Access Aurora vs My Thornton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Access Aurora
Report city issues, request services, and submit questions or comments to the city of Aurora, CO. Track the progress of your requests online and within the app. Stay connected with community conversations on social media.
- Submit service requests
- Track request progress
- Report issues and comments
- Connect with city social media
- Receive quick responses
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Access Aurora is a simple way for residents to submit issues, requests for service, questions and comments to the city of Aurora, CO. Requests submitted will be responded to quickly and efficiently, and residents will be able to track the progress of their requests on the city’s website and through the mobile application. The mobile application also supports the city’s community conversations on Facebook, Twitter, and Engage Aurora.
My Thornton
Connect with city services, access local information, and report issues like potholes or streetlight outages. Pinpoint problem locations with GPS and receive automatic status updates on your reports.
- City news and information
- Local points of interest
- GPS-enabled issue reporting
- Automatic status updates
- Photo uploads for reports
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My Thornton is your mobile connection to the city of Thornton, CO services and allows you to: • Review Thornton news and information • View local points of interest including restaurants and shopping • Pinpoint the location of an issue using GPS and select to receive automatic status updates • Report a concern such as a pothole, graffiti, or streetlight outage with a simple click of a button and include a photo. TAP right into My Thornton to find what you need and report issues fast!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: My Thornton at 2.7 against Access Aurora's 2.1. My Thornton also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Access Aurora's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
My Thornton holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Access Aurora has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of Access Aurora's written reviews are positive against 0% of My Thornton's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Access Aurora ships an update every 3 months, My Thornton every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Access Aurora | My Thornton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (28 ratings) | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Aurora, CO | City of Thornton |
Customer experience
Access Aurora
My Thornton
In-app purchases
Access Aurora
No in-app purchases
My Thornton
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Access Aurora free?
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