Bakersfield Mobile vs CALTIP
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!
CALTIP
Report wildlife and environmental crimes anonymously to California authorities. Stay informed with agency alerts and access official web and social media content.
- Anonymous tip submission
- Wildlife crime reporting
- Environmental crime reporting
- Agency crime alerts
- Access agency web content
- Access agency social media content
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The CalTIP app provides citizens the ability to submit anonymous tips to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The app also displays agency crime alerts and other organization web and social media content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bakersfield Mobile at 81% against CALTIP's 11%. Bakersfield Mobile also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 8 months vs every 21 months). 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.
Bakersfield Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Bakersfield Mobile's written reviews are positive against 11% of CALTIP's.
Bakersfield Mobile ships an update every 8 months, CALTIP every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bakersfield Mobile | CALTIP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (18 ratings) — better | 2.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Bakersfield | California Department of Fish and Wildlife |
Customer experience
Bakersfield Mobile
CALTIP
In-app purchases
Bakersfield Mobile
No in-app purchases
CALTIP
No in-app purchases
