Comparison

MyREC vs VMDAEC Outage Map

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

Head to head
About

MyREC

Manage your electricity account with ease. View usage and billing details, make payments, and report service issues. Access facility maps and receive important messages from your provider.

Highlights
  • View account balance and due date
  • Manage recurring payments
  • View bill history (PDFs)
  • Analyze energy usage graphs
  • Report account/service issues
  • Locate facility and dropbox sites
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MyREC provides Rappahannock Electric Cooperative customers account management at their fingertips. Customers can view their usage and billing, manage payments, notify customer service of account and service issues and receive special messaging from REC. Additional Features: Bill & Pay - Quickly view your current account balance and due date, manage recurring payments and modify payment methods. You can also view bill history including PDF versions of paper bills directly on your mobile device. My Usage - View energy usage graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture based interface. Contact Us - Easily contact REC by email or phone. You can also submit one of the many predefined messages, with the ability to include pictures and GPS coordinates. Maps - Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.

About

VMDAEC Outage Map

Features
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Check on power outages across the Virginia Maryland Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC) service area with VMDAEC’s new outage map app. Outages are categorized by state, county and cooperative. The app also has an easy-to-use directory for contacting your local electric cooperative.

Screenshots

MyREC4 screens
VMDAEC Outage Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

MyREC and VMDAEC Outage Map are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyREC ships an update every 2 months, VMDAEC Outage Map every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MyREC versus VMDAEC Outage Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyRECVMDAEC Outage Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (57 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB0 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRappahannock Electric CooperativeVIRGINIA MARYLAND DELAWARE ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

In-app purchases

None

MyREC

No in-app purchases

None

VMDAEC Outage Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyREC free?
MyREC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VMDAEC Outage Map free?
VMDAEC Outage Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyREC or VMDAEC Outage Map have ads?
Neither MyREC nor VMDAEC Outage Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyREC or VMDAEC Outage Map?
MyREC ships an update every 2 months, and VMDAEC Outage Map every 6 weeks. Most recently, MyREC was updated on October 7, 2026 and VMDAEC Outage Map on October 12, 2026.

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