SF311 vs Carnamic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SF311
Report quality of life issues in San Francisco with ease. Submit photos, descriptions, and locations to get problems like graffiti or potholes addressed faster. Track the status of your reports and receive completion notifications.
- Report quality of life issues
- Submit photos and location
- Track case status
- Receive completion notifications
- Direct routing to agencies
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The Convenience of an App. The Support of a Real Person. Report potholes, graffiti, broken streetlights, and other non-emergency issues in San Francisco in seconds. Add a photo, and the app suggests the right category and fills in details like vehicle license plates, saving you time. Your report goes straight to the City departments for resolution. Built for Everyone Professionally translated by native speakers in English, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Filipino, and Vietnamese. Meets WCAG accessibility standards. Never Alone Questions about your report or need to flag something the app doesn’t cover? Dial 311 from within San Francisco to speak with a real SF311 representative.
Carnamic
This app provides real-time vehicle tracking and security alerts for your family's cars. Monitor location, receive notifications for arrivals, departures, speeding, and low battery. It also offers service reminders to keep your vehicles in top condition.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Arrival and departure alerts
- Service reminder alerts
- Speeding alerts
- Low battery alerts
- Family vehicle protection
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Carnamic for Apple iPhone app protects you and your family's vehicles while you are not there, anytime, anywhere. Install a hidden GPS tracker and gain access to current location, get arrival and departure alerts from user setup locations, service reminder alerts, speeding alerts, low power vehicle battery alerts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SF311 at 28% against Carnamic's 0%. SF311 also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Carnamic's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Carnamic holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of SF311's written reviews are positive against 0% of Carnamic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SF311 ships an update every 2 months, Carnamic every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SF311 | Carnamic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 3.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | San Francisco 311 | MG Auto Connection Inc |
Customer experience
SF311
Carnamic
In-app purchases
SF311
No in-app purchases
Carnamic
No in-app purchases
