LaCrosse311 vs Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LaCrosse311
Engage with your city by accessing parking, transit, and city news. Report issues like garbage concerns or park maintenance and track their progress with updates from city staff.
- Parking and Transit information
- City News updates
- Job listings
- Report city issues
- Track issue reports
- Receive staff updates
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Become a civic resident and engage with your city like never before by downloading the official app. With features like Parking and Transit, City News, Jobs, and Report an Issue, you'll find it easier than ever to stay connected with City of La Crosse, WI with just a few taps on your mobile device. Stay informed and up-to-date on the latest happenings and upcoming events through the City News. Report issues within your city like garbage and recycling concerns and parks/trails/recreation issues straight from the app. Track reports and receive updates directly from the city staff. Download your city's app and start engaging with your city on a more meaningful level. Become a civic resident today!
Hour
This app facilitates rapid texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It allows users to efficiently manage and track responses from their phone's contact list.
- Send quick text notifications
- Target specific contacts
- Track responses
- Fundraising campaign support
- Phone contact integration
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
LaCrosse311 and Hour both sit at 3.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 48% of Hour's written reviews are positive against 0% of LaCrosse311's. Hour also leads on ratings volume (150 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for LaCrosse311 against 3.0 for Hour. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hour has 150 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of LaCrosse311's written reviews are positive against 48% of Hour's.
LaCrosse311 ships an update every 5 weeks, Hour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LaCrosse311 | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (150 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 48.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of La Crosse, WI | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
LaCrosse311
Hour
In-app purchases
LaCrosse311
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
