Reporting street problems in Málaga

What CleanSpot does that Málaga Funciona does not

Málaga Funciona is a channel between you and Málaga city council: you send the report and the case stays between you and the services. CleanSpot is something else. Every report is a pin on a public map from the first second; neighbours see it, confirm it, add photos and can volunteer to deal with it.

That changes what happens when the service is slow. In a municipal channel the alternative to silence is chasing. In a network, the alternative is somebody acting: a dumped bag does not have to wait for a crew if three neighbours decide to sort it out on Saturday.

And CleanSpot does not stop at the city limits. The municipality is resolved automatically from the pin’s coordinates: report in Málaga and anywhere else with the same app.

The council’s channel: Málaga Funciona

Málaga Funciona is the council’s app for reporting street problems, which are sent to the council automatically; if you register you can see the status of your reports. Behind it is GECOR, the council’s incident system, also reachable on 010, on the web and at citizen offices (OMAC).

For street cleaning, the council’s cleaning company also has its own reporting section on its website.

• App: Málaga Funciona (iOS and Android)
• Phone: 010

A report that gets resolved, on any channel

What moves a report forward is nearly always the same: someone has to be able to find the spot and understand what is there without calling you.

• Exact location: coordinates or a pin on a map, not just the street name
• One photo close up and one from further back, so size and access are clear
• What it is: bags, rubble, furniture, a pothole, a dead street light
• How long it has been there, and whether it is the first time
• If there is a hazard (glass, asbestos, a hole on a crossing), say so first

What CleanSpot has that a municipal channel does not

• A public map of everything reported, with date, photo and coordinates
• Cleanups: anyone can join, alone or as a group event with invitations and a shared recap
• Groups, comments, messages and mentions, because keeping a street clean is neighbours’ work
• Vision AI that suggests severity and tags from the photo
• Duplicate detection: if a pin already exists a few metres away, your photo joins that record
• Per-location history, the argument for another bin or more frequent collection
• Works with no signal: the report is saved and sent when the connection returns
• 30 languages, free and with no advertising

Sources

• Málaga Funciona — App Store (España) (2026-10-19)