Citizen: Protect The World

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 cut off. Touch to see more and it takes it away completely. I wouldn't pay two cents for this app much less the prices they want.

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 for the click. Original review: I totally get it.. Y'all got to make money. Public safety is one thing but greed is another. I keep it just for the historical aspect. Too bad live ain't worth it.

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 find current, nearby incidents very easily.

This app used to be completely free to use (aside from their optional upgrade packages that offered live operator assistance, etc.) and was very helpful in making me feel a little bit safer in my community. Now they've added a ridiculously overpriced subscription fee, and changed it so that you have to pay in order to even use basic features that were previously included for free. Super disappointing since the app's original concept was such a great idea... 👎🏻

every time the app opens it's trying to get you to pay for it, when I was using the free to determine if it was worth it, since it's annoying without paying, displaying alerts but then not letting you see without displaying the subscribe page I wouldn't recommend unless you are planning on paying. For my area it also just kept displaying the same alerts everyday as if they were new things when it was old information.