Energy CURB vs Gilbert 311
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Energy CURB
Monitor your home's energy consumption in real-time, including solar production. Gain insights to track costs over time and identify specific appliance usage to save money and energy.
- Real-time home energy monitoring
- Solar production tracking
- Track energy costs over time
- Identify appliance energy usage
- Monitor idle appliance consumption
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Elevation's Curb is your smart home energy monitoring system. The Curb app provides actionable data on how your home consumes energy. With these insights from Curb, you can save money/energy by: - Monitoring energy costs/use in real-time on your overall home (including solar production) - Tracking energy costs/use in your home over time - See what specific active and idle appliances are using electricity in your home in real-time To purchase a Curb energy monitor, visit: poweredbyelevation.com Customer Support: Website: https://www.poweredbyelevation.com/contact-us Email: support@poweredbyelevation.com
Gilbert 311
Report non-emergency issues like potholes or broken streetlights in your community. Submit requests with location details and track their status. Engage with local government to improve your neighborhood.
- Report non-emergency issues
- Tag issue location
- Track report status
- Communicate with local government
- Improve community services
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Do you see something in Gilbert that needs to be fixed? A pothole? Is your streetlight out? Need a new trash can? Now you can help us fix these issues quickly and efficiently. Gilbert 311 allows citizens to report common non-emergency issues, tag their location, and send them to the appropriate Gilbert staff member for assistance. Residents can create, view and track the status of their report making it easy to engage and communicate with their local government and improve their community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gilbert 311 at 4.7 against Energy CURB's 2.2. Gilbert 311 also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 27%) and ratings volume (396 vs 55). Energy CURB's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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.
Gilbert 311 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gilbert 311 has 396 ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Energy CURB's written reviews are positive against 60% of Gilbert 311's.
Energy CURB ships an update every 2 months, Gilbert 311 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Energy CURB | Gilbert 311 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (55 ratings) | 4.7 (396 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.8% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 396 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Curb, Inc. | Town of Gilbert |
Customer experience
Energy CURB
Gilbert 311
Bugs and requests
Energy CURB
Reported bugs
20 issues- Login doesn't work (app and website)
- App broken, clicking login button does nothing
- App freezes constantly
- Displays mixed up (solar production, grid, household consumption)
- App does not change with iPad orientation
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- Fonts are messed up on iPad
- Displays are on top of each other on iPad
- App freezes when opened
- App shows opening screen but is unresponsive
- App turns white and nothing happens on open
- New app doesn't open on some phones
- App stuck in endless chord logo spinning on iOS 12.1
- App does not give production numbers, only usage
- Won't work with SmartThings
- Can't register or see SmartThings devices on Curb website
- Misappropriated tab sizes overlapping
- No accommodation for iPad orientation or screen size
- App loses itself into blank screens
- Displays text in impossible sizes overlaid over other text
- Graph is squished/small when phone is turned sideways
Requested features
9 requests- Bring back historical line graphs
- Provide access to data without subscription
- Restore old app version's features
- Allow users to label and designate zones
- Add total daily power usage at a glance
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- Fix graph squished/small issue on sideways iPhone
- Fix bug showing only usage, not production
- Integrate with SmartThings
- Add landscape mode option
Gilbert 311
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Energy CURB
No in-app purchases
Gilbert 311
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Energy CURB free?
Is Gilbert 311 free?
Which has better reviews, Energy CURB or Gilbert 311?
Do Energy CURB or Gilbert 311 have ads?
Which is updated more often, Energy CURB or Gilbert 311?
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