Comparison

My Chatham vs Axon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My Chatham

Connect with local government and community services through a user-friendly mobile interface. Submit general questions and non-emergency service requests, track their status, and receive updates.

Highlights
  • Submit general questions
  • Report non-emergency service requests
  • Pinpoint issue locations
  • Attach photos to requests
  • Receive status update notifications
Features
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My Chatham links residents with the services and information they need to enjoy their community and stay connected with local government in just a few clicks. This mobile app allows you to submit general questions and non-emergency service requests – all from the convenience of your smartphone. The Request for Service feature allows citizens to easily submit request like: pothole repair, property maintenance issues, missed trash collection, and animal control issues. This app provides residents with an easy way to report a service request for action and resolution. The My Chatham app allows you to pinpoint the issue location, attach photos from your mobile device, and receive automatic notifications of status updates as your requests are fulfilled.

About

Axon

This app allows public safety professionals to securely manage digital evidence and records on the go. It streamlines workflows, enables field evidence review, and facilitates secure community evidence submission. Users can also write and search records directly from their mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Evidence management (search, playback, metadata)
  • Records management (write, submit, search)
  • Secure evidence submission from community members
  • Field evidence review and analysis
  • Dictation support for report writing
  • Biometric security integration
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Public safety professionals need tools that are as mobile as they are. The Axon app was built so law enforcement officers and supervisors can securely view and manage their digital evidence and records anytime, anywhere. The intuitive interface includes a homepage dashboard with quick links to evidence that is missing an ID or category. Officers can use the app to complete evidence workflows while in the field, increasing agency efficiency and data compliance, as well as improving officer satisfaction. Officers can review evidence in the field after the incident, providing investigators with the ability to gain a more complete perspective on how events unfolded. They can also use the app to initiate digital evidence collection by inviting witnesses to submit their photos and videos directly to the agency, ensuring a clean chain of custody. Agencies using Axon Records additionally benefit from the ability to write, submit, and search records from the Axon app. Their homepage dashboard also includes pending records tasks, as well as a quick link to create a new record. FEATURES INCLUDE: - Evidence management (DEMS): search, playback, manage metadata - Records management (RMS): search, write, continue/edit, submit, review - Axon Evidence user permissions maintained across desktop and mobile - Homepage dashboard that highlights missing data (plus pending tasks for RMS users) - Integration with the device’s biometric security - Dictation support (talk-to-text) for report writing - Ability to request evidence from a community member - Secure access - all data remains in the cloud with no local storage NOTE: Your agency must have a subscription to Axon Evidence or Axon Records to benefit from this app. Not an Axon customer? Contact us at axon.com/contact.

Screenshots

My Chatham4 screens
Axon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Axon at 4.8 against My Chatham's 3.5. Axon also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 60 months). My Chatham's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Axon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Axon has 1.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of My Chatham's written reviews are positive against 40% of Axon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Chatham ships an update every 60 months, Axon every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Chatham versus Axon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy ChathamAxon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 60 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChatham County Board of CommissionersAxon Enterprise, Inc.

Customer experience

My Chatham

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Axon

All ratings1,315 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

My Chatham

No in-app purchases

None

Axon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Chatham free?
My Chatham is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Axon free?
Axon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Chatham or Axon?
Axon is rated higher. My Chatham averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Axon averages 4.8 from 1.3K ratings.
Do My Chatham or Axon have ads?
Neither My Chatham nor Axon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Chatham or Axon?
My Chatham ships an update every 60 months, and Axon every 2 weeks. Most recently, My Chatham was updated on October 29, 2026 and Axon on October 29, 2026.

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