HEA Mobile vs HOBOconnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HEA Mobile
Manage your utility account conveniently from your mobile device. Access account details, view bills and balances, make payments, and report outages. Stay connected with important updates and alerts.
- Account management
- Bill viewing and payment
- Outage reporting
- Payment location finder
- Alerts and reminders
- 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,view and report outages and stay connected with us via facebook and twitter. Nearly everything you can do from our "Customer Services Portal" can now be handled instantly whether you're at home, at work, or on the go.
HOBOconnect
Wirelessly configure, start, and download data from HOBO MX data loggers via Bluetooth. View, analyze, and export recorded data in various formats for further use in other applications.
- Wireless Bluetooth communication with HOBO MX loggers
- Configure logger settings (name, password, rate, alarms)
- Monitor logger status (memory, battery)
- Download and view recorded data
- Data analysis in graphical and list formats
- Export data as CSV, TXT, XLSX, and HOBO files
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HOBOconnect is designed to communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth Low Energy to the HOBO® MX data loggers. You can configure and start the data logger, download the recorded data, store and analyze the data. The data can be viewed in both graphical and list formats and also exported and shared to other programs including Numbers, Excel and HOBOware®. Features: * Wirelessly communicate to the HOBO® MX data loggers * Internet connection not required to use HOBOconnect * Set data logger's name, password, logging rate, alarm threshold, start & stop time * Check logger’s status included memory used and battery life * Clear audible alarms (for models with this feature) * Page the data logger * Manage data files with groups * Download and view data * Zoom in and out of the graph with gestures * Export and Share data as a CSV, TXT, XLSX and HOBO files Compatible Data Loggers * HOBO® MX1100 Series Temp/RH/CO2/Light/Analog Data Loggers * HOBO® MX2001 Water Level data logger * HOBO® MX100 Temperature data logger * HOBO® MX2200 Series Water Temp Data Loggers * HOBO® MX2300 Series Temp/RH/Soil Moisture data loggers * HOBO® MX2500 Series pH data loggers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HEA Mobile at 2.9 against HOBOconnect's 2.2. HEA Mobile also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 8%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). HOBOconnect's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
HEA Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of HEA Mobile's written reviews are positive against 8% of HOBOconnect's.
HEA Mobile ships an update every 5 months, HOBOconnect every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEA Mobile | HOBOconnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (12 ratings) — better | 2.2 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — 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 | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Homer Electric Association, Inc. | Onset Computer Corporation |
Customer experience
HEA Mobile
HOBOconnect
In-app purchases
HEA Mobile
No in-app purchases
HOBOconnect
No in-app purchases









