GoSpringfieldMO vs Bear Shield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoSpringfieldMO
Easily report city issues like potholes or nuisance properties. The app uses GPS to pinpoint your location and offers common service request topics. You can upload photos or videos, track request status, and view city news and job openings.
- Report city issues
- GPS location recognition
- Upload photos/videos
- Track request status
- View city news
- Browse job openings
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Need to report a pothole, nuisance property or other issue? The GoSpringfieldMO app makes reporting a problem to the city as easy as possible. This app uses GPS to recognize your location and gives you a menu of common service request topics to select from. The app allows you to upload pictures or videos to accompany your request. Residents can track the status of requests as well as view City job openings and catch up on City news.
Bear Shield
Enhance organizational security with tools like a panic slider, tip submission, and a safety timer. This app provides an extra layer of protection for your community.
- Panic Slider
- Submit Tips
- Safety Timer
- Organizational Protection
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Use Bear Shield to add an additional layer of protection to your organization by utilizing tools such as: Panic Slider, Submit Tips and Safety Timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bear Shield at 5.0 against GoSpringfieldMO's 4.8. Bear Shield also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16.0). GoSpringfieldMO's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3). 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.
Bear Shield holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoSpringfieldMO has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GoSpringfieldMO ships an update every 2 months, Bear Shield every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoSpringfieldMO | Bear Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Springfield MO | Missouri State University |
Customer experience
GoSpringfieldMO
Bear Shield
In-app purchases
GoSpringfieldMO
No in-app purchases
Bear Shield
No in-app purchases
Questions
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