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by Carlos.r

I just paid almost $20 for an app that shows me 2016 data?
The description says 2018 data is available but within the app it only gives me 2015 and 2016 options. What a waste of money, at least for me.

Update: now I get it, after you buy the app is when you realize that if you want it to really work for the purpose you bought it, you have to pay $5 monthly to get recent data, 2018 but you don’t know the date period. Otherwise you have to stick with almost three years old data, you don’t need to pay even one dollar for that, other FREE sites show you more recent data, not from 2015 and 2016!

by Stecat94

When you look at the map, it says that it’s 2019 sample data, which is the rough equivalent of saying, “The weather is going to be 75 and sunny… Oh wait that’s what we thought was going to be four years ago.” How do I know any information on it is even remotely relevant anymore? probably going to delete it. How pointless.

by Merc4hire.chris

I really enjoy this app’s concept.

And I was convinced that this would be a great and reliable way to avoid bad areas... until dug a little deeper.

I looked up the crime rate for an affluent area I lived at not too long ago, and I was surprised to find that it was above the national average above 6.

This really surprised me, as this address was in one of the safest areas in the city, with some of the most expensive homes in that state. I suspected that something was wrong.

I decided to compare this and other neighborhoods on other crime tracking websites, and I found that often times they didn’t match at all. Some websites listed high crime areas in places that the app displayed green, and vice versa. Some of those websites also listed locations and descriptions of reported crimes, and they didn’t really track well with what the app displays. One area was dark red in the app, but didn’t show up as having reported crimes from other websites.

So really, if the data is questionable, what conclusions can you safely draw from using the app? One cannot confirm that the app is working as intended by saying crimes that weren’t committed to them.

I feel the developer can improve the app by disclosing where the data comes from, and perhaps adding markers of reported crimes in specific areas so we can better see what goes behind the color.

I want to be able to trust this app, and I hope the developer takes these considerations in mind.