My Oceanside vs TC Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Oceanside
Submit service requests like potholes or noise complaints directly to your local government. Requests are instantly routed to the correct department for quick resolution, and you'll receive notifications upon completion.
- Submit service requests
- Route requests to correct department
- Receive instant notifications
- Track request resolution
- Report potholes
- Report noise complaints
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PublicStuff allows service requests (potholes, noise complaints, dangerous conditions, etc) to be submitted directly to the your local government, where it will be instantly routed to the correct administrator in the appropriate department. This means your service requests will be responded to quickly and efficiently, and you'll be notified the instant they are resolved!
TC Mobile
Receive real-time emergency incident information, including location and type, directly on your iPhone. Get updates from your computer-aided dispatch system and easily navigate to incident locations using your preferred mapping app.
- Real-time incident notifications
- Incident location and type details
- Unit assignments and comments
- Navigation integration with mapping apps
- Progressive incident updates
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TC Mobile brings the insight and control of Tablet Command’s enterprise service to your iPhone. TC Mobile is an iPhone application that delivers Apple Push Notifications and emergency incident information including incident location and type, units assigned and comments from your computer-aided dispatch (CAD). Tap on the address to be routed to the location of the incident via Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Foreflight Mobile.* Receive up-to-date information from the CAD including progressive comments throughout the incident.* TC Mobile requires Tablet Command’s enterprise incident command service. Tablet Command and TC Mobile can be interfaced with your agency’s computer aided dispatch system and provide instant notifications of incidents to your iPad and iPhone. Contact us to learn how we can provide a reliable and accurate interface to your CAD. support@tabletcommand.com * Accurate location and CAD comments depend on the availability of data CAD integration data available. Location services disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TC Mobile at 3.8 against My Oceanside's 2.8. TC Mobile also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). My Oceanside's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
TC Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of My Oceanside's written reviews are positive against 50% of TC Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
My Oceanside ships an update every 3 months, TC Mobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Oceanside | TC Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (33 ratings) | 3.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Oceanside | Tablet Command, Inc |
Customer experience
My Oceanside
TC Mobile
In-app purchases
My Oceanside
No in-app purchases
TC Mobile
No in-app purchases
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