Patch vs Borough USA

If you're looking for "everything local," Patch is the app for you. Local schools? Check. Breaking news? Check. Homes for sale? We've got those, too. You'll always be in touch with your town with the Patch app. Check out these features: • News and events for 1,200+ Patch Towns, with more towns added every month. • Push notifications as important news breaks — you’ll be the first to get the scoop. • Swipe left or right to view articles faster. • Local weather forecasts and alerts — you'll never be caught without an umbrella or snow boots again. • Find local events, jobs and announcements in your area. • Get everything that is happening in your town in a one-scroll feed! • Share stories to your Facebook friends or email/SMS to a friend! • Patch also has fun iMessage animal stickers to share your emotions with your friends! • Love an article? You can bookmark it to your phone to come back and read it later. • Want to follow multiple towns? No problem, swipe left or right to navigate between your favorite Patch towns. Our new Patch app delivers a beautiful browsing and reading experience for iOS users. Our pages load lightning fast. You'll never be kept waiting to see what's behind that headline. The sleek design provides an in-depth storytelling experience fueled by concise writing and rich imagery. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: We're eager to hear your feedback and suggestions. How can we make the app even better? What features would you like to see? We aim to be the best news app in the country, and your ideas are crucial. Please email us at Feedback@patch.com Images used under license from Shutterstock.com

Borough connects you to your local government, your neighborhood, and the civic stories that matter most — right where you live. TOWNHALL — CIVIC NEWS, SIMPLIFIED Never miss what happened at your town meeting. Borough turns hours-long government meetings into short, watchable clips so you can stay informed in minutes. Follow your city council, town board, school committee, and planning commission — without sitting through a 3-hour meeting. VERIFIED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY Borough works to ensure only people who actually your townsfolk are in the community. No bots. No strangers. Just your neighbors having genuine local conversations. COMMUNITY ISSUE BOARD/COMMONS See a pothole, broken streetlight, or graffiti? Post it to your neighborhood, document it with photos, and rally your neighbors around it. In communities where local government has partnered with Borough, issues are routed directly to the right municipal department. No government partner yet? Your post builds the community case — and shows your town why Borough matters. OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT ALERTS In towns where local government has partnered with Borough, residents receive verified, real-time alerts, announcements, public meeting notices, and civic updates directly from their municipality — not crowd-sourced, not delayed. Official. CIVIC POINTS & LEADERBOARD Earn Borough Points for showing up civically — posting to your feed, engaging with TownHall content, discussing local issues. The most engaged neighbors in each community are featured on the neighborhood leaderboard. YOUR PRIVACY, PROTECTED Borough never sells your personal data. We never use your browsing history or personal profile for ads. Any ads shown are based only on your verified neighborhood — never on who you are. You are always in control. CIVIC JOURNALISM FOR EVERYONE Borough is a civic journalism platform built for public benefit. Our TownHall feature brings government transparency to residents who never had time to watch a 3-hour meeting. Local democracy, made accessible. — JOIN EARLY — Borough is actively growing community by community across the US. Be among the first in your neighborhood to shape how local civic engagement works. Report anything at legal@boroughusa.org or use the in-app Report a Bug option — your feedback directly improves Borough for every community we serve. — FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS — Your town can become a verified Borough Government Partner — giving residents official alerts, verified civic data, and real-time service request routing. Contact yuvraj@boroughusa.com to learn more. Borough is operated by Ankita Enterprises LLC for public civic benefit. Borough is independent and not government-endorsed unless your municipality is a verified Government Partner. Privacy Policy: boroughusa.com/privacy Terms of Service: boroughusa.com/terms