Bakersfield Mobile vs MyKern
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!
MyKern
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Wondering how to quickly and easily find out what's going on around Kern County? Look no further than MyKern.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bakersfield Mobile at 3.9 against MyKern's 1.0. Bakersfield Mobile also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). MyKern's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Bakersfield Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bakersfield Mobile has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bakersfield Mobile ships an update every 8 months, MyKern every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bakersfield Mobile | MyKern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (18 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Bakersfield | GOGov, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Bakersfield Mobile
No in-app purchases
MyKern
No in-app purchases
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