Kiwi Central vs OBT Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kiwi Central
Manage your power, broadband, and mobile accounts in one place. Track usage, view plans, make payments, and get support. Offers choice deals and transparent service for New Zealand residents.
- Manage power, broadband, and mobile accounts
- Track usage and spending insights
- View plan details and rates
- Make payments and set billing notifications
- Add new services
- Chat with customer support
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The Kiwi Central app is your one-stop shop to manage your Electric Kiwi Power, Electric Kiwi Broadband, and Kiwi Mobile accounts. Our mission is to make mobile, broadband and power better for Kiwis. Choice deals, awesome service and no sneaky stuff. In the app, manage your free Hour of Power and Kiwi Mobile plan mode. Get crisp insights on your usage to help you stay on top of your spend. Chat with us when you need a hand. Check your plan and rates. Make a payment. Set up billing notifications. Add a new service. And so much more! Haven’t joined us yet? Go to www.electrickiwi.co.nz/join
OBT Remote
This companion app allows users to monitor metrics and alarm events from OB Tools devices. It provides real-time notifications, historical data review, and team collaboration features for managing facility issues.
- View metrics and alarm events
- Review historic data on line charts
- Compare current values on bar charts
- Receive real-time push notifications
- Acknowledge alarms and change severity
- View detailed event logs
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OBT Remote is the companion app for OB Tools Use this app to view metrics and alarm events from all OB Tools monitored devices on your iPhone. Key features: - Review historic data on a customisable line chart. - Compare current values on a bar chart. - Receive push notifications that keep you aware of events in your facility in real time. - Work as a team by acknowledging alarms or changing their severity as problems are resolved. - View detailed event logs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OBT Remote at 100% against Kiwi Central's 22%. Kiwi Central's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Kiwi Central ships an update every 11 days, OBT Remote every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kiwi Central | OBT Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electric Kiwi Ltd | Jack Woodgate |
Customer experience
Kiwi Central
OBT Remote
Bugs and requests
Kiwi Central
Reported bugs
53 issues- App broken, free hour time not changeable
- Cannot see or change Hour of Power
- Pages poorly displaying, tabs cut off, pages won't scroll
- Cannot display average daily usage or estimate bill
- Update added more bugs
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- Payment through app never loads
- App freezes all the time
- App occasionally hangs
- Cannot pay bill, app stuck
- Payment setup broken, cannot choose week for payments
- Manual payment never works
- Blank page when trying to make payment in app
- Hour of Power reminder constantly a pain, old reminders persist
- No reminder when free power has started
- App won't allow anything on iPhone, cannot make payments
- App always asks to log in
- Keeps logging out, needs sign in every time
- Cannot figure out how to set Hour of Power
- Cannot login to app, can login to browser
- New wheel-based time changing is fiddly
- Forced landscape orientation on iPad annoying
- App doesn't work after update, says 'oops, something wrong'
- Logging in every time is a pain
- Too much crud on app (CO2, GREEN ENOUGH)
- Broadband feature not loading
- HOP notifications broken since redesign
- Why do we have to log in all the time?
- No daily usage in Insights
- Power usage data disappeared
- Unable to login since app update, password reset link doesn't work
- Insight screen too small, unnecessary border
- Everything crammed, smallest font imaginable
- Background activity ruined battery life
- Glitches regularly
- No autocorrect in chat, weird formatting
- App glitches out frequently
- No deposits available for payment
- App has glitches, never loads properly
- No option to edit payment method on app
- Cannot access app or website overseas
- Login button does nothing
- App glitches out frequently, changing HOP is a risk
- Glitchy controls, data not loading or delayed
- App won't even let me open the app
- App is not native to iPad
- Graphs could be clearer
- App is unusable on iPad
- Scrolling animation when setting HoP is awkward
- App is no more starting
- App is incredibly slow to load
- Will not let me sign in with email and correct password
- App does not allow me to sign in
- App is not iPad friendly
Requested features
17 requests- Automate Hour of Power (HoP)
- API or Siri shortcut for HoP
- Display HoP status (green light)
- Daily usage in Insights
- Remove unused service tabs
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- Forecasted usage alerts
- Broadband usage tracking
- iPad native app
- Set HoP for each day
- Clickable half-hour bars for usage
- Improve HoP slider usability
- Add 0800 THE KIWI number to outages tab
- Ability to switch between multiple accounts
- Make app native to iPad
- Add dark mode option
- Improve graph clarity for HoP
- Make HoP slider less awkward
OBT Remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kiwi Central
No in-app purchases
OBT Remote
No in-app purchases
