Comparison

Hydro One Mobile vs SafeTTC

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

Head to head
About

Hydro One Mobile

Manage your electricity service and stay informed about power outages. View your bills, account balance, and usage details. Access a real-time outage map with estimated restoration times and affected customer numbers.

Highlights
  • View bills and account balance
  • Sign up for paperless billing
  • Sign up for SMS notifications
  • View usage details
  • Real-time power outage map
  • Outage restoration estimates
Features
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We work hard to ensure that Hydro One customers have access to the information they need when they need it. The NEW Hydro One mobile application makes it easy for customers to manage their Hydro One service and get the latest information about power outages in your area. NEW – Customers can now access myAccount self-service within the app! Enabling Hydro One customers to: • View their bill and account balance • Sign up for paperless billing • Sign up for SMS notifications • View ‘time of use’ usage details and more! Power Outage Map Our power outage map lets you know if there is a power outage at home or the cottage. It is updated every 10 minutes with detailed outage information, including: • Number of customers affected • Estimated restoration time • Cause of the outage (if known) • Repair crew status The Outage Maps use colour-coded symbols to display the number of customers without service and their locations. Hydro One recognizes that this is crucial information for our customers. Now you can access it on the go.

About

SafeTTC

Report harassment, safety concerns, or suspicious activity on public transit discreetly and quickly. Submit detailed reports with photos or videos, or receive important alerts about missing persons. Designed for quick reporting even in areas with no cellular service.

Highlights
  • Discreet reporting of safety concerns
  • Submit text, photos, and videos
  • Categorized incident reporting
  • Offline report storage and sending
  • Receive safety alerts (BOLO)
  • Direct connection to Transit Control
Features
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The SafeTTC App offers Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) customers a quick and discreet method for reporting harassment, safety concerns or suspicious activity directly to the TTC’s Transit Control Centre. Using this app, customers can do their part to help make transit safer for all by providing detailed reports of incidents and situations that are observed on the TTC system – whether on a vehicle, in a station or at a bus or streetcar stop. 

From the app home screen, customers have two easy options for contacting Transit Control:

 - The “Report a Problem” button allows users to send text and photos or videos directly to Transit Control. When reporting an issue, customers can select from easy drop-down menus for vehicle type (bus, streetcar or subway), route numbers, and station locations, and report categories to assist Transit Control in assessing the situation. 

* The “Call Police” button will connect customers directly to 9-1-1 dispatch and should only be used when emergency police, fire or medical assistance is required.

 The application is designed with the subway in mind. If you send a report in an area without cellular connectivity, it will be stored and sent automatically as soon as you’re connected again. The system is also designed to send text before pictures so that Transit Control receives reports as quickly as possible. 

 Additional Features: 

Customers can also receive alerts (sometimes called BOLO – Be On the Look Out) through the app. For example, SafeTTC may display information about a missing person, such as their description, picture and where they were last seen. If you have information related to an alert, users can contact or send a report to Transit Control through the app. NOTE: Sending a report through this app will not summon emergency responders. Always call 9-1-1, either through the app or on your phone, in the event that emergency police, fire or medical assistance is required.

Screenshots

Hydro One Mobile4 screens
SafeTTC3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SafeTTC at 4.9 against Hydro One Mobile's 3.0. SafeTTC also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 11%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

SafeTTC holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Hydro One Mobile's written reviews are positive against 25% of SafeTTC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hydro One Mobile ships an update every 7 months, SafeTTC every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hydro One Mobile versus SafeTTC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydro One MobileSafeTTC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.9 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.3% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings411 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB14 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperHydro One IncorporatedELERTS Corp

Customer experience

Hydro One Mobile

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive11.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative83.1%

SafeTTC

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative70.0%

Bugs and requests

Hydro One Mobile

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • In-app messages show 'unsupported browser'
  • View bill function stopped working
  • Login issues on iPad
  • Blank page on login
Show 16 more
  • Stuck spinning after login
  • App keeps notifying an update is available when none exists
  • Fails to get data from Hydro One
  • Reporting outages gives an error
  • Map shows almost no outages
  • Signs out every time you try to go back to the main menu
  • Consistently have trouble logging in
  • Poor connectivity
  • Can never log in anymore, takes forever
  • Impossible to log in
  • App does not login, fails registration, password change
  • Extremely slow when it does work
  • Loading account, nothing shows up
  • Login is glitchy
  • Clicking done to go back logs you out
  • Auto logs the user out when clicking 'done' after viewing the current bill in PDF format

Requested features

15 requests
  • Invest in a proper app focused on usage and billing
  • Add outage notifications
  • Add a widget for power status
  • Add face recognition for logging in
  • Add account access and user-friendly displays
Show 10 more
  • Add real-time updates
  • Add billing support integration
  • Add personal usage information
  • Add outage alerts/notifications
  • Add usage details
  • Allow users to remain signed in
  • Allow viewing usage & bills without re-entering info
  • Add option to print bill
  • Add face recognition or thumb print login
  • Fix auto-logout when viewing PDF

SafeTTC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hydro One Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

SafeTTC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydro One Mobile free?
Hydro One Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SafeTTC free?
SafeTTC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hydro One Mobile or SafeTTC?
SafeTTC is rated higher. Hydro One Mobile averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while SafeTTC averages 4.9 from 11 ratings.
Do Hydro One Mobile or SafeTTC have ads?
Neither Hydro One Mobile nor SafeTTC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydro One Mobile or SafeTTC?
Hydro One Mobile ships an update every 7 months, and SafeTTC every 12 months. Most recently, Hydro One Mobile was updated on October 24, 2026 and SafeTTC on October 26, 2026.

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