ERCOT vs Good Faith Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ERCOT
Monitor real-time power grid conditions and receive important news and alerts. Customize your home screen with interactive dashboards for supply, demand, fuel mix, and wholesale prices. Stay informed about grid status and upcoming meetings.
- Real-time grid monitoring
- Customizable home screen
- Interactive dashboards
- Supply and demand tracking
- Fuel mix information
- Wholesale price data
- News and alerts
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The ERCOT app allows you to monitor real-time power grid conditions and stay updated with important news and alerts from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). App features include: Informative welcome screens A customizable home screen: Choose which dashboards you want to see ERCOT’s most popular interactive dashboards: Grid Conditions, Supply and Demand, Fuel Mix, and System-Wide (Wholesale) Prices The meeting calendar for the upcoming week The ability to opt-in for TXANS and EEA alerts
Good Faith Energy
Monitor your solar energy system's performance in real-time, from installation to ongoing production and consumption. Refer friends to earn rewards and manage your account or support tickets easily.
- Real-time installation tracking
- Solar production and consumption monitoring
- Referral program for rewards
- Support ticket management
- Account detail updates
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Track your installation process in real time, monitor your solar energy production and consumption once your system has been installed, earn money by referring your friends and family, open a new support ticket or update your account details with the Good Faith Energy app. It's a key piece for any homeowner going solar with Good Faith Energy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Good Faith Energy at 5.0 against ERCOT's 2.8. ERCOT's advantage is ratings volume (115 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 14 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Good Faith Energy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ERCOT has 115 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ERCOT ships an update every 4 months, Good Faith Energy every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ERCOT | Good Faith Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (115 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ERCOT | Good Faith Energy |
Customer experience
ERCOT
Good Faith Energy
Bugs and requests
ERCOT
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes constantly or spins indefinitely
- White ghost text on app and browser
- New Release 7.3.6 throws constant 403 errors
- App crashes upon launch
- App opens and crashes after updates
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- App crashes after last update, won't open
- App just closes down after update
- Inaccurate graphs during Feb 2021 outage
- Privacy issue: app pastes from messages
- Lost current demand number in new release
- Chart with no numbers on vertical axis
- Turrible system conditions display
Requested features
25 requests- Improve welcome screen navigation
- Add custom alert notifications (prices, capacity)
- Increase font size or allow adjustment
- Provide history view
- Show sources of energy
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- Show renewable energy generation
- See historical data for comparison
- Add gridlines on chart axes
- Add more gridlines on time axis
- Provide current demand number
- Show real-time power production breakdown (nuclear, gas, coal, wind, solar)
- Show trends of historical data
- Show prices for 5min intervals
- Show forecasted wind and actual wind output on a chart
- Show nodal pricing points
- Add a simple DB query function for source/sink of PTPs
- List scheduled outages and line work
- List DA congestion costs
- Provide system conditions
- Offer historic views beyond 1 day
- Offer forecast conditions for next 30 days
- Provide at least two push notification options (critical alert)
- Share outage data from utility companies/cooperatives
- Add system wide alerts
- Add a design overhaul for prettier delivery
Good Faith Energy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ERCOT
No in-app purchases
Good Faith Energy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ERCOT free?
Is Good Faith Energy free?
Which has better reviews, ERCOT or Good Faith Energy?
Do ERCOT or Good Faith Energy have ads?
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