Avista vs ctcLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avista
Manage your energy account conveniently from your mobile device. View account summaries, pay bills, and get real-time outage information. Sign in securely with your online account credentials.
- Easy sign-in with myavista.com credentials
- View real-time account balance and bill history
- Securely pay bills
- Interactive outage map with restoration information
- Report power outages
- Manage billing and outage alerts
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Access your energy account anywhere, anytime with Avista’s free mobile app. Whether at home or on the go, Avista customers can enjoy these convenient features: EASY SIGN IN • Sign in to the app using your myavista.com account credentials • If you do not have a myavista.com online account, create one to use with the mobile app and myavista.com • You can even use Touch ID or Face ID to sign in on supported devices • Choose "Remember me" to skip entering your email every time you sign in ACCOUNT SUMMARY • View your real-time account balance, payment due date, and balance details • Access your bill and payment history • Download your bill as a PDF • Easily switch between multiple accounts PAY YOUR BILL • Securely make immediate or scheduled payments • Add or remove payment methods from your wallet OUTAGE INFORMATION • View the interactive outage map, complete with area weather, regional outage information, and restoration information • Check outage status and track restoration progress • Report a power outage • See status of specific outages, including estimated restoration times • Search the outage map by address • Know when a crew is on site working to repair the outage CONVENIENT ALERTS • Sign up for and manage in-app push notifications for billing reminders or outage events You must be an Avista customer to use the app and report outages Data rates may apply.
ctcLink
Manage your college experience on the go. Enroll in classes, track your academic progress, and stay updated with important messages from your institution. Access grades, financial aid information, and to-do lists directly from your mobile device.
- Class enrollment
- Wait list management
- Grade checking
- Financial aid status
- College messages
- Degree progress tracking
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The ctcLink mobile app is for students enrolled in Washington Community and Technical Colleges who are currently using the Student Self-Service Center. Now you can enroll in classes, view wait list, drop and swap classes, check grades, check financial aid, get messages from your colleges, see to-do lists, check degree progress and more on your mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Avista at 48% against ctcLink's 3%. Avista also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months). ctcLink's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 14.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Avista holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Avista has 3.5K ratings behind it against 77, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Avista's written reviews are positive against 3% of ctcLink's.
Avista ships an update every 3 months, ctcLink every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avista | ctcLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better | 1.6 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews — better | 3.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 77 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Avista Corporation | WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges |
Customer experience
Avista
ctcLink
Bugs and requests
Avista
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sign-in issues and inability to remember passwords
- Inconsistent app behavior across devices
- Errors when trying to view or export invoices
Requested features
4 requests- Energy usage tracking and analysis
- Customizable notifications and alerts
- Improved UI and user experience
- Seamless integration with online account
ctcLink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Avista
No in-app purchases
ctcLink
No in-app purchases







