BrookONLine vs Starry Internet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrookONLine
This app allows residents to report local issues like potholes and graffiti to help beautify their neighborhoods. Users can also track the status of submitted reports. It aims to foster community involvement in local problem-solving.
- Report local issues
- Track report status
- Community issue reporting
- Neighborhood beautification
- Graffiti reporting
- Pothole reporting
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BrookONLine helps residents make their neighborhoods more beautiful by reporting local issues including potholes, graffiti, and streetlight outages. Residents can track the status of reports they or other members of the community have submitted.
Starry Internet
Manage your home WiFi network and internet account from your smartphone. Monitor performance, view billing details, and access customer support. Control advanced features of your WiFi hub remotely.
- Internet and WiFi performance monitoring
- Billing information access
- Around-the-clock support access
- Remote control for Starry Router features
- Account management
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The Starry app is your pocket guide to your Starry Internet account and a remote control for all of the advanced features included with your Starry Router home WiFi hub. The app brings the information you need most front and center, including your internet and WiFi network performance, your billing information, and access to our around-the-clock support. The Starry app is the best way to manage your Starry Internet subscription and access all of the advanced features that come with your Starry Router. Download it today and take Happy Interneting with you wherever you go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Starry Internet at 4.4 against BrookONLine's 2.5. Starry Internet also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 10) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Starry Internet holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starry Internet has 2.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of BrookONLine's written reviews are positive against 34% of Starry Internet's.
BrookONLine ships an update every 3 months, Starry Internet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrookONLine | Starry Internet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (10 ratings) | 4.4 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 34.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Town of Brookline, MA | Starry, Inc. |
Customer experience
BrookONLine
Starry Internet
Bugs and requests
BrookONLine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Starry Internet
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Unreliable internet connectivity
- Billing and account management issues
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to manage network settings through app
- Improved app stability and features
- Better communication about service outages
In-app purchases
BrookONLine
No in-app purchases
Starry Internet
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BrookONLine free?
Is Starry Internet free?
Which has better reviews, BrookONLine or Starry Internet?
Do BrookONLine or Starry Internet have ads?
Which is updated more often, BrookONLine or Starry Internet?
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