SF311 vs Solve SF
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.
Solve SF
Easily report issues to the city of San Francisco. Submit requests for street cleaning, graffiti, illegal parking, and more by taking a photo. AI automatically analyzes and categorizes your reports for the 311 service.
- Report street cleaning issues
- Submit graffiti reports
- Log illegal parking
- Report damaged public property
- AI-powered report analysis
- View submitted requests
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Report any issue to the city of San Francisco! An alternative 311 app for the residents of San Francisco. Solve SF is the easiest way to submit street cleaning, graffiti, illegal parking, street and sidewalk issues, damaged public property, park issues, tree maintenance, homeless encampment reports, and more to the San Francisco 311 service. To submit a request just take a photo and click submit. AI analyzes, describes, and categorizes your reports - so you don't have to. You can view your recently submitted requests within the app or on the official 311 service. This app has the necessary approval to use the San Francisco 311 API to submit requests to the San Francisco 311 service, but it is not affiliated with the official SF 311 app or the City of San Francisco government.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Solve SF at 79% against SF311's 26%. Solve SF also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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.
SF311 ships an update every 2 months, Solve SF every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SF311 | Solve SF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | San Francisco 311 | Woah Finally LLC |
Customer experience
SF311
Solve SF
In-app purchases
SF311
No in-app purchases
Solve SF
No in-app purchases
