NWEC vs STS TESSmobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NWEC
Manage your utility account with ease. Access account details, view bills and balances, make payments, and report outages. Stay connected through social media and receive important notifications.
- Account management
- Bill viewing and payment
- Payment location finder
- Alert and reminder scheduling
- Push notifications
- Outage reporting
- Social media connection
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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 "Online Account Portal" can now be handled instantly whether you're at home, at work, or on the go.
STS TESSmobile
Monitor and control traffic light systems remotely. View real-time traffic signal status and adjust configurations for efficient traffic management.
- View traffic light status
- Manage traffic light configuration
- Remote monitoring
- Real-time data
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View current traffic light status and manage configuration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: STS TESSmobile at 5.0 against NWEC's 3.0. NWEC's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
STS TESSmobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NWEC has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NWEC ships an update every 5 months, STS TESSmobile every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NWEC | STS TESSmobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 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 | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Superior Traffic Services, LLC |
Customer experience
NWEC
STS TESSmobile
In-app purchases
NWEC
No in-app purchases
STS TESSmobile
No in-app purchases
