Improve Detroit vs Prayer and Notes
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.
Prayer and Notes
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A tool that you can use in your small group for sharing prayer and notes. And you can also save your daily journal here.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Prayer and Notes at every 2 weeks against Improve Detroit's every 4 months. Prayer and Notes also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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.
Improve Detroit ships an update every 4 months, Prayer and Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Improve Detroit | Prayer and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Detroit | Kang Engineering Systems LLC |
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
Prayer and Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Improve Detroit
No in-app purchases
Prayer and Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Improve Detroit free?
Is Prayer and Notes free?
Do Improve Detroit or Prayer and Notes have ads?
Which is updated more often, Improve Detroit or Prayer and Notes?
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