Bakersfield Mobile vs Sunrun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bakersfield Mobile
Report community issues like graffiti and potholes in real-time using your smartphone. This platform allows residents and guests to easily submit problem reports with photos, contributing to civic engagement.
- Real-time civic engagement
- Report community problems
- Submit photos with reports
- Simple smartphone interface
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Bakersfield Mobile is a real time mobile civic engagement platform for Bakersfield residents and guests. Bakersfield Mobile provides a free and simple way to use your smartphone to report community problems such as graffiti or potholes. A picture is worth a thousand words and Bakersfield Mobile makes it a snap. Download it today!
Sunrun
Monitor your solar energy system, track energy production, and access support. Gain insights into your environmental impact and manage your system data from a single, user-friendly interface.
- System data management
- Energy production tracking
- Customer support access
- Environmental impact insights
- User-friendly interface
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Newly designed and easy-to-use, our app is the single access point for Sunrun customers to monitor their systems, track energy production, and get the support they need. Featuring: • Streamlined access to manage and organize all of your system data. Our user-friendly interface provides a centralized hub where you can conveniently access and oversee your system data. • Thorough support page to help you find the answers you need. Whether it’s getting started with your new system or questions around the fundamentals of solar, we’ve got you covered. • Contextualized insights to better understand the positive environmental impact you’re making. Our app utilizes your system data to offer valuable insights, deepening your understanding of how your choices contribute to a greener planet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sunrun at 4.5 against Bakersfield Mobile's 3.9. Sunrun also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 18). Bakersfield Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Sunrun holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunrun has 3.4K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Bakersfield Mobile's written reviews are positive against 73% of Sunrun's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bakersfield Mobile ships an update every 8 months, Sunrun every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bakersfield Mobile | Sunrun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (18 ratings) | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better | 73.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Bakersfield | Sunrun Inc. |
Customer experience
Bakersfield Mobile
Sunrun
Bugs and requests
Bakersfield Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sunrun
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Frequent loading issues
- Charts and graphs not functioning properly
- Discrepancies between app and actual production
Requested features
5 requests- Download or export data
- Integrate energy usage data
- Add alerts and notifications
- Provide landscape mode on iPad
- Show year-over-year production comparisons
In-app purchases
Bakersfield Mobile
No in-app purchases
Sunrun
No in-app purchases
