Improve Detroit vs MDO Carshare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Improve Detroit
Easily report neighborhood issues like potholes and damaged signs to City Hall. The app uses your location and allows photo uploads for quick problem identification. Receive status updates on your submitted service requests.
- Report neighborhood problems
- Uses device location
- Menu of common issues
- Upload photos with reports
- Comment on submissions
- Receive status updates
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For reporting running water, potholes, damaged street signs, and other issues, Improve Detroit makes reporting a neighborhood problem to City Hall easier than ever. This app uses your location and gives you a menu of common quality-of-life conditions to choose from in your service request. Uploading a photo with your report also helps the City staff quickly identify the problem. You may comment on your submissions and you will be notified when the status of the issue is updated.
MDO Carshare
This app facilitates electric vehicle car sharing across various US regions. It enables users to book, access, and manage their car share trips entirely from their smartphone, including starting and ending rentals.
- Quick booking and instant vehicle access
- Make or change reservations
- Start and end trips remotely
- Lock and unlock vehicles via phone
- Includes insurance, maintenance, and electricity costs
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MDO Carshare provides carsharing around the US for Go Forth (Pacific Northwest and Southwest), Drive CDTA, Buffalo Carshare and Floshare (Western NY), and MI Carshare. This app allows for a quick booking and instant access to the vehicle. You can use it to make or change a reservation, start and end your trip, and lock and unlock the vehicle - all from your phone! Insurance, maintenance, and the cost of electricity is included in the price!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Improve Detroit at 60% against MDO Carshare's 8%. Improve Detroit also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 34). MDO Carshare's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Improve Detroit holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Improve Detroit has 1.1K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Improve Detroit's written reviews are positive against 8% of MDO Carshare's.
Improve Detroit ships an update every 4 months, MDO Carshare monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Improve Detroit | MDO Carshare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 2.4 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.6% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +4 |
| Developer | City of Detroit | Good Travel Software Limited |
Customer experience
Improve Detroit
MDO Carshare
Bugs and requests
Improve Detroit
Reported bugs
4 issues- App doesn't let users file reports or sign up
- Reported issues not resolved
- Responses are slow or non-existent
- Issues closed without being fixed
Requested features
5 requests- Better user interface for reporting abandoned vehicles
- Update and improve the app
- Improve connectivity with other city departments
- Allow anonymous reporting
- Expand the types of issues that can be reported
MDO Carshare
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Improve Detroit
No in-app purchases
MDO Carshare
No in-app purchases
