Barricade vs MyDEMCO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barricade
This utility simplifies radiation calculations for industrial radiographers using Iridium or Cobalt sources. It quickly computes barricade distances and maximum allowable readings, eliminating the need for manual calculations or slide rules.
- Radiation calculation for Iridium/Cobalt sources
- Calculates barricade distance without shielding
- Calculates barricade distance with collimator
- Calculates emergency barricade distance
- Determines maximum allowable barricade reading
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This is a utility for Industrial Radiographers using Iridium or Cobalt sources. Ever get tired of using a clumsy slide rule to make radiation calculations? Or, even worse, doing them by hand with a pencil and paper! This app will help you verify calculations. This app is very simple to operate. You simply enter the curies, choose the source, and the shot time in minutes (if less than 60). Hit the Calculate button and you are done. The app makes four separate calculations for you. I will explain these below; 1) It calculates the the distance to the Barricade (dose of 2 mrem) without any shielding factored in. 2) It calculates the distance to the barricade with a common 4 half-value layer collimator included. 3) It calculates the distance to the barricade in an emergency or worse case conditions (eg. source malfunction). 4) It tells you what the maximum allowable reading on the barricade is. This is used when shooting for much less than and hour and the barricade is small enough that more than 2 mR/hr is observed.
MyDEMCO
Manage your utility account with ease. View usage, pay bills, report issues, and receive important notifications about your service. Access account history and find service locations all within a user-friendly interface.
- View usage and billing
- Manage payments
- Report account/service issues
- Outage notifications
- View bill history
- Energy use graphs
- Contact customer service
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MyDEMCO provides members with a full range of services at their fingertips. Through this fast, user-friendly app, view usage and billing, manage payments, notify customer service of account and service issues, report and receive outage-related notifications, and receive special messaging from DEMCO. 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 use graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture-based interface. Contact Us -Easily contact DEMCO. News -Provides a convenient way to monitor news that may affect your service such as rate changes, outage information and upcoming events. Outage Map -Displays service interruption and outage information. Maps -Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barricade at 88% against MyDEMCO's 21%. Barricade also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). MyDEMCO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (56 vs 3). 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.
Barricade holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyDEMCO has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Barricade's written reviews are positive against 21% of MyDEMCO's.
Barricade ships an update every 16 months, MyDEMCO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barricade | MyDEMCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.3 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 20.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lance Henderson | Dixie Electric Membership Corporation |
Customer experience
Barricade
MyDEMCO
In-app purchases
Barricade
No in-app purchases
MyDEMCO
No in-app purchases









