Find It, Fix It vs ShamCheck
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.
ShamCheck
Identify suspicious messages and phishing attempts with this free tool. Analyze shared messages or screenshots to detect potential online fraud and stay safe from scams.
- Identify scam messages
- Detect phishing attempts
- Analyze shared messages
- Analyze screenshots
- Free to use
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Received a suspicious message? ShamCheck helps you figure out if somebody is trying to scam you. Free tool to identify scam messages and phishing attempts. Don’t fall into an online fraud trap! Scammers try to hook you with an initial “sham” message. We help you to quickly weed these messages out, so you can keep yourself safe. Simply share the message or take a screenshot, and we’ll analyze it and let you know if it’s a sham. ShamCheck is powered by AppEsteem Corporation, a leading security company whose technology and research has been keeping billions of consumers safe from unwanted software and scams for the past ten years.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShamCheck at 5.0 against Find It, Fix It's 2.9. ShamCheck also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.0). Find It, Fix It's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 3). 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.
ShamCheck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Find It, Fix It has 62 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Find It, Fix It ships an update every 3 months, ShamCheck every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Find It, Fix It | ShamCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | City of Seattle | Three Clicks Corporation |
Customer experience
Find It, Fix It
ShamCheck
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
ShamCheck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Find It, Fix It
No in-app purchases
ShamCheck
No in-app purchases
