Comparison

mySamHouston vs Workforce Self

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

Head to head
About

mySamHouston

Manage your Sam Houston Electric Cooperative account on the go. View usage, pay bills, report outages, and contact customer service easily. Access historical billing information and find payment locations.

Highlights
  • View and pay bills
  • Manage payment methods
  • Track energy usage
  • Report service issues
  • View outage information
  • Contact customer service
  • Find payment locations
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Sam Houston EC received its charter May 16, 1939, and has been providing electricity to East Texas ever since. The Cooperative was founded by a handful of farmers and rural residents who dreamed of bringing “power to the people.” In the early 1940s, there were just over 600 Co-op members. Today, Sam Houston EC serves 55,000 members and 74,000 meters across parts of 10 counties. mySamHouston provides Sam Houston Electric Cooperative members account management at their fingertips. Members can view their usage and billing, manage payments, notify customer service of account and service issues and receive special messaging from SHEC. 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. Make a payment now or schedule it for a future date. My Usage - View energy usage graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture based interface. Contact Us - Easily contact Sam Houston Electric Cooperative by email or phone. You can also submit one of the many predefined messages, with the ability to include pictures and GPS coordinates. Service Status - Displays service interruption and outage information. You can also report an outage directly to your service provider. Map - Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.

About

Workforce Self

This application provides a mobile interface for customers to interact with various enterprise service management tools. Users can manage service requests, incidents, problems, and access knowledge articles and approvals.

Highlights
  • Service Request management
  • Incident tracking
  • Problem resolution
  • Knowledge Article access
  • Approval management
  • Enterprise Service Management integration
Features
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Workforce Self-Service offers your Customers a seamless Cherwell mobile experience. It’s easy to use interface lets your Customers interact with Service Requests, Incidents, Problems, Knowledge Articles, Approvals, and any Enterprise Service Management applications.

Screenshots

mySamHouston4 screens
Workforce Self4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Workforce Self at fortnightly against mySamHouston's every 2 months. Workforce Self also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). mySamHouston's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workforce Self holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mySamHouston has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mySamHouston ships an update every 2 months, Workforce Self fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
mySamHouston versus Workforce Self: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermySamHoustonWorkforce Self
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (27 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB33 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSam Houston Electric Cooperative Inc.Sigma Go Solutions Inc

Customer experience

mySamHouston

All ratings27 ratings
Positive63.0%
Neutral14.8%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral22.2%
Negative33.3%

Workforce Self

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

mySamHouston

No in-app purchases

None

Workforce Self

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mySamHouston free?
mySamHouston is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workforce Self free?
Workforce Self is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, mySamHouston or Workforce Self?
Workforce Self is rated higher. mySamHouston averages 3.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Workforce Self averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do mySamHouston or Workforce Self have ads?
Neither mySamHouston nor Workforce Self shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mySamHouston or Workforce Self?
mySamHouston ships an update every 2 months, and Workforce Self fortnightly. Most recently, mySamHouston was updated on November 3, 2026 and Workforce Self on November 3, 2026.

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