Comparison

Find It, Fix It vs MapSwipe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Find It, Fix It

Easily report non-emergency issues like potholes, graffiti, or abandoned vehicles directly to the City of Seattle. The app provides location information to help city staff respond efficiently to your reports.

Highlights
  • Report potholes
  • Report graffiti
  • Report abandoned vehicles
  • Provide location information
  • Alert city staff
Features
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Want to report a pothole, graffiti or an abandoned vehicle while on the go in Seattle? The City of Seattle’s "Find It, Fix It" app gives you a convenient way to alert the City to such issues, while providing location information that helps City staff respond.

About

MapSwipe

Contribute to humanitarian efforts by analyzing satellite imagery. Identify settlements, roads, and rivers in crisis-prone areas to help aid organizations locate vulnerable populations. Your contributions enable faster and more effective delivery of life-saving assistance.

Highlights
  • Analyze satellite imagery
  • Identify settlements and infrastructure
  • Support humanitarian missions
  • Contribute to mapping projects
  • Crowdsource data for aid organizations
Features
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Make a meaningful impact from your phone, one swipe at a time. MapSwipe is part of the Missing Maps project. It is a free, open-source app that lets anyone contribute to humanitarian and development projects in just minutes a day. No mapping experience needed: review satellite imagery, identify features like buildings, roads, and waterways, and help validate map data used by organizations around the world. The data you generate supports humanitarian organizations, researchers, and local communities, making OpenStreetMap data more accessible for disaster response, public health, climate resilience, and sustainable development. How you can contribute: * Find Features: Swipe through satellite imagery to spot buildings, roadways, waterways, and more * Compare Dates: Review before-and-after imagery to detect environmental changes and assess damage * Validate Footprints: Check building footprints and flag areas that need remapping * Check Completeness: Compare mapped data against aerial imagery to find gaps * Assess Images: Review photographs to confirm features and improve machine learning tools * Locate Objects: Mark rooftops, solar panels, trees, and other features to help train machine learning models Your swipes have real impact. MapSwipe is managed by a volunteer-led team with support from the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, HeiGIT, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Togglecorp. Download MapSwipe and join a global community putting the world's most vulnerable places on the map.

Screenshots

Find It, Fix It4 screens
MapSwipe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MapSwipe at 76% against Find It, Fix It's 31%. MapSwipe also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MapSwipe holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Find It, Fix It's written reviews are positive against 76% of MapSwipe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Find It, Fix It ships an update every 3 months, MapSwipe every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Find It, Fix It versus MapSwipe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFind It, Fix ItMapSwipe
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (57 ratings)4.5 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.9% of reviews76.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings57 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCity of SeattleBritish Red Cross

Customer experience

Find It, Fix It

All ratings57 ratings
Positive43.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative50.9%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive30.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative64.9%

MapSwipe

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral19.0%
Negative4.8%

Bugs and requests

Find It, Fix It

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Cannot sign out
  • App only submits on WiFi
  • App won't open
  • Battery draining after update
  • New version is not good
Show 16 more
  • Terrible 'new' format
  • App crashes when trying to open
  • Cannot get past location step
  • App does not work (submit button inactive)
  • App needs location even when given
  • App doesn't work
  • App crashes
  • App is buggy
  • App is wonky and shoddily built
  • App freezes on login screen
  • App is slow
  • Cannot locate correct address
  • Submit button not active
  • App doesn't work on iOS 14
  • Non functional, unable to submit
  • Buggy app

Requested features

10 requests
  • Way to cancel a request
  • Provide feedback on why tickets are closed
  • More categories for reporting
  • Searchable location map
  • Promote the app more
Show 5 more
  • Follow through with full cleanup
  • Add damaged sidewalk category
  • Scan license plate for vehicle reports
  • Option to cancel a request
  • Ability to see why a ticket was closed

MapSwipe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Find It, Fix It

No in-app purchases

None

MapSwipe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Find It, Fix It free?
Find It, Fix It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapSwipe free?
MapSwipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Find It, Fix It or MapSwipe?
MapSwipe is rated higher. Find It, Fix It averages 2.9 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while MapSwipe averages 4.5 from 26 ratings.
Do Find It, Fix It or MapSwipe have ads?
Neither Find It, Fix It nor MapSwipe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Find It, Fix It or MapSwipe?
Find It, Fix It ships an update every 3 months, and MapSwipe every 6 weeks. Most recently, Find It, Fix It was updated on September 12, 2026 and MapSwipe on September 22, 2026.

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