HEC Mobile vs TrickleStar App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HEC Mobile
Manage your account details, view bills and balances, and make payments securely on the go. Schedule alerts, receive push notifications, and access nearly all web portal features instantly from your mobile device.
- Secure account access
- View bill and balance
- Make payments
- Schedule alerts and reminders
- Receive push notifications
- Manage account details
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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, and more. Nearly everything you can do from our web portal can now be handled instantly whether you’re at home, at work, or on the go.
TrickleStar App
Manage your home's climate and water heating remotely. Adjust thermostat settings, monitor power consumption, and utilize a feature-rich scheduler. Supports cloud and local network operation, with administrator functions for multiple users.
- Remote thermostat control
- Water heater power monitoring
- Feature-rich scheduler
- Cloud and LAN modes
- Administrator functions
- Push notifications
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With the TrickleStar App, you can: - Control your Thermostat: - Turn on or off, adjust temperature setpoints and change operation modes. - Support multiple remote Bluetooth Occupancy Sensors with temperature sensor to ensure correct temperature through the home. - Control your Water Heater: - Turn on or off - Observe its power consumption. - Feature rich scheduler, enable and disable pre-configured schedules. - Work in Cloud and LAN Modes (no internet connection required). - Administrator functions and provide multiple users with basic controls. - Execute pre-configured modes. - Manage your account details, messages and password. - Receive push notifications on system events and alerts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrickleStar App at 100% against HEC Mobile's 33%. TrickleStar App also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). HEC Mobile's advantage is rating (2.2 vs 2.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
HEC Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of HEC Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of TrickleStar App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HEC Mobile ships an update every 5 months, TrickleStar App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEC Mobile | TrickleStar App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (16 ratings) — better | 2.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Tricklestar Inc. |
Customer experience
HEC Mobile
TrickleStar App
In-app purchases
HEC Mobile
No in-app purchases
TrickleStar App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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