OG&E vs WAVE Rural Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OG&E
Manage your electric service, view bills, and track energy usage. Receive alerts for outages and payment due dates. You can also report outages and make payments easily.
- Secure account sign-in with biometrics
- Manage myOGEalerts for notifications
- Start, stop, or transfer service
- View bill estimates and track energy usage
- Report and monitor power outages
- Pay bills and manage payment options
- Set up payment arrangements and Auto Pay
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- Safely sign in from anywhere. Easily access your account info with Face ID or your fingerprint. You can add multiple accounts and switch between them. - Manage your myOGEalerts. Receive text, email, phone, or push notifications to stay informed of power outages, payment due dates, and more. - Start, stop or transfer your electric service. - See an estimate of your next bill and track your energy usage. Through Energy Insights, you can view your energy usage and learn where you can make adjustments to see more savings. - Report and monitor outages, including expected restoration times. View our System Watch outage map or report streetlight outages. - Pay your bill and manage payment options. Download, print or share your bill. View your current bill and pay with your preferred payment method. Make guest payments. - Set up a payment arrangement. Enroll in Auto Pay and Paperless Billing. - Donate to Lend-a-Hand to support your neighbors.
WAVE Rural Connect
Manage and secure your home Wi-Fi network directly from your smartphone. This app offers features like parental controls, network prioritization, and guest network creation for a better smart home experience.
- Home Wi-Fi management
- Network security control
- Parental controls
- Set network priorities
- Create guest networks
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WAVE Connect by Wave Rural Connect, LLC., puts the power of home Wi-Fi management at your fingertips. Conveniently control and secure access to your home network with this application. Utilize features like parental controls, setting priorities, and creating guest networks to enhance your smart home experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: OG&E at 12K against WAVE Rural Connect's 72. OG&E also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). WAVE Rural Connect's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 38%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for OG&E against 4.8 for WAVE Rural Connect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OG&E has 12K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of OG&E's written reviews are positive against 60% of WAVE Rural Connect's.
OG&E ships an update every 3 weeks, WAVE Rural Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OG&E | WAVE Rural Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12K ratings) — better | 4.8 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.6% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 72 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OG&E | Wave Rural Connect, LLC. |
Customer experience
OG&E
WAVE Rural Connect
Bugs and requests
OG&E
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues and app freezes
- Incorrect account balances and payment history
Requested features
3 requests- Add credit card payment option
- Improve app functionality to match website
- Provide usage graphs and estimated bills
WAVE Rural Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OG&E
No in-app purchases
WAVE Rural Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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