Escondido, Report It! vs DigAlert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Escondido, Report It!
This platform allows residents to easily report community issues like graffiti and potholes in real-time using their smartphones. It simplifies the process of documenting problems with photos, fostering civic engagement.
- Real-time reporting
- Community problem submission
- Photo documentation
- Civic engagement platform
- Simple smartphone interface
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Report It! is a real time mobile civic engagement platform for Escondido residents. Report It! provides a free and simple way for people to use their smartphone to report community problems such as graffiti or potholes. A picture is worth a thousand words and Report It! makes it a snap. Download it today!
DigAlert
This app provides underground utility locating services for homeowners and contractors in Southern California. It helps prevent dangerous accidents by informing users about the location of underground lines before digging. Access tools for ticket updates, expiration dates, and emergency contacts.
- Web update of tickets
- View expiring tickets
- DigAlert Express
- Newtin ETA
- Access Emergency / Vacuum Contacts
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Underground Service Alert of Southern California (USA/SC) aka DigAlert was formed on September 13, 1976 in response to a deadly accident that had taken place in Culver City three months earlier. A petroleum pipeline was accidentally breached by a construction crew working on Venice Blvd and the resulting explosion took the lives of nine people. Additionally, an entire city block was burned to the ground and millions of dollars in damages were caused by this incident. The spark that ignited this deadly inferno quickly became the impetus behind a movement to prevent these tragic accidents. USA/SC is the result of that effort and has been serving this part of California ever since. Keep yourself up to date with our latest advancements in technologies by downloading the DigAlert app with tons of useful tools for homeowners and contractors such as: - Web Update of tickets - View expiring tickets - DigAlert Express - Newtin ETA - Access Emergency / Vacuum Contacts Remember, find out FIRST, contact 811 before you dig. It's the law.
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Verdict
Escondido, Report It! and DigAlert both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 68% of DigAlert's written reviews are positive against 33% of Escondido, Report It!'s. DigAlert also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (90 vs 13). Escondido, Report It!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). 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 — 4.2 for Escondido, Report It! against 4.0 for DigAlert. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DigAlert has 90 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Escondido, Report It!'s written reviews are positive against 68% of DigAlert's.
Escondido, Report It! ships an update every 5 months, DigAlert every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Escondido, Report It! | DigAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) — better | 4.0 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Escondido | DigAlert |
Customer experience
Escondido, Report It!
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In-app purchases
Escondido, Report It!
No in-app purchases
DigAlert
No in-app purchases
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