Dallas 311 vs DBUShield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dallas 311
Submit and track service requests for the City of Dallas. Easily report issues like potholes, trash collection, and code violations. Receive important alerts directly from the city.
- Submit service requests
- Track request status
- Report potholes
- Report trash issues
- Report illegal parking
- Receive city alerts
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Download the official Dallas 311 mobile app. An easy way to submit your service requests. Features Include: • Start and track new service requests for a City service • Easily report a variety of issues such as potholes, trash collection, illegal parking, and code compliance issues. • Receive alerts from the City of Dallas
DBUShield
This app enhances campus safety by allowing users to submit anonymous tips, activate emergency alerts, and access campus safety resources. It provides real-time updates on campus safety maps and allows for setting safety timers.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Emergency alert activation
- Campus Safety Map updates
- Safety timer settings
- Access to campus resources
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Help protect Dallas Baptist University and stay safe by submitting Anonymous Tips, activating the Emergency Slider, viewing updates to the campus Safety Map, Setting Safety Timers and reviewing Campus materials via the Resources folder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DBUShield at 3.9 against Dallas 311's 2.0. DBUShield also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.1). Dallas 311's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (123 vs 16). 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.
DBUShield holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dallas 311 has 123 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dallas 311 ships an update every 5 weeks, DBUShield every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Dallas 311 | DBUShield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (123 ratings) | 3.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Dallas TX | Dallas Baptist University |
Customer experience
Dallas 311
DBUShield
In-app purchases
Dallas 311
No in-app purchases
DBUShield
No in-app purchases
