Comparison

Partner Next vs KY PowerMap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Partner Next

This application is a client for a map platform designed for utility organizations. It provides access to custom map data and configurations, offering the latest features with a rapid release cycle for electric, gas, and oil companies.

Highlights
  • Map application platform client
  • Designed for utility organizations
  • Custom map data and configurations
  • Latest features
  • Rapid release cycle
  • Electric, gas, oil industry focus
Features
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Partner Next is the new-features edition of the Apple iOS client for Partner Software's map application platform. This platform, and its associated applications, are designed for electric, gas, oil, and other utility organizations. This app is only intended for use by Partner Software customers, and requires custom map data and configurations which are supplied by Partner's other products. Please visit our website for more information, and contact us if we can meet your needs. Partner Next includes the latest features and has a more rapid release cycle than its counterpart, Partner Maps. Partner Maps serves as the long-term support edition for customers who prefer a slower release cycle.

About

KY PowerMap

This app provides economic developers with detailed data and maps to identify industrial project locations within Kentucky's low-cost energy regions. It leverages extensive site selection data to offer insights on workforce, available sites, and community attributes.

Highlights
  • Detailed cooperative service territory maps
  • GPS-based service territory identification
  • 63,000+ site selection data points
  • Locate available sites and buildings
  • Offline service territory determination
  • Workforce and community data access
Features
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Created for Kentucky’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives to provide cutting edge resources for economic developers around the world looking to locate industrial projects in sites with some of the lowest electric rates in the country. The first of its kind, PowerMap puts the power of locational knowledge in your hand with detailed co-operative service territory maps for all of our 87 counties served by the Kentucky Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. Type in an address or use your mobile device’s GPS capabilities to determine if you are in one of our 16 cooperatives' service territories. PowerMap leverages over 63,000 site selection data points from StateBook International, the premier data site for economic development site selectors (www.StateBook.com ) to locate the perfect location for your next great economic development project. Use the app to access geo-specific data such as: availability of skills, detailed workforce data, available sites and buildings, quality of life attributes, along with narratives and facts about the community and region. Visit www.DataIsPower.org for more information about PowerMap including the PowerMap web application and other initiatives being implemented by the Kentucky Touchstone Energy Cooperatives to make Kentucky the logical choice for your next economic development project. Features: • Detailed cooperative service territory maps for all of our 87 counties served by the Kentucky Touchstone Energy Cooperatives • Type in an address or use your mobile device’s GPS capabilities to determine if you are in one of the 16 Kentucky Touchstone Energy Cooperatives • Access over 63,000 of the most recent site selection data points leveraged through StateBook International, the premier data site for economic development site selectors www.StateBook.com • Locate building sites and available buildings for potential economic development opportunities in some of the lowest energy costs regions of the country • Determine service territory information whether you have a cell signal or not • Conceived by and built for Economic Developers to access pertinent data in the quickest time frame • Part of the suite of economic development efforts by the Kentucky Touchstone Energy Cooperatives

Screenshots

Partner Next1 screens
KY PowerMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KY PowerMap at 5.0 against Partner Next's 4.5. KY PowerMap also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Partner Next's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KY PowerMap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Partner Next has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Partner Next ships an update every 4 months, KY PowerMap every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Partner Next versus KY PowerMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPartner NextKY PowerMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPartner SoftwareEast Kentucky Power Cooperative

Customer experience

Partner Next

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

KY PowerMap

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Partner Next

No in-app purchases

None

KY PowerMap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Partner Next free?
Partner Next is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KY PowerMap free?
KY PowerMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Partner Next or KY PowerMap?
KY PowerMap is rated higher. Partner Next averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while KY PowerMap averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Partner Next or KY PowerMap have ads?
Neither Partner Next nor KY PowerMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Partner Next or KY PowerMap?
Partner Next ships an update every 4 months, and KY PowerMap every 6 weeks. Most recently, Partner Next was updated on October 24, 2026 and KY PowerMap on October 29, 2026.

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