PBCLive vs Olivine ClimateResponse VPP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PBCLive
Access full service videos, stay updated on church events, and easily share information with friends through social media and email. This free application connects you with the Providence Baptist Church community.
- View full service videos
- Stay current with church events
- Share via Twitter, Facebook, and email
- Official church app
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Welcome to the official Providence Baptist Church APP. This free APP allows you to view full service videos, stay current with church events, and share with friends via Twitter, Facebook and e-mail. For more information about Providence Baptist Church please visit us at www.myprovidencebc.org.
Olivine ClimateResponse VPP
Participate in a virtual power plant to reduce energy consumption and earn rewards. Monitor your usage, track your impact on carbon emissions, and help alleviate grid stress. Save energy, money, and the planet.
- Earn incentives for reducing energy use
- Monitor energy usage patterns
- Track carbon emission impact
- Stay informed on local GHG emissions
- Connect with utility provider accounts
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Use the Olivine app to participate in the ClimateResponse® Virtual Power Plant (VPP) - an innovative solution to reduce energy use and earn incentives, while helping fight climate change, and alleviate grid stress to avoid blackouts. Get notified when ClimateResponse® Events are called, monitor your energy use, and track your rewards. After installing the app, complete the enrollment steps to start earning incentives for reducing your energy use. Save energy, save money, and save the planet! Key features: 1. VPP offers: Earn incentives for reducing your energy use during ClimateResponse® Events. 2. Energy tracking: Monitor your energy usage and visualize your hourly, daily and monthly patterns. 3. Impact reporting: Track the impact on your carbon emissions. 4. GHG emissions tracking: Stay informed on current GHG emissions in your service area. How does it work? When you connect the app with your utility provider account, we pull the energy data and render it on the app. You will be able to monitor the historic energy usage, daily/monthly patterns and identify anomalies, all based on your actual usage data. The data will be used to quantify energy and environmental benefits as you participate in ClimateResponse® Events through the app. The app currently supports customers of these utility companies: Pacific Gas & Electric San Diego Gas & Electric Southern California Edison Olivine ClimateResponse® VPP Customer Support & Feedback Email: ask@climateresponse.com Website: www.climateresponse.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Olivine ClimateResponse VPP at none against PBCLive's shown. Olivine ClimateResponse VPP also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). PBCLive's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PBCLive against 5.0 for Olivine ClimateResponse VPP. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively.
PBCLive ships an update every 7 months, Olivine ClimateResponse VPP every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PBCLive | Olivine ClimateResponse VPP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Providence Baptist Church of Richmond, California | Olivine,Inc. |
Customer experience
PBCLive
Olivine ClimateResponse VPP
In-app purchases
PBCLive
No in-app purchases
Olivine ClimateResponse VPP
No in-app purchases
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