Hydro vs SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere
This lightweight utility app allows users to track assets and view their recent activity. It provides current location data and a summary of the last 30 minutes of activity, requiring no hardware installation. The app is designed for ease of use with large controls.
- Current asset location
- 30-minute activity summary
- No hardware installation needed
- Intuitive and easy to use
- Large, simple controls
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A lightweight mobile app version of ConnectAnywhere with the features to locate an asset indicating its current state or to get a summary of the last 30 mins of its activity. - with no hardware installation required! ConnectAnywhere can be downloaded for free and installed on almost any mobile device while using existing cellular data plans or WiFi networks. Key features: • Current Location • 30 min Summary • Intuitive and easy to use – simple with large controls
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere at 5.0 against Hydro's 4.6. SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.7). Hydro's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hydro has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hydro ships an update every 6 weeks, SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hydro | SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.7 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hydro Québec | Blue Oceans Satellite Systems Inc |
Customer experience
Hydro
SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere
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
SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hydro
No in-app purchases
SkyHawk ConnectAnywhere
No in-app purchases
Questions
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