Everything is behind a paywall, everything! Down to what notifications I want to receive. It is just more annoying than it is worth. Had it on my phone for 18 hours, and I literally just woke up, installed, and writing this review at 6 AM. I usually pay money to go ad-free in apps, but […]
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I was using this app for safety reasons, I don’t live in the best area of my city, and it was nice knowing where to avoid on my way to and from. Now that it’s no longer free, a lot of people in my area stopped using it to the point where you only see […]
Unorganized app. I get a notification for something going on, if I tap on it it will pull up the report. But the incident doesn’t show up anywhere else. It’s not on the radar, it’s not on the list of recent reports. The only way to pull that incident up again is to tap on […]
Pretty useless app. It keeps bothering me with notices from over 10 miles away in the big city I live near, and nothing at all in my own area, even when I’m looking at 2 fir trucks, 7 squads, and 2 ambulances. Plus when you get a notification it takes about 15 seconds to ipen […]
This app was useful in the early days, now without paying for an expensive subscription you can’t see 90% of it. Even after paying to get the monthly subscription it is still not user friendly, things are hard to find, theres no setting for the area you want alerts. Improve your app, get back to […]
I think the app is great. it works as intended. However, I feel we should be able to read past incidents in our own neighborhood, or even the county, without being bombarded by “buy premium” advertisements. I’d understand if we’re clicking on incidents from a different county or even a different city or state altogether, […]
It feels very spotty on when it actually works. Often has delayed notifications, assuming you get any at all, and sometimes they’re for things miles away from you. Additionally, they take a great emphasis on buying the subscription. Not to mention, they often (at least in my area) mislabel the location of calls/incidents with a […]
It’ll tell you when someone is laying on the ground 2 miles away but you can’t listen to or read dispatch transcripts (even though it looks like you can) unless you subscribe. Genuinely physically sick of getting subscriptions shoved in my face, and app is no longer useful while free. In short, event titles have […]
Maybe consider an ad ticker at the bottom of the page ratchet than charging customers for news. Pointless to send an alert for an incident that I can’t see. Having to pay for an app that used to be free to keep yourself safe is wild. Notification distance can’t be changed unless I pay. Currently […]
It’s not a bad app. The idea is great. However, I find the alerts hit or miss. Sometimes I get relevant alerts near me but sometimes I get none at all only to find out from a neighbor that something happened. The big issue, and while not the fault of the app, is that police […]
It’s a good idea in concept but my God is it buggy AF! Comments literally don’t work 90% of the time (and haven’t on my end for the last few years) and you’re just stuck in an endless loading bar! On top of that notifications also break the app on my phone in that when […]
Has issues. First of all, there is only one way to report an incident, and that is to broadcast live video with sound. Trying to broadcast, it requires to go to phone settings change permissions. We got no time to go through all these steps when there is an active emergency. Very inconvenient. Also, it […]
I’ve had citizen since it first came out. It’s sad to see many of its debut features become paid extras. Anyway, I finally decided to give the premium a try, and cannot add a family member to enjoy the benefits. It constantly crashes when I try to type their name, or if I try to […]
I keep getting notifications for things over 300mi away even though it’s in “nearby incidents” notification. Why is this nearby? I have my alerts set for things that are within like 2 miles. Also a lot of times when I open the app I get the app, not the operating system say “Something went wrong. […]
Very disappointed, When I first downloaded this app this thing was great, then I went ahead and started paying for the services. been paying on it for a little bit now and all of a sudden the app struggles to open I get these something’s gone wrong try again reload and it doesn’t want to […]
you guys make it so difficult to opt out of the paid version of this app that I thought that was the only version available and uninstalled it last time. maybe you need to rethink your approach. there wasn’t even a little x in the upper right hand corner for me to skip past the […]
This app really IS bad. I read a lot of the comments before I downloaded it to make my own decision. It turned out the only thing that was in relation to me on the app was only one page, which had 2 features. 1 the map and 2 the word of my location. That’s […]
App has gone downhill. Too much pressure to subscribe, and free features don’t work reliably enough to instill confidence that premium would be any better. Location doesn’t update consistently. Keeps giving alerts for things nowhere near where I am. When I open the app, I have to get through ads to subscribe and then can’t […]
Update 11.7.23: Not gonna lie… it’s feeling more like next door the longer I use it: Lost pets are everywhere. and it locks you out of disabling notification for the minor stuff unless you go premium. Received a notification that I couldn’t even find in the app, Go figure.. Pretty sure it was a come […]
I gave it two stars originally and find it even worse today. It is sorta okay to let you know if something going on around you. But good luck figuring out where because their mapping is horrible. Who uses highway names instead of their designated numbers? Also, notifications start to tell you something and get […]