MLGW vs Covington Electric System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MLGW
Manage your utility services with ease. Pay bills, arrange service transfers, set up payment plans, and opt for paperless billing. All your essential account management tools are just a click away.
- Pay bills online
- Stop/transfer utility service
- Make payment arrangements
- Go paperless
- Access account information
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With the updated My Account feature, customers are a click away from paying their bills, stopping and transferring utility service, making payment arrangements or going paperless. To sign up, customers need a valid email address, and their 16-digit MLGW account number and access code, which can be found on the MLGW bill.
Covington Electric System
Manage your electricity account on the go. View and pay bills, track historical usage with graphs, and manage payment methods and notifications. Access your account information anytime, anywhere.
- View and pay bills
- Access historical usage graphs
- Manage payments
- Manage notifications
- View past payments
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Covington Electric System's mobile payment application allows you to view and pay your bill, view your past payments, access your historical usage information in graph form, and manage your payments and notifications, among other capabilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Covington Electric System at 5.0 against MLGW's 4.6. MLGW's advantage is ratings volume (7.3K vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
Covington Electric System holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MLGW has 7.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MLGW ships an update every 2 months, Covington Electric System every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MLGW | Covington Electric System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.3K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Memphis Light, Gas & Water | Central Service Association |
Customer experience
MLGW
Covington Electric System
Bugs and requests
MLGW
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes or gets stuck loading
- Login credentials not working
- Outage information not accurate
- Billing issues and inconsistencies
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to view and print bills
- Improve outage map usability
- Implement push notifications for outages
- Allow deleting/editing payment methods
- Provide more detailed usage data
Covington Electric System
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MLGW
No in-app purchases
Covington Electric System
No in-app purchases
Questions
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