e vs MyDISH Account
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
e
Remotely control your home or business security system and view live video feeds. This app requires compatible security hardware and an eSecure 1.0 service account.
- Remote security control
- Live video viewing
- Home security
- Business security
- Compatible hardware integration
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Protection 1 eSecure™ 1.0 This app provides lifestyle enhancing functionality by combining remote control security with the ability to view live video of your home or business. • This application works in conjunction with our other compatible security hardware products. • An eSecure 1.0 remote service account is required. • Call 1-800-GET-HELP for more information. *** NOTE: For existing eSecure™ users who are already using the version with the silver icon the version of eSecure 2.0™, with the blue icon will not work. Please contact Protection 1 for additional information. *** *** This version of eSecure is intended only for use with eSecure 1.0 compatible hardware from Protection 1. If your hardware is eSecure 2.0 compatible, please download our eSecure 2.0 app elsewhere in the App store. If you have questions, please contact Protection 1 for additional information ***
MyDISH Account
Manage your satellite TV and internet service from your mobile device. View and pay bills, track appointments, order on-demand content, and customize your programming. Access account details and refer friends for rewards.
- View and pay bills
- Manage appointments
- Order Pay-Per-View
- Customize programming
- Track technician location
- View data usage
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The MyDISH app enables you to manage your DISH account from anywhere quickly and easily on your iphone or ipad. View and pay your bill, manage your appointments and programming, order Pay-Per-View and Video on Demand, manage your preferences and more… all on the go. It’s just one more of the many ways DISH continues to offer fantastic customer experiences and help you enjoy TV more than ever! MyDISH Account • Create a MyDISH account (used to access the MyDISH app, mydish.com, DISH Anywhere app, dishanywhere.com, and more) • Retrieve your MyDISH username • Reset your MyDISH password Appointments • View technician photo and monitor technician location in real time • Review appointment date/time Billing • View current bill breakdown • Make a payment • View previous statements • View payment history TV/Programming • View your channel line-up • Customize your package and explore options • Compare TV packages side by side Internet • View your data usage meters • Purchase additional data capacity Pay-Per-View & Video on Demand • Browse & order movies, sports, events and adult • Click on the ‘Watch TV’ link to launch DISH Anywhere and watch TV shows and movies instantly on your mobile device – all for free! Preferences • Set up/change eBill and AutoPay • Manage your account info: Contact info, security settings, etc. • Reauthorize your DISH Outdoor service Refer a Friend • Refer your friends and family to DISH via email, text message, or social media • Once they’re installed with DISH, pick from great rewards like a FREE Echo Dot, 12 FREE Pay-Per-View movies, or $50 in bill credits! • View all your referrals and rewards history Restart • Restart your DISH service if it has been cancelled or temporarily suspended Support • Provide us feedback so that we could improve the DISH experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyDISH Account at 4.5 against e's 2.6. MyDISH Account also leads on ratings volume (391K vs 9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). e's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). 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.
MyDISH Account holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyDISH Account has 391K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of e's written reviews are positive against 24% of MyDISH Account's.
e ships an update every 2 months, MyDISH Account monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | e | MyDISH Account |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (391K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.4% of reviews | 23.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 391K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Protection One | DISH Network LLC |
Customer experience
e
MyDISH Account
User reviews
e
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well when set up
- 👍 Convenient remote control
- 👍 Keypad interface is cute
- 👍 Useful for basic functions
- 👍 Works with iPhone 5/iOS 7 (historically)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on iOS 7
- 🐛 Slow connection times
- 🐛 Often doesn't connect
- 🐛 Freezing and spinning
- 🐛 Not working on iPhone 6
MyDISH Account
From 391K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient app
- 💡 Useful for managing account
- 👍 Mostly works fine
Room to improve
- 🐛 App issues after updates
- 🔨 Unreliable service and equipment
- 💰 Expensive with poor value
- 🤬 Frustrating customer service
Bugs and requests
e
Reported bugs
63 issues- App needs updating
- Does not work!!!
- Update Please!!
- App needs updating
- Update badly needed
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- App needs updating
- Update needed!
- Not working
- Horrible App
- Often doesn't connect
- Freezing
- Works some of the time only.
- No longer working
- App no longer working!
- Recently broken?
- Failing Communication Error message
- Failure to communicate
- Junk
- Horrible not working on iOS 7
- App doesn't work with iOS 7
- Nominal before the update to ios7, now does not work at all.
- Doesn't work anymore and was horrible before
- Does not work on iOS 7
- Crash after update to ios7.
- Broke in iOS 7
- Needs update
- Bad after iO7
- Worst app ever
- Has been great
- Doesn't work after iOS 7 update
- It did work great
- Reliability
- Stinks
- Horrible when it worked
- Terrible
- Great until ios 7
- App not functional under iOS 7
- Crashes under iOS 7
- Need to fix...
- No iOS 7 support.
- Does not work with iOS 7
- App won't work with iOS 7
- No Bells and Whistles but works
- Not happy :(
- Inconsistent
- Yeah it works but
- App doesn't work at all & no updates for over a year
- Too slow
- Update please!
- Old-fashioned, slow, and... useless under iOS6.
- Too Slow and doesn't work!
- Works, but slow
- App works for me
- Works Great!!!
- Pure garbage!!!
- Seriously?!
- No fun with protection 1
- No video
- Functional but Barely
- Crap
- Very slow
- SLOWWWWWW
- Good app.....but
Requested features
12 requests- Update the app
- Modern update needed
- Update for iOS compatibility
- Improve connection speed
- Add logout option
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- Update for iOS 7 ASAP
- Enable addition of more than 2 mobile devices
- Push message to keypad from phone
- Alert notifications on security breach via SMS
- Higher resolution graphics for icon and UI
- Add video functionality
- Improve UI design
MyDISH Account
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not loading beyond logo screen
- Voice commands not working
- Frequent signal interruptions
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to change payment date
- More flexible channel packages
- Better notification of channel changes
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
MyDISH Account
No in-app purchases
