CEC Connect vs Southern Pi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CEC Connect
Manage your utility services conveniently from your mobile device. Pay bills, check account details, report outages, and contact support easily. Access office directions and sign up for important notifications.
- Pay bills
- Check account information
- Report outages
- Contact support (call, chat, email)
- Get office directions
- Sign up for notifications
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Powerful service at your fingertips--wherever you go! We've packed your most requested services in one little app. Secure, easy and always on for you to: · Pay your bill · Check account information · Report an outage · Call, chat or send us an email · Get directions to our offices · Sign up for notifications
Southern Pi
Manage your account details, view bills and balances, and make payments securely on the go. Schedule alerts, receive push notifications, and access nearly all web portal features instantly from your mobile device.
- Secure account access
- View bills and balances
- Make payments
- Schedule alerts and reminders
- Receive push notifications
- Manage account details
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Our Mobile App is designed to give you fast, secure account access so you can easily manage your account details, view your bill and your account balance, make payments and find payment locations, schedule alerts and reminders, receive push notifications, and more. Nearly everything you can do from our web portal can now be handled instantly whether you’re at home, at work, or on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CEC Connect at 100% against Southern Pi's 14%. CEC Connect also leads on rating (2.9 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). Southern Pi's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CEC Connect holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CEC Connect's written reviews are positive against 14% of Southern Pi's.
CEC Connect ships an update every 3 months, Southern Pi every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | CEC Connect | Southern Pi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (12 ratings) — better | 2.1 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Covington Electric Cooperative | Southern Pine EC |
Customer experience
CEC Connect
Southern Pi
In-app purchases
CEC Connect
No in-app purchases
Southern Pi
No in-app purchases
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