Improve Detroit vs Cardeed
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.
Cardeed
Easily rent a variety of vehicles, from rugged 4x4s to spacious camper vans, for your next outdoor adventure. The platform offers a simple and secure car rental experience.
- Variety of vehicles
- Rugged 4x4s
- Spacious camper vans
- Simple rental process
- Secure experience
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Renting a car with Cardeed is simple, secure, and designed to give you the best experience possible. From rugged 4x4s that can handle mountain trails to spacious camper vans for the ultimate road trip, we have vehicles perfect for every outdoor getaway.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cardeed at every 10 days against Improve Detroit's every 4 months. Cardeed also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Improve Detroit's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). 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.
Cardeed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Improve Detroit has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Improve Detroit ships an update every 4 months, Cardeed every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Improve Detroit | Cardeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Detroit | Cardeed LLC |
Customer experience
Improve Detroit
Cardeed
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
Cardeed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Improve Detroit
No in-app purchases
Cardeed
No in-app purchases
