First Electric vs Connect Vilonia
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.
Connect Vilonia
Stay informed about local happenings in Vilonia City with this app. It provides quick and easy access to the latest news and events happening around your community.
- Local news updates
- Event information
- Community happenings
- Easy access to information
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Wondering how to quickly and easily find out what's going on around Vilonia City? Look no further than Connect Vilonia. Stay up to date on all the latest news from around your City.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Connect Vilonia at 100% against First Electric's 8%. Connect Vilonia also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). First Electric's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Connect Vilonia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First Electric has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of First Electric's written reviews are positive against 100% of Connect Vilonia's.
First Electric ships an update every 2 months, Connect Vilonia every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Electric | Connect Vilonia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | First Electric Cooperative Corporation | GOGov, Inc. |
Customer experience
First Electric
Connect Vilonia
In-app purchases
First Electric
No in-app purchases
Connect Vilonia
No in-app purchases
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