesses to essential city services.
- Submit new service requests
- Track request status and resolution times
- Attach photos to requests
- Map request locations
- Create an account for tracking
- Search knowledge articles
- View neighborhood requests
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See a pothole? Notice an open hydrant? Let us know. The official CHI 311 app allows residents and businesses to quickly and easily connect to Chicago city services. CHI 311 will be your first place to submit and track non-emergency service requests, get real-time updates, and find information on-the-go. You can also explore work being done in your area. Sign up for your 311 account to access city services and track your requests today. FEATURES - Create new service requests - Check the status of existing requests and the time it will take to resolve - Snap a photo and submit it with a request to improve accuracy - Map your request to help pinpoint a location - Create an account to track your service requests and get local, relevant info - Search and see helpful knowledge articles - Discover requests in your neighborhood CITY SERVICES - Report a pothole - Fix my streetlight - Graffiti removal - Rodent baiting request - Garbage cart maintenance - Tree trim request - Ice/snow removal request - No heat complaint - Abandoned buildings - Clean and Green program registration - Clean a vacant lot - Report stray animals - Senior well-being request - Report a building violation Built with Chicagoans, for Chicagoans!
Metra COPS
Report safety and security concerns discreetly to the police with photos, videos, and text. The app ensures reports are sent even with poor signal strength and offers BOLO alerts for missing persons or persons of interest.
- Discreet reporting of safety concerns
- Send photos, videos, and text
- Location tagging for reports
- Anonymous reporting option
- Offline report storage and sending
- BOLO alerts for persons of interest
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Metra COPS: Free Safety and Security Mobile App for Riders The Metra COPS Safety and Security App offers riders a quick and discreet method for reporting safety and security concerns directly to the police. App users can send photos, videos, text descriptions, and locations of suspicious people or activities. From the home screen, users have two easy options for contacting the police: * The “Report an Issue” button allows users to send text or photos directly to the police. To ensure discretion, the camera flash is automatically disabled when photos are taken through the app. When reporting an issue, users can select locations and report categories to assist the police. Riders can also send reports anonymously if they chose. * The “Call 911” button will connect customers directly the police. The application is designed for robust operation even under conditions of poor signal strength. If you send a report from an area without cellular/Wi-Fi connectivity, it will be stored and sent when connectivity returns. The system is also designed to send text descriptions before photos so that the police can get information as quickly as possible. Additional Features: BOLO (Be On the Look Out) Alerts. BOLO Alerts on Metra COPS may display alerts from the police about specific persons of interest. For example, Metra COPS may display information about a missing person or child, such as where they were last seen. If you see a person from a BOLO, immediately call 9-1-1 and send an app report discreetly. Help keep Metra safe, "See Something, Say Something"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Metra COPS at 100% against CHI311's 14%. Metra COPS also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). CHI311's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). 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.
Metra COPS holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 245 and 90 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of CHI311's written reviews are positive against 100% of Metra COPS's.
CHI311 ships an update every 3 weeks, Metra COPS every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CHI311 | Metra COPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (245 ratings) | 4.8 (90 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 90 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Chicago | Northeast Ilinois Regional Commuter Rail Corporation |
Customer experience
CHI311
Metra COPS
Bugs and requests
CHI311
Reported bugs
3 issues- Photo/image upload failures
- Submission errors and timeouts
- Inconsistent performance across devices and OS versions
Requested features
3 requests- More request categories and customization options
- Ability to add notes and descriptions to requests
- Improved notification and status tracking features
Metra COPS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CHI311
No in-app purchases
Metra COPS
No in-app purchases









