Ask Mountain View Mobile vs Pasadena CSC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ask Mountain View Mobile
Report community issues like graffiti or potholes directly to City Hall. Submit real-time information with photos and locations to help your city respond to resident needs.
- Report community issues
- Submit real-time information
- Attach photos to illustrate problems
- Auto-assign issue location
- Track request status
- Receive messages from City Staff
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Whether the issue is graffiti, a pothole or a request for information, you can be part of the solution by being City Hall’s eyes in the community. Identifying and reporting the issues you come across in your day helps make City Hall aware of important issues and helps them to be responsive to the needs of the community. •Just point, click and submit real-time information on issues •Attach a photograph to illustrate the problem •Assign the location of the issue or the software auto-assigns it for you City Staff will receive your case immediately and you can even use your iPhone to check on the status and receive messages from City Staff on your request as it is processed.
Pasadena CSC
Report city issues like graffiti or potholes directly to Pasadena City Hall. Submit requests with photos and track their status 24/7. Access city services conveniently from your iPhone or iPad.
- Report city issues (graffiti, potholes)
- Submit requests with photos
- Track request status
- 24/7 access to city services
- Automatic routing to departments
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The Pasadena Citizen Service Center iPhone app is designed to provide residents, businesses, and visitors with access to Pasadena City Hall, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. So next time you spot graffiti in your neighborhood, hit a pothole on your way to work, or notice an abandoned shopping cart on your street just use the Citizen Service Center to report it. Simply open the CSC app, select an issue, and tap submit. You can even include a picture if you like and your issue will be automatically routed to the appropriate department for investigation. You can also check back periodically to track the status of your requests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pasadena CSC at 73% against Ask Mountain View Mobile's 0%. Pasadena CSC also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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.
Pasadena CSC holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ask Mountain View Mobile's written reviews are positive against 73% of Pasadena CSC's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ask Mountain View Mobile | Pasadena CSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 3.9 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Mountain View | City of Pasadena, CA |
Customer experience
Ask Mountain View Mobile
Pasadena CSC
In-app purchases
Ask Mountain View Mobile
No in-app purchases
Pasadena CSC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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