City Information App
Function: The city can use the app to communicate with the population regarding news, elections and votes, sports facilities, disturbances and defects, events, sights, jobs, waste disposal, submission of applications, ordering extracts from the debt collection register, events, restaurants and hotels, mobility, real estate rental/sale, etc.
Advantages: The app can help to increase transparency and understanding within a city and allows the targeted participation of the population in certain topics or projects. It helps newcomers or tourists to find their way around the city.
Disadvantages: Keeping the content of the app up to date and updating the software can require a great deal of administrative effort.
Examples: iApp Winterthur, Mobile App Dübendorf, MobileSG