Bright vs Outfox Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bright
Track your electricity and gas usage in real-time from your smart meters. This app helps you manage energy consumption and spend more efficiently, contributing to carbon reduction goals. Requires compatible hardware for full functionality.
- Real-time energy consumption monitoring
- Electricity and gas usage tracking
- Smart meter data access via DCC or CAD
- Clamp-on sensor support for electricity
- Energy spend management
- Carbon efficiency goals
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Monitor your energy consumption anytime, anywhere with Bright. For real-time data you need Glowmarkt compatible hardware (https://shop.glowmarkt.com/) - which works with either smart or traditional meters. People with SMETS2 (or E&A SMETS 1) meters can access their half hourly data with Bright for free, once they go through our verification process. Bright lets you check your energy consumption, this could be electricity and gas usage from your smart meters, via the DCC or our Consumer Access Device (CAD). Clamp-on technology sensors can support electricity usage monitoring. Our goal is to help you manage your energy consumption and spend more efficiently as we all strive to become more carbon efficient. To see our Frequently Asked Questions go to: https://glowmarkt.com/#/faqs/apps For more information or any questions please contact: support@glowmarkt.com Join the Glow community (https://forum.glowmarkt.com/).
Outfox Energy
Easily manage your energy account on the go. Submit meter readings, check your balance, make payments, and download statements. Track your energy usage and access more features conveniently.
- Submit meter readings
- Check account balance
- Make payments
- Download statements
- Track energy usage
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Pay less for your energy with Outfox Energy. Why pay more? Choose competitive energy prices and highly rated customer service, without compromising on support. With the Outfox Energy app, you can: View your bills and payments Submit meter readings Check your tariff details Manage your account in one place Get support whenever you need it
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bright at 50% against Outfox Energy's 4%. Bright also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Outfox Energy's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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.
Bright holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Bright's written reviews are positive against 4% of Outfox Energy's.
Bright ships an update every 2 months, Outfox Energy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bright | Outfox Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 4.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HILDEBRAND TECHNOLOGY LTD | Centralogic Consultancy Limited |
Customer experience
Bright
Outfox Energy
Bugs and requests
Bright
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Outfox Energy
Reported bugs
52 issues- 🐛 Invalid JSON format error
- 🐛 Blank screen after Face ID
- 🐛 App crashes when selecting gas meter readings
- 🐛 Login issues with '+' in email
- 🐛 App crashes and previous login not recognised
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- 🐛 Incorrect information displayed
- 🐛 Cannot download bills
- 🐛 Parsing error messages
- 🐛 'Remember me' function not working
- 🐛 New app update can't login
- 🐛 Invalid account ID displayed
- 🐛 Asks to change password and contact details
- 🐛 Credit balance shown as debit balance
- 🐛 Meter readings show as blanks
- 🐛 Direct debits not added to balance
- 🐛 Non-functional settings/preferences screen
- 🐛 New app won't save login details
- 🐛 Shows wrong balance in account
- 🐛 Gas rate showing 5p per day instead of kWh
- 🐛 Cannot go into tariff details to check rates
- 🐛 App shows debit when in credit
- 🐛 Latest update totally unstable
- 🐛 Inaccurate data and wrong balance figures
- 🐛 Previous app was much better
- 🐛 App doesn't remember password
- 🐛 Loads old account
- 🐛 Login process is a nightmare
- 🐛 App doesn't remember device or login
- 🐛 Full blown sign-in required every time
- 🐛 Account/tariff details not showing
- 🐛 Initially nothing worked
- 🐛 Cannot log on
- 🐛 Password & username not accepted
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Logging in with correct details shows 'id not found'
- 🐛 Password managers only send password
- 🐛 Cannot click remember me until clicking done on keyboard
- 🐛 Focus doesn't work
- 🐛 Fails to allow most users to login
- 🐛 Cannot use app to pay
- 🐛 Proceed to pay button doesn't move on
- 🐛 App says I can submit meter readings but won't let me
- 🐛 New app rubbish
- 🐛 No Face ID login
- 🐛 Shows wrong balance
- 🐛 Upgrade stopped app working properly
- 🐛 Doesn't show usage
- 🐛 Constantly have to sign in
- 🐛 Doesn't show smart meter readings
- 🐛 Cannot change direct debit amount
- 🐛 Monthly total or meter reading as a number, no daily/hourly usage
- 🐛 Email must be valid error for valid email
Requested features
8 requests- 💡 Ability to track daily energy usage
- 💡 Interactive graphical interface for usage
- 💡 Setting to select default property
- 💡 Option to set up a PIN
- 💡 Flashlight button for meter readings
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- 💡 Notifications for meter reading reminders
- 💡 Dark mode option
- 💡 Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Bright
No in-app purchases
Outfox Energy
No in-app purchases
