Hart EMC vs BREC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hart EMC
Manage your utility account on the go with fast, secure access. View your bill, check your balance, make payments, and find payment locations. Stay connected through social media integration.
- Secure account access
- View bill and balance
- Make payments
- Find payment locations
- Social media connection
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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 and stay connected via facebook and twitter. Nearly everything you can do from our "Customer Portal" can now be handled instantly whether you're at home, at work, or on the go.
BREC
Manage your utility account securely and conveniently on the go. View bills, make payments, schedule alerts, and receive notifications. Access nearly all customer portal features from anywhere.
- Secure account access
- View bills and balance
- Make payments
- Find payment locations
- Schedule alerts and reminders
- Receive push notifications
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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. Nearly everything you can do from our "Customer Portal" can now be handled instantly whether you're at home, at work, or on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BREC at 31% against Hart EMC's 0%. BREC also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 9). Hart EMC's advantage is rating (3.1 vs 2.7). 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.
Hart EMC holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 28 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Hart EMC's written reviews are positive against 31% of BREC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hart EMC ships an update every 6 months, BREC every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hart EMC | BREC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (9 ratings) — better | 2.7 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 30.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hart Electric Membership Corp | Blue Ridge Electric Co-op |
Customer experience
Hart EMC
BREC
In-app purchases
Hart EMC
No in-app purchases
BREC
No in-app purchases
