BGEnergy vs Republic Services
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BGEnergy
Manage your energy account with ease. View bills, make payments, report outages, and receive important notifications. Stay connected and informed about your energy services anytime, anywhere.
- Account management
- View bills and balance
- Make payments
- Find payment locations
- Schedule alerts and reminders
- Report outages
- 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,report outages, receive push notifications and stay connected with us 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.
Republic Services
Manage your waste and recycling services conveniently from your mobile device. Pay bills, schedule pickups, view service schedules, and receive important alerts. It simplifies account management for all your waste and recycling needs.
- Pay bills
- Schedule pickups
- View service schedule
- Receive alerts
- Report missed pickup
- Manage account 24/7
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Do more with the touch of a button with the Republic Services app. With the Republic Services app, you can access all of your account management features. Anytime. Anywhere.: - Pay your bill - Schedule a pickup - View your service schedule - Receive weather and service-related alerts - Find new products - Report a missed pickup - Repair a container - Access your account 24/7 - Sign up for holiday schedule reminders - Rate your service New to Republic Services? Signing up is easy and free. To register all you need to get started is your service address. (To get access to all of the features of the app please have your account number accessible which is located on the front of your Republic Services bill.) Already registered on RepublicServices.com? Download the app and login today. The Republic Services app is one tool to simplify all your recycling, waste & account management needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Republic Services at 4.2 against BGEnergy's 1.8. Republic Services also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 19) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). BGEnergy's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Republic Services holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Republic Services has 3.3K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of BGEnergy's written reviews are positive against 10% of Republic Services's.
BGEnergy ships an update every 5 months, Republic Services every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BGEnergy | Republic Services |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (19 ratings) | 4.2 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.3% of reviews | 10.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Grass Energy Cooperative | Republic Services, Inc. |
Customer experience
BGEnergy
Republic Services
Bugs and requests
BGEnergy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Republic Services
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Login issues and verification problems
- Inaccurate pickup schedule information
- Inability to link or unlink accounts
Requested features
4 requests- Accurate pickup schedule integration
- Reliable push notifications for pickup reminders
- Seamless website and app integration
- Improved account management features
In-app purchases
BGEnergy
No in-app purchases
Republic Services
No in-app purchases
