Comparison

Hydro vs Luminus

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

Head to head
About

Hydro

Monitor power outages, track your electricity usage, and manage your account. Get outage updates, view consumption data, and access billing information. Receive personalized recommendations to help you save energy.

Highlights
  • Track power outage status
  • Monitor electricity consumption
  • View billing and payment history
  • Sign up for payment plans
  • Receive outage notifications
  • Get personalized energy-saving tips
Features
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With the Hydro-Québec app, follow track the status of an outage, access information about your account and track your electricity consumption. Power outages The tool to find out more about ongoing outages and planned service interruptions. • Track the service status for any addresses you want at any time. • Manage the tracking options for any addresses you want. • Add a label for the addresses you are tracking: daycare, school, condo, parents. • Activate notifications to receive information about the service status and to find out if there are any planned service interruptions at those addresses. • Report an outage easily. Your consumption Your consumption data presented in different ways to help you track, understand and manage your electricity consumption: • An overview of your hourly electricity consumption from the previous day • An overview of the current period and a forecast of the bill amount • Detailed analysis of your electricity consumption, including a breakdown by use • Comparison with households similar to yours Your account Quick access to sign up for services and manage your account. • See your account balance and next billing date. • See your billing and payment history. • Sign up for the Equalized Payments Plan to pay the same amount every month, winter and summer alike, and receive an alert when you use more electricity than anticipated. • Sign up for Pre-Authorized Debit and avoid late payments. • Turn on notifications to receive billing notices and payment due reminders. Determine your home’s profile and get customized recommendations so you can build your action plan and save. You can easily update your profile when necessary. Click on “More” to for even more! • Options for modifying your home’s profile or for selecting, modifying or adding an account in your Customer Space • App settings to turn on the notifications, modify the language and define your connection options, including Continuous connection • Quick links to the most commonly used online services • Information about how to contact us • Information about touring facilities that are open to the public • Hydro-Québec news

About

Luminus

Control Luminus Smart products remotely. Manage devices, group them, and set schedules from your phone or via smart assistants. Enjoy seamless integration for your smart home.

Highlights
  • Remote device control
  • Group device management
  • Scheduling and programming
  • Smart assistant integration
  • In-home and out-of-home control
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Easily control Luminus Smart products. The Luminus Smart applications allows you to control Luminus Smart products from within or outside your home. Turn on and off, group, program and perform other actions from within the app or using popular smart assistants.

Screenshots

Hydro4 screens
Luminus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hydro at 65% against Luminus's 0%. Hydro also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 21 months). Luminus's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.7). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Luminus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Hydro's written reviews are positive against 0% of Luminus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hydro ships an update every 6 weeks, Luminus every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hydro versus Luminus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydroLuminus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.713.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB183 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHydro QuébecConglom Inc.

Customer experience

Hydro

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive64.9%
Neutral11.3%
Negative23.8%

Luminus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

Hydro

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • System verification for outages not working
  • Application not supported message
  • Application doesn't work
  • Impossible to connect after update
  • Forgets biometric data
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  • Application does not work
  • Cannot login to pay bill
  • Address no longer shown in outage info
  • Consumption information not working consistently
  • App crashes or shows white screen
  • Login issues
  • Application is slow
  • Services often unavailable
  • Outdated design
  • Application not functioning
  • Inconsistent information
  • Cannot login
  • App is often down
  • No updates during outage
  • Inconsistent with website
  • Forgets credentials
  • Not working when it counts
  • Information not reliable during outages

Requested features

7 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to classify multiple addresses
  • Add 2FA
  • Real-time maintenance team arrival status
  • Consumption history beyond one day
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  • Maintain compatibility with older iOS versions
  • Native iOS app development

Luminus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hydro

No in-app purchases

None

Luminus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydro free?
Hydro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Luminus free?
Luminus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hydro or Luminus?
Luminus is rated higher. Hydro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Luminus averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Hydro or Luminus have ads?
Neither Hydro nor Luminus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydro or Luminus?
Hydro ships an update every 6 weeks, and Luminus every 21 months. Most recently, Hydro was updated on October 12, 2026 and Luminus on October 6, 2026.

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