Comparison

MySCE vs Barstow Connect

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

Head to head
About

MySCE

Manage your electricity service with ease. View bills, track energy usage, report outages, and make payments. The app offers a simplified design for quick access to account information and payment arrangements.

Highlights
  • View and pay bills
  • Track energy usage
  • Report power outages
  • Check outage status
  • Create payment arrangements
  • Fingerprint/Face login
  • Set usage alerts
Features
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Experience the convenience of managing your power with just a tap of our app. The MySCE app makes it easy to manage your SCE residential and business accounts - view your projected next bill amount and energy usage, download and pay your bill, make a payment arrangement, report an outage, check outage status by address, and more. Note: This app supports SCE residential and business customers with up to 10 service addresses. A new, simplified design makes it even easier to use app features: BILLING AND PAYMENT - View your current bill and make a payment - Access a link to pay with a credit card or digital payments - Add a payment method or manage your saved payment methods - View, download, or print a PDF bill - Create and view a payment arrangement ENERGY USE INFORMATION - View your projected monthly bill amount and usage - Track your current, daily, time of use (TOU), and past energy use - View your historical energy cost and usage - Create monthly usage limit or bill amount targets and receive alerts OUTAGE INFORMATION - Report a power outage for your home, business, or streetlight - Search for an outage and check the restoration progress - View public safety power outages and SCE customer resources ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - Fingerprint and Face login to access information quickly - Register for account access - Update your account profile – email address and phone number

About

Barstow Connect

Features
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See a pothole that needs filling? Graffiti making a mess of your neighborhood? Tap right into your city and report the issue fast with Barstow Connect!

Screenshots

MySCE4 screens
Barstow Connect2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MySCE at monthly against Barstow Connect's every 5 months. Barstow Connect's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MySCE ships an update monthly, Barstow Connect every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MySCE versus Barstow Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMySCEBarstow Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB47 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSouthern California EdisonGOGov, Inc.

Bugs and requests

MySCE

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with latest iOS
  • App crashes after update
  • App won't open or load profile
  • Biometrics no longer work

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring back daily/hourly usage tracking
  • Add ability to see projected bill amount
  • Implement Face ID login
  • Provide hourly usage data

Barstow Connect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MySCE

No in-app purchases

None

Barstow Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MySCE free?
MySCE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Barstow Connect free?
Barstow Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MySCE or Barstow Connect have ads?
Neither MySCE nor Barstow Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MySCE or Barstow Connect?
MySCE ships an update monthly, and Barstow Connect every 5 months. Most recently, MySCE was updated on October 16, 2026 and Barstow Connect on October 7, 2026.

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