BrookONLine vs PKB
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.
PKB
Report local issues like potholes and graffiti directly to your city government. This app allows for quick and efficient submission of problems, helping to improve your community.
- Report potholes
- Report graffiti
- Submit neighborhood issues
- Direct city reporting
- Fast issue submission
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See a pothole that needs filling? Graffiti making a mess of your neighborhood? Tap right into your city and report the issue fast with PKB-Connect!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PKB at 5.0 against BrookONLine's 2.3. BrookONLine's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PKB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrookONLine has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BrookONLine ships an update every 3 months, PKB every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrookONLine | PKB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Town of Brookline, MA | City of Parkersburg |
Customer experience
BrookONLine
PKB
In-app purchases
BrookONLine
No in-app purchases
PKB
No in-app purchases
