Austin 311 vs Ranked Choice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Austin 311
Access City services and information easily. This app helps you connect with the City of Austin for various needs, contributing to its goal of becoming a well-managed city.
- Access city services
- Access city information
- Connect with City of Austin
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Austin 3-1-1 provides uncomplicated access to City services and information and is aligned with the City of Austin's goal to become the best managed City in the country.
Ranked Choice
Create polls and vote on any topic. Input votes manually or share with friends to gather responses. The app automatically tallies results using ranked choice, average vote, or simple plurality to determine a winner.
- Create custom election lists
- Manual vote input
- Shareable voting links
- Ranked choice tabulation
- Average vote calculation
- Simple plurality winner selection
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Ranked Choice is an app that allows you to vote on anything. You can create a list of options for an election and either input votes manually or share the list with your friends and have them submit votes. The app tabulates the votes and selects the winner based on ranked choice, average vote or simple plurality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Austin 311 at fortnightly against Ranked Choice's every 6 months. Ranked Choice's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Austin 311 ships an update fortnightly, Ranked Choice every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Austin 311 | Ranked Choice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (56 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 27.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | City of Austin | Piryon Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
Austin 311
Ranked Choice
In-app purchases
Austin 311
No in-app purchases
Ranked Choice
No in-app purchases
