dewenwils vs Notify MCDOT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dewenwils
Control your smart home devices remotely and connect them for a seamless experience. Monitor device status from anywhere and share access with family members. Discover and purchase new smart products through the integrated online mall.
- Remote device control
- Smart home connection
- Family device sharing
- Real-time status feedback
- Online smart product mall
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Life is simple from now on. 1、Device Control: remote control, build a "smart family". 2、Smart Connection: fast connection, enjoy the extremely speed experience. 3、Shared Devices: make it easy for the whole family to enjoy smart life. 4、Information Feedback: gain insight into the status of your home devices, anytime, anywhere. 5、Online Mall: enter the mall to buy smart products.
Notify MCDOT
Easily report issues like potholes and graffiti to the Maricopa County Department of Transportation. Request information about ongoing projects and track the status of your submissions. The app uses GPS to pinpoint your location and allows you to upload photos or videos for your reports.
- Report potholes and graffiti
- Request project information
- GPS location recognition
- Upload photos/videos
- Track report status
- Easy-to-use interface
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At the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), we provide connections that improve people’s lives. With the Notify MCDOT app, those connections are even stronger. From reporting potholes and graffiti to requesting information about current projects, the easy to use Notify MCDOT app is your connection to us. Using GPS to recognize your location, a menu helps guide you to report common types of service and/or to request information. Customers are able to upload pictures or videos to accompany the request and track the status of submitted reports. You can also visit us at mcdot.maricopa.gov.
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Verdict
dewenwils and Notify MCDOT both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Notify MCDOT's written reviews are positive against 32% of dewenwils's. Notify MCDOT also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). dewenwils's advantage is ratings volume (237 vs 14) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for dewenwils against 4.7 for Notify MCDOT. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: dewenwils has 237 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 32% of dewenwils's written reviews are positive against 67% of Notify MCDOT's.
dewenwils ships an update every 10 months, Notify MCDOT every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | dewenwils | Notify MCDOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (237 ratings) | 4.7 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 237 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dewenwils Inc. | COUNTY OF MARICOPA |
Customer experience
dewenwils
Notify MCDOT
Bugs and requests
dewenwils
Reported bugs
16 issues- Device switch locations move on 'All Devices' page
- Timer switch consistently turns off on its own
- App constantly logs out users
- Astronomical mode doesn't work
- Cannot adjust for sunrise/sunset times
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- Scheduler interface is unordered and hard to check
- Connecting to WiFi requires disabling 5G
- App only turns transformer on and off, no circuit separation
- Schedule function doesn't work
- Timer function does not turn devices on or off
- GUI doesn't reflect zone changes
- Cannot turn zones off with the app
- App has stopped working for pool motor timer
- Cannot set on and off times anymore
- App loses the network consistently
- Scenes do not activate when saved
Requested features
7 requests- Indication on 'AllDevices' page if each is On or Off
- Bigger back arrow
- Clarify device prompt labels
- Widgets or shortcut commands
- Apple Home integration
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- iPhone widget for easy access
- Feature to set timer to turn on for a certain amount of time then go off
Notify MCDOT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
dewenwils
No in-app purchases
Notify MCDOT
No in-app purchases
