myKCMO vs Bear Shield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myKCMO
This app connects residents with their city government. Access municipal court services, report city issues, find elected officials, and pay bills online. Stay informed about city resources and public safety.
- Municipal Court access
- Report and track city issues
- Find elected officials
- Pay city bills online
- Access city resources
- KC BizCare information
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Engage with your city like never before by downloading the official City of Kansas City, MO app! With features like Municipal Court, Report an Issue, Compass KC, Pay Online, and KC BizCare, you’ll find it easier than ever to stay connected with the City of Kansas City, MO with just a few taps on your mobile device. Elected Officials and Hear From Us features allow you to have all the important contact and destination information in your city. Learn about your city’s resources, public safety and elected officials. Easily report and track issues within the city with just a few taps with the Report an Issue and Issues I’ve Reported features. Download your city’s app and start engaging with your city on a more meaningful level. Become a MyKCMO resident today!
Bear Shield
Enhance organizational security with tools like a panic slider, tip submission, and a safety timer. This app provides an extra layer of protection for your community.
- Panic Slider
- Submit Tips
- Safety Timer
- Organizational Protection
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Use Bear Shield to add an additional layer of protection to your organization by utilizing tools such as: Panic Slider, Submit Tips and Safety Timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bear Shield at 4.8 against myKCMO's 2.1. Bear Shield also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16.6). myKCMO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (86 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Bear Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myKCMO has 86 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
myKCMO ships an update every 2 weeks, Bear Shield every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | myKCMO | Bear Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (86 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Kansas City, MO | Missouri State University |
Customer experience
myKCMO
Bear Shield
Bugs and requests
myKCMO
Reported bugs
27 issues- 🐛 Display format is messed up after closing a photo
- 🐛 App times out constantly
- 🐛 Tickets can’t be tracked
- 🐛 App barely works, slow loading
- 🐛 Some things never seem to work
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- 🐛 App won't let me select a type of issue
- 🐛 App won't let me submit any reports
- 🐛 Map to report an issue/location not working, stays loading
- 🐛 Mapping doesn't work, search by address/city/state/zip doesn't work
- 🐛 Moving the location on the map moves about half a mile every 3 minutes
- 🐛 App always seems to time out and fail to submit reports
- 🐛 No back button
- 🐛 Navigation is not intuitive or user friendly
- 🐛 Can't easily go from one section to another
- 🐛 App freezes up every time or says network error
- 🐛 Requests constantly time out
- 🐛 System timed out multiple times
- 🐛 Map freezes
- 🐛 Pull down menus don’t always drop
- 🐛 App freezes and you can’t continue submitting issues
- 🐛 Constantly saying there’s server issues
- 🐛 Display format bug
- 🐛 Timeout issues with map and submission
- 🐛 Glitches and long load time when moving pin on map
- 🐛 Property search functionality doesn’t work
- 🐛 Moving the pin to the property doesn’t work
- 🐛 App locks up when getting the location map
Requested features
3 requests- 💡 Add a filter option for viewing reports (open/closed/pending)
- 💡 Need satellite map view for more accurate reporting
- 💡 Change font of the header to something lighter
Bear Shield
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myKCMO
No in-app purchases
Bear Shield
No in-app purchases
