Smart Alec @ Your Library vs Manassas Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Alec @ Your Library
Access library services remotely from your smartphone or tablet. Print documents, reserve PCs, and pay fees without waiting in line. Streamline your library visits with convenient mobile access.
- Print emails, maps, and notes
- Sign up for library PCs
- Pay library charges
- Remote library service access
- Mobile printing
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Smart Alec enables convenient services from smart phones and tablets for participating libraries. Why wait in line when you can use Smart Alec to print email, maps, notes, graphics, etc. at the library; sign up to use a library-PC; or pay library charges whenever you like.
Manassas Connect
Report non-emergency city issues like potholes and graffiti directly to your local government. Submit issues quickly and efficiently to help improve your neighborhood.
- Report potholes
- Report graffiti
- Submit city issues
- Direct city reporting
- Neighborhood improvement
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See a pothole that needs filling? Graffiti making a mess of your neighborhood? Tap right into your city and report the issue fast with Manassas Connect!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Manassas Connect at 3.5 against Smart Alec @ Your Library's 1.6. Manassas Connect also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 15 months). Smart Alec @ Your Library's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Manassas Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Alec @ Your Library has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Smart Alec @ Your Library ships an update every 15 months, Manassas Connect every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Alec @ Your Library | Manassas Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (53 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Comprise Technologies, Inc. | GOGov, Inc. |
Customer experience
Smart Alec @ Your Library
Manassas Connect
In-app purchases
Smart Alec @ Your Library
No in-app purchases
Manassas Connect
No in-app purchases
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