Find It, Fix It vs MeadoWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Report potholes
- Report graffiti
- Report abandoned vehicles
- Provide location information
- Alert city staff
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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.
MeadoWatch
Contribute to climate change research by tracking wildflower phenology on designated trails. Your observations help scientists understand how climate change impacts plant life cycles and seed production in alpine environments.
- Community science approach
- Record wildflower phenology
- Track flowering, fruiting, and seed production
- Contribute to climate change research
- Observe alpine wildflowers
- Data collection on specific trails
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MeadoWatch uses a Community Science approach, and volunteers are essential to the success of our program. Every summer, participants are encouraged to visit trails to record wildflower phenology (the timing of flowering, fruiting and seed production) of some of the most beautiful alpine wildflowers in the world. We use this information to understand which climatic factors trigger flowering and seed production, and how climate change may alter the the timing of seed production. Currently, we are live with two trails at Mt. Rainier National Park
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MeadoWatch at 67% against Find It, Fix It's 31%. MeadoWatch also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Find It, Fix It's advantage is rating (2.9 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (61 vs 2). 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.
Find It, Fix It holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find It, Fix It has 61 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Find It, Fix It's written reviews are positive against 67% of MeadoWatch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Find It, Fix It ships an update every 3 months, MeadoWatch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Find It, Fix It | MeadoWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (61 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — 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 | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Seattle | DotMote Labs |
Customer experience
Find It, Fix It
MeadoWatch
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
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- 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
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- 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
MeadoWatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Find It, Fix It
No in-app purchases
MeadoWatch
No in-app purchases
