SMEC vs Scottsboro EPB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMEC
Manage your utility account securely and conveniently. View bills, make payments, schedule alerts, and report outages from anywhere. Stay connected with important updates and information.
- Secure account access
- View bills and balance
- Make payments
- 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, receive push notifications, view and report outages and stay connected with us via facebook. Nearly everything you can do from our "Online Account Portal" can now be handled instantly whether you're at home, at work, or on the go.
Scottsboro EPB
Manage your utility account with this mobile app. View and pay bills, track historical usage with graphs, and manage payment methods and notifications.
- View and pay bills
- Track historical usage
- Manage payment methods
- Receive notifications
- Access past payments
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Scottsboro Electric Power Board's mobile payment application allows you to view and pay your bill, view your past payments, access your historical usage information in graph form, and manage your payments and notifications, among other capabilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMEC at 3.9 against Scottsboro EPB's 2.0. SMEC also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). Scottsboro EPB's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
SMEC holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of SMEC's written reviews are positive against 0% of Scottsboro EPB's.
SMEC ships an update every 8 months, Scottsboro EPB every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMEC | Scottsboro EPB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (12 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative (INC) | Central Service Association |
Customer experience
SMEC
Scottsboro EPB
In-app purchases
SMEC
No in-app purchases
Scottsboro EPB
No in-app purchases
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