Find It Fix It vs Idea Store
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Find It Fix It
Report issues or share positive observations within your borough by submitting photos and videos. Stay informed about local events, air quality, and waste collection schedules. Easily find recycling center locations and volunteer opportunities.
- Report issues with photos/videos
- View borough news and events
- Check air quality information
- Access waste collection schedules
- Locate recycling centers
- Volunteer opportunities
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See something in the Borough you love and think everyone should know about? Come across something that needs fixing and want someone to do something about it? Take a picture or short video, tell us about it and we'll get to showing others your wonderful snaps or sending our teams out to fix what needs to be fixed. In short Find It, Fix It (FiFi) is your one stop shop for the Borough you love. This latest version includes an updated news feed of borough events, Air Quality information as part of our Breathe Clean initiative, a better way of viewing road notices with a map displaying their locations, quicker submission of your reports, Waste Collection Schedules for finding out when your collection is due, QR code reading for submitting Empty It! Reports for overflowing litter bins and a Recycling Centre location map with site detail. Interested in helping out around the Borough? Simply use the volunteer section to tell us what you can do to help!
Idea Store
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, renew borrowed items, and place holds on new books directly from your mobile device.
- Manage library account
- Search catalog
- Renew books
- Reserve books
- Access from iPhone/iPad
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Access Idea Store - Tower Hamlets Libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Find It Fix It at 57% against Idea Store's 20%. Idea Store's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and device support (3 vs 1). 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 ships an update every 13 months, Idea Store every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Find It Fix It | Idea Store |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | Idea Store |
Customer experience
Find It Fix It
Idea Store
In-app purchases
Find It Fix It
No in-app purchases
Idea Store
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Find It Fix It free?
Is Idea Store free?
Do Find It Fix It or Idea Store have ads?
Which is updated more often, Find It Fix It or Idea Store?
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