BrookONLine vs UPLNK
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.
UPLNK
Report non-emergency city issues like potholes and graffiti directly to responsible departments. Track the status of reported problems, add comments, and upload photos. Access various city databases within Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Report non-emergency city issues
- Track issue status
- Comment on submissions
- Upload photos
- Access city databases
- Route issues to departments
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UPLNK is a free app hosted on the SeeClickFix platform. It can be used to report non-emergency quality-of-life issues within the Lincoln, Nebraska city limits and access various City databases. Reported issues such as graffiti, junk cars, potholes and streetlights are routed directly to the responsible departments. Residents can also review issue status, comment, upload photos and more on items they or other members of the community have submitted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UPLNK at 4.5 against BrookONLine's 2.3. UPLNK also leads on ratings volume (206 vs 8) and review sentiment (45% vs 33%). BrookONLine's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). 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.
UPLNK holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UPLNK has 206 ratings behind it against 8, 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 45% of UPLNK's.
BrookONLine ships an update every 3 months, UPLNK every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrookONLine | UPLNK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (206 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 206 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Town of Brookline, MA | City of Lincoln, Nebraska |
Customer experience
BrookONLine
UPLNK
In-app purchases
BrookONLine
No in-app purchases
UPLNK
No in-app purchases
