PVREA vs Utility Mobile Readings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PVREA
Manage your Poudre Valley REA account on the go. View usage and billing details, make payments, and report service issues. Access facility maps and receive important messages from your provider.
- Account management
- View usage and billing
- Manage payments
- Report service issues
- View bill history
- Energy usage graphs
- Contact member service
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With the PVREA app, Poudre Valley REA members get account management at their fingertips. View usage and billing, manage payments, notify member service of account and service issues and receive special messaging from PVREA. 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 your service provider 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. Maps - Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.
Utility Mobile Readings
This application enables utility professionals to capture field readings directly on their mobile devices. It eliminates the need for separate handheld devices, streamlining data collection processes.
- Field readings on mobile devices
- Eliminates need for handhelds
- Streamlined data collection
- Utility professional focused
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Professional Computer Solutions Mobile Readings App allows utilities to take readings from the field on their mobile devices without the need for a handheld.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Utility Mobile Readings at 5.0 against PVREA's 4.1. Utility Mobile Readings also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). PVREA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (8 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Utility Mobile Readings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PVREA has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PVREA ships an update every 2 months, Utility Mobile Readings every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PVREA | Utility Mobile Readings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| 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 | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, INC. | Professional Computer Solutions |
Customer experience
PVREA
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In-app purchases
PVREA
No in-app purchases
Utility Mobile Readings
No in-app purchases
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