Comparison

SmartHub vs Mobile OPD5

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SmartHub

Manage your utility and telecommunications accounts with ease. View usage, billing, and payment history. Report service issues, receive important company news, and manage your WiFi network all from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • View and manage bills and payments
  • Monitor energy usage trends
  • Contact customer service easily
  • Receive service news and outage alerts
  • Report service interruptions
  • Manage WiFi network and devices
Currently charting
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SmartHub provides utility and telecommunications customers account management at their fingertips. Customers can view their usage and billing, manage payments, notify customer service of account and service issues and receive special messaging from their local utility or telecommunications company. NISC serves over 500 telecoms and utilities across the nation, install the application to determine if your local organization is supported. 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. Make a payment now or schedule it for a future date. My Usage - View energy usage graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture based interface. Contact Us - Easily contact your service provider by email or phone. You can also submit one of the many predefined messages, with the ability to include pictures and GPS coordinates. News - Provides a convenient way to monitor news that may affect your service such as rate changes, outage information and upcoming events. Service Status - Displays service interruption and outage information. You can also report an outage directly to your service provider. Maps - Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface. Manage Wifi - Easily manage your WiFi network and connected devices. Maintain passwords, troubleshoot issues, create and control guest networks, limit access to connected devices, create rules with parental controls and check internet speed.

About

Mobile OPD5

Manage your utility account on the go with fast and secure access. View bills, make payments, schedule alerts, and receive notifications about outages. Stay connected with the provider through social media integration.

Highlights
  • Secure account access
  • View bills and balance
  • Make payments
  • Schedule alerts and reminders
  • Receive push notifications
  • Report outages
  • Social media connectivity
Features
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Our Mobile App is designed to give you fast, secure account access so you can easily manage your account details, view your bill and your account balance, make payments and find payment locations, schedule alerts and reminders, receive push notifications,view and report outages and stay connected with us via facebook and twitter. Nearly everything you can do from our "Bill Pay Online" can now be handled instantly whether you're at home, at work, or on the go.

Screenshots

SmartHub4 screens
Mobile OPD54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mobile OPD5 at 100% against SmartHub's 16%. Mobile OPD5 also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). SmartHub's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mobile OPD5 holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartHub has 1.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of SmartHub's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mobile OPD5's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartHub ships an update every 2 months, Mobile OPD5 every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
SmartHub versus Mobile OPD5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartHubMobile OPD5
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (1.9K ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#201 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB104 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNational Information Solutions CooperativeOverton Power District #5

Customer experience

SmartHub

All ratings1,946 ratings
Positive36.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative54.6%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive15.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative75.4%

Mobile OPD5

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SmartHub

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues after recent update
  • Incorrect or missing usage data
  • Inability to disable auto-pay
  • Compatibility problems with newer OS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for multiple utility accounts
  • Improve push notification system
  • Provide more detailed usage insights
  • Allow customizable alert thresholds

Mobile OPD5

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SmartHub

No in-app purchases

None

Mobile OPD5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartHub free?
SmartHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mobile OPD5 free?
Mobile OPD5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartHub or Mobile OPD5?
Mobile OPD5 is rated higher. SmartHub averages 2.7 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while Mobile OPD5 averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do SmartHub or Mobile OPD5 have ads?
Neither SmartHub nor Mobile OPD5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartHub or Mobile OPD5?
SmartHub ships an update every 2 months, and Mobile OPD5 every 5 months. Most recently, SmartHub was updated on September 25, 2026 and Mobile OPD5 on September 17, 2026.

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