Dropcountr vs ACT Menlo Park
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dropcountr
Manage your personal water usage and set goals to conserve. Compare your consumption with neighbors and access utility announcements and rebates. Save water, time, and money with this mobile portal.
- Manage personal water use
- Compare usage to neighbors
- Set water use goals
- Access rebates
- View utility announcements
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Dropcountr connects people and their water utilities on the mobile devices they use everyday. Dropcountr is available and convenient to customers of participating utilities on any device or desktop computer. Download Dropcountr today to: – Understand and manage your personal water use – Compare usage to similar neighbors – Set and reach water use goals – Access valuable rebates and utility announcements On average, users save about 9% in monthly water use – give Dropcountr a try today to save water, time and money.
ACT Menlo Park
Easily report local issues like potholes or damaged signs using your phone's GPS. Upload photos or videos to provide details and track the status of your submissions and community reports.
- Report local problems
- GPS location recognition
- Upload photos/videos
- Track report status
- Submit for street maintenance
- Report damaged trees
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For those potholes, damaged street signs, and other local problems that need attention, the ACTMenlo Park app makes reporting a problem easier than ever. This app uses GPS to recognize your location and gives you a menu of common quality-of-life conditions to select from. The app allows you to upload pictures or videos to accompany your request. The mobile app can also be used for a variety of other issues such as street maintenance, street light issues, damaged trees, and others. Residents can track the status of reports they or other members of the community have submitted. Residents can also call the City(650-330-6610) for information on any municipal service and to report a problem in town or visit us at City Hall, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA for general information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ACT Menlo Park at 4.4 against Dropcountr's 3.5. Dropcountr's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). 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.
ACT Menlo Park holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Dropcountr's written reviews are positive against 50% of ACT Menlo Park's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dropcountr ships an update every 2 weeks, ACT Menlo Park every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dropcountr | ACT Menlo Park |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (89 ratings) | 4.4 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KUBRA Data Transfer | City of Menlo Park |
Customer experience
Dropcountr
ACT Menlo Park
Bugs and requests
Dropcountr
Reported bugs
10 issues- Data not updated for days/weeks
- App crashes on launch
- App quits after black screen
- Support section inaccessible
- New user registration fails
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- Login issues after initial setup
- Data not loading
- Inconsistent usage data displayed
- Graphs not displaying correctly
- Leak alerts delayed
Requested features
6 requests- Show features supported by utility/meter
- CSV data downloads
- IFTTT connectivity
- Ability to add pet information for estimates
- Onboard tutorial for navigation
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- Improve app store images to show hourly graphs
ACT Menlo Park
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dropcountr
No in-app purchases
ACT Menlo Park
No in-app purchases








