Comparison

Hydro vs BlockSeeker

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

BlockSeeker

Features
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BlockSeeker watches and controls your home cryptocurrency miners so you don't have to. It talks to your devices directly over your local Wi-Fi — no account, no cloud, nothing leaves your network. ONE APP FOR YOUR WHOLE FLEET • Open-source ESP32 solo miners that expose the AxeOS web API • Compact home ASICs with a JSON status API • Larger ASICs that speak the standard CGMiner API, on stock or aftermarket firmware Miners are grouped by type, and an automatic scan finds them all on your network. WATCH EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE • Live hashrate, temperature, power, best share and uptime for every miner • Fleet totals and a real-time graph with a separate temperature line per miner type • Estimated electricity cost per day from your total power draw and your kWh rate • List or grid view; a dead or stuck miner is pinned to the top in red ALERTS THAT FIT EACH MINER • High-temperature, low-hashrate, best-share, block-found and offline alerts • Per-type thresholds — big ASICs run hotter than small solo miners, so set each group its own limits and stop the alert spam • Per-device overrides when one miner is special • Alert history grouped by miner type; mute when you need quiet AUTO-RECOVERY • Automatically reboot a stuck or overheating miner — every type — up to three tries a minute apart • On supported devices, optionally undervolt/downclock a miner that keeps overheating (with safe floors) • Fully opt-in and configurable EARNINGS & ODDS • Solo miners get block-odds estimates by algorithm — Bitcoin (SHA-256), Litecoin (Scrypt) and Zcash (Equihash) • Pool miners get an estimated daily payout per coin (and in USD) • A miner that solves a block lights up gold on the dashboard, with the height and difficulty, plus a full-screen celebration and sound CONTROL EVERY MINER • Switch pool, set performance work modes, tune frequency/voltage/fan where supported, identify and reboot • Apply pool switch, work mode or solo/pool to a whole group at once BUILT FOR YOUR DEVICES • iPhone and iPad • iCloud keeps your miner list the same on every device • Home-screen widget and a Live Activity for an at-a-glance fleet summary • Best-effort background monitoring so alerts can reach you when the app is closed PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works only on your local network — your device must be on the same Wi-Fi as your miners • No sign-up, no analytics, no tracking. Nothing is collected. BlockSeeker is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any mining hardware manufacturer.

Screenshots

Hydro4 screens
BlockSeeker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hydro at Free against BlockSeeker's $1.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Hydro is free to download; BlockSeeker costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hydro ships an update every 6 weeks, BlockSeeker monthly. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hydro versus BlockSeeker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydroBlockSeeker
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.716.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHydro QuébecFredy Soussou

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
Show 18 more
  • 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

BlockSeeker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hydro

No in-app purchases

None

BlockSeeker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydro free?
Hydro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlockSeeker free?
BlockSeeker costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hydro or BlockSeeker have ads?
Neither Hydro nor BlockSeeker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydro or BlockSeeker?
Hydro ships an update every 6 weeks, and BlockSeeker monthly. Most recently, Hydro was updated on October 3, 2026 and BlockSeeker on October 3, 2026.

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