Afrihost vs Pothole Patrol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Afrihost
Manage your internet services and accounts on the go. Access all your products, top up data, make payments, and check network status. Get support and view important messages directly from your phone.
- Manage all products
- Top up data
- Make payments
- Check network status
- Create new accounts
- Get help via chat and tickets
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The power of ClientZone in your pocket! The Afrihost App gives you access to ClientZone's powerful features from the convenience of your phone. Manage your products, top up data, make payments, check the network status and more from anywhere! Do even more ● Create a new account. ● Sign up for mobile products Products ● All your products in one place. ● Sort products by type. ● Pin your most used products for easy access. ● Top up directly from the homescreen. My Account ● View and update personal details. ● Manage payments, view invoices and settle your account. ● View and track orders. Network Status ● View the current status of our network. ● Subscribe to network notifications in your area. Get Help ● Chat via WhatsApp Help or Live Chat. ● Get answers on the Help Centre or Afrihost Answers. ● View and submit Support Tickets. ● Submit a Call Me Back request. Message Center ● View important messages, promotions and news directly on your device.
Pothole Patrol
Report potholes with a single click to help improve road safety. This app allows users to easily log pothole locations, track repair progress, and view a history of reported issues. It aims to make roads safer for everyone.
- Log potholes with one click
- Geo-location for precise reporting
- Take photos of potholes
- Real-time repair progress notifications
- View list of logged potholes and their status
- Simple registration process
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Pothole Patrol, one click away for you to successfully log a pothole for repair: Discovery and Avis have partnered together with the City of Johannesburg and the JRA to fix potholes on the road. To accomplish this amazing mandate, an app has been developed which empowers road users to report pothole and save lives. At a click of a button, the app allows road users to report potholes in their area. It is developed by Discovery and Avis to make the roads safer for all road users. The user-friendly features enable road users to take a picture of the pothole, record the location and notify the Pothole Patrol of potholes. Application features: Geo-location functionality The app allows you to log a pothole using Google Maps to locate the exact position (street name and number) of the pothole. Repair progress notification The road user will be notified when the pothole is repaired in real-time. List of potholes logged Road users have site of all the potholes they have logged and the progress of which potholes are scheduled for repairs and those that have been repaired successfully. User notes: Simple registration process All you need is a phone and internet connection to log the pothole.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Afrihost at 4.1 against Pothole Patrol's 3.5. Afrihost also leads on ratings volume (156 vs 4) and review sentiment (46% vs 33%). Pothole Patrol's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
Afrihost holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Afrihost has 156 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Afrihost's written reviews are positive against 33% of Pothole Patrol's.
Afrihost ships an update every 3 weeks, Pothole Patrol every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Afrihost | Pothole Patrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (156 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 156 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Afrihost | UMSEBENZI PATROL PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Afrihost
Pothole Patrol
In-app purchases
Afrihost
No in-app purchases
Pothole Patrol
No in-app purchases
