CoServ vs Dallas Secure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CoServ
Manage your utility account with ease. Pay bills securely, track your energy usage, and stay informed about service updates and outages. View historical bills and payment options.
- Secure bill payment
- View account balance and due date
- Manage recurring payments
- Track monthly gas and electricity usage
- Compare usage to temperature and neighborhood averages
- Monitor service news and events
- View outage information on a map
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App Features: Bill & Pay - Pay your bill securely and on time each month. View your current account balance and due date, manage recurring payments, and modify payment methods. View bill history including PDF versions of paper bills directly on your mobile device. My Usage - Keep tabs on your monthly gas usage and view your electricity usage at daily, weekly and monthly intervals. Compare your usage against outside temperatures and neighborhood averages. News - Monitor news that may affect your service such as rate changes, outage information and upcoming events. Outage Map - Displays service interruption and outage information.
Dallas Secure
This free, privacy-focused security app protects your mobile device from threats. It verifies links, scans QR codes, and alerts you to untrusted networks to safeguard your personal information.
- Link verification
- QR code scanning
- Phishing detection
- Untrusted network alerts
- Privacy-first design
- Protects personal information
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Free Mobile Threat Protection Provided by the City of Dallas Keep your mobile device safe from threats. Dallas Secure is a free, privacy-first mobile security app that alerts and protects you when suspicious activity is detected. Dallas Secure helps protect your mobile device by: - Allowing you to verify if links sent to you through text, email, a messaging app, or social media are safe, or a possible phishing attempt. - Scanning QR codes and links for phishing attempts. - Alerting you of untrusted networks when using public Wi-Fi networks, vulnerable device configurations, and more. - Protecting your personal information and credentials from attackers. Dallas Secure will analyze potential mobile device threats while operating under a strict privacy policy and technical controls that ensure your privacy is respected. The app works without accessing personally identifiable information and will not collect or transmit private data. Don't leave your mobile device unprotected. Download Dallas Secure for free today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dallas Secure at 4.0 against CoServ's 2.3. Dallas Secure also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 11%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). CoServ's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (125 vs 16). 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.
Dallas Secure holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoServ has 125 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of CoServ's written reviews are positive against 50% of Dallas Secure's.
CoServ ships an update every 2 months, Dallas Secure every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CoServ | Dallas Secure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (125 ratings) | 4.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denton County Electric Cooperative | Zimperium |
Customer experience
CoServ
Dallas Secure
Bugs and requests
CoServ
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when viewing usage data
- App crashes when checking unbilled electric usage
- App freezes on sign-in screen
- Login fails repeatedly
- Cannot log in, error messages
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- App does not load
- App opens half the time
- Password setup issues
- Time checking for notification settings errors
- CVV not asked in add card section
- App won't function if Google analytics is blocked
- Cannot access any information
- App shows incorrect current usage
- Cannot enable Face ID
- Cannot add cell number
- Error submitting payment twice
- Cannot reset or retrieve password
- Cannot display password reset instructions correctly
Requested features
7 requests- Add print option for bills
- Add Apple Pay and other payment options
- Improve UI/UX intuitiveness
- Enable Face ID/remember email
- Add cell number input
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- Improve data presentation and zoomability
- Allow scheduling credit card payments online
Dallas Secure
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CoServ
No in-app purchases
Dallas Secure
No in-app purchases
