AEP Ohio vs South Central
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AEP Ohio
Manage your utility account with ease. View and pay bills, report outages, and track restoration progress. Access billing history, compare energy usage, and set up paperless billing and alerts. Everything you need is now at your fingertips.
- Report power outages
- Check outage status
- View and pay bills
- Manage account balance
- Compare energy usage
- Paperless billing enrollment
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Welcome to a better way to manage your account with our customer mobile app. You can view and pay your bill, report an outage, check outage status, manage your accounts, view billing history, and more! Use the "Remember me" feature to make login a breeze. Everything is now at the touch of your fingertips. Features include: OUTAGE INFORMATION - Report a power outage - Check outage status and track restoration progress - Easy access to view outage maps in your area ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - Choose "Remember me" to skip logging in each time you use the app* - View your real-time account balance, payment due date, and balance details - View and download your bill (PDF) - Pay immediately for free from your bank account - Make automatic or scheduled payments - Other ways to pay (credit/debit card, in-person, by phone) - Switch between multiple accounts ENERGY USAGE - Compare how your current usage compares to last month or the same time last year SETTINGS - Enroll in and manage your paperless billing - Add or delete your bank accounts - Enroll in and manage billing and outage alerts *Logging into the AEP Ohio app requires an active account that is registered online at AEPOhio.com
South Central
Manage your utility account with ease. View your balance, pay bills, track energy usage with interactive graphs, and stay informed about service updates and outages. Find payment locations and contact customer support directly through the app.
- View account balance and due date
- Manage recurring payments
- Track energy usage with graphs
- Monitor news and service updates
- View outage map
- Locate payment dropboxes
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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 use graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture based interface. Contact Us - Easily contact South Central Power. News - Provides a convenient way to monitor news that may affect your service such as rate changes, outage information and upcoming events. Outage Map - Displays service interruption and outage information. Maps - Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.”
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: South Central at 3.2 against AEP Ohio's 2.8. South Central also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 16%). AEP Ohio's advantage is ratings volume (228 vs 22) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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.
South Central holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AEP Ohio has 228 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of AEP Ohio's written reviews are positive against 27% of South Central's.
AEP Ohio ships an update monthly, South Central every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AEP Ohio | South Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (228 ratings) | 3.2 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.6% of reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 228 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Electric Power | South Central Power Company Inc |
Customer experience
AEP Ohio
South Central
In-app purchases
AEP Ohio
No in-app purchases
South Central
No in-app purchases









