First Electric vs Array By Hampton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Electric
Manage your utility account with ease. Make payments, view billing and usage history, report service issues, and receive important news alerts. Find facility and payment locations on an interactive map.
- Account management
- Bill payment
- Usage tracking
- Service issue reporting
- News alerts
- Location maps
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The First Electric Cooperative app is a new and improved way to manage your account. Make a payment, view usage and billing information, notify us of account and service issues, receive up-to-date news alerts and more. 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 First Electric 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.
Array By Hampton
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere using your smartphone. This app allows for simultaneous control of multiple devices and easy sharing with family members. Set timers for automated functions and enjoy a simple connection process.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous multi-device control
- Automated timers
- Device sharing with family
- Easy device connection
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1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: First Electric at none against Array By Hampton's shown. First Electric also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Array By Hampton's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Array By Hampton holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of First Electric's written reviews are positive against 0% of Array By Hampton's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
First Electric ships an update every 2 months, Array By Hampton every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Electric | Array By Hampton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (31 ratings) | 3.8 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 222 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | First Electric Cooperative Corporation | Hampton Products International Corporation |
Customer experience
First Electric
Array By Hampton
In-app purchases
First Electric
No in-app purchases
Array By Hampton
No in-app purchases
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