DLC Mobile vs AWARE Client V2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DLC Mobile
Manage your electricity account on the go. Pay bills, report outages, and track energy usage. Receive customized alerts for important updates.
- Secure account access
- Schedule and make payments
- View and report outages
- Track energy usage
- Manage billing options
- Customize alerts
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With the DLC mobile app, you can securely access your account, make a payment, or view and report outages in your area - all from the convenience of your mobile device! • Easily schedule payments, make same-day payments through debit/credit card, manage Paperless, AutoPay, or Budget Billing. • View a map of outages in your area, or report an outage at the touch of a button. • Track your usage to stay up-to-date on your energy consumption. • Sign up for My Alerts and choose what communications and reminders you would like to receive and how you would like to receive them (voice, text, or email).
AWARE Client V2
This app collects and shares mobile context information, including location, activity, and device usage, for both individual users and researchers. It allows for the automatic recording of data and the creation of mobile studies, with a strong emphasis on privacy by design.
- Automatic data collection (location, steps, mobility)
- HealthKit integration for heart-rate, sleep, and workouts
- Customizable sensor selection via AWARE Dashboard
- Privacy-focused design, no personal information logged
- Background data collection for mobile studies
- Support for various sensors including GPS, motion, and audio
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[About AWARE Client] AWARE Client V2 is a sensing framework dedicated to an instrument, infer, log and share mobile context information, for smartphone users and researchers. AWARE captures hardware-, software-, and human-based data. [Individuals: Record your data] This app allows us to collect user’s activity data (such as location, steps, and mobility types) automatically. As a part of the activity data, this app collects heart-rate, sleep, and workout data via HealthKit API if the user allows the app to access HealthKit API. In addition, By using the AWARE Dashboard, you can enable or disable sensors. Privacy is enforced by design, so AWARE does not log personal information, such as phone numbers or contacts information. Also, the data is saved locally on your mobile phone temporarily. AWARE uploads the data to the AWARE server automatically if the device has a Wi-Fi network and is charged the battery. [Scientists: Run studies] Running a mobile-related study has never been easier. Install AWARE to the participants' phone, select the data you want to collect and that is it. If you use the own AWARE server, you can set a mobile questionnaire. [How to use AWARE Client iOS] 1. Set a study on AWARE Dashboard 1-1. Please access to AWARE Dashboard by a web browser Make a study by "Create Study" button 1-2. Select required sensors from a sensor list for your study 1-3. Make a QR code by "Show QRcode" button 2. For joining the study, please read the QR code by a QR code reader on the AWARE client 3. AWARE collects and uploads your contexts in the background automatically 4. You can quit the study by 'Quit Study' button [Supported Sensors] AWARE allows us to collect the following sensor data: - Location (GPS, Barometer, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth) - Motion (Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Gravity, Linear Accelerometer, Magnetometer, and Activity Recognition) - Ambient Noise (Audio Features) - Device Usage (Screen State and Phone Call Events) - Network State (Wi-Fi or Mobile Network) - Timezone - Weather Data (from Open Weather Map) - BLE Devices (heart rate) - HealthKit - Calendar Events - Web APIs (Fitbit) - ESM: Experimental Sampling Method (Mobile Questionary) ** NOTE ** This application uses a location sensor in the background. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. In addition, this app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DLC Mobile at 4.6 against AWARE Client V2's 4.0. DLC Mobile also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 10). AWARE Client V2's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
DLC Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DLC Mobile has 14K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of DLC Mobile's written reviews are positive against 33% of AWARE Client V2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DLC Mobile ships an update every 2 months, AWARE Client V2 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DLC Mobile | AWARE Client V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better | 4.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 10 |
| 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 | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Duquesne Light Company | Yuuki Nishiyama |
Customer experience
DLC Mobile
AWARE Client V2
Bugs and requests
DLC Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Autopay not working as expected
- Inconsistent usage data
- Buttons and features not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Improve payment options and reliability
- Enhance user interface and navigation
- Provide better account management tools
- Improve communication and support
AWARE Client V2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DLC Mobile
No in-app purchases
AWARE Client V2
No in-app purchases
Questions
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