FMEnergy vs PowerOutage.com Lineman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FMEnergy
Manage your energy account securely and conveniently on the go. Access account details, view bills and balances, make payments, and set up alerts and reminders. Get instant updates and notifications from anywhere.
- Secure account access
- View bills and balances
- Make payments
- Find payment locations
- Schedule alerts and reminders
- 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, 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.
PowerOutage.com Lineman
This app provides real-time power outage information for utility crews. It features live maps, nationwide drill-down capabilities, and customizable alerts to keep workers informed about grid status and storm events.
- Live outage maps
- 6-hour customer outage trends
- Nationwide drill-down
- Customizable alerts
- Watch lists for regions/utilities
- Storm callout feed
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PowerOutage.com Lineman puts real-time outage data in the hands of the crews who restore the grid. • Local view — See outages around you on a live map, with a 6-hour customers-out trend so you know if it's getting better or worse. • Nationwide drill-down — Move from state to county to individual utility to see exactly who's affected, anywhere in the country. • Alerts — Get notified by region, county, utility, or a specific address the moment outages appear or grow. • Watch lists — Save the regions and utilities you track, and share them with your crew by code. • Feed — Get storm callouts and see what's happening with the linemen in your community. Built for line workers and restoration crews who need to know what's out before they roll. Access is currently invite-only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PowerOutage.com Lineman at 100% against FMEnergy's 0%. PowerOutage.com Lineman also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). FMEnergy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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.
PowerOutage.com Lineman holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of FMEnergy's written reviews are positive against 100% of PowerOutage.com Lineman's.
FMEnergy ships an update every 5 months, PowerOutage.com Lineman every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FMEnergy | PowerOutage.com Lineman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 174 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FLEMING MASON ENERGY COOPERATIVE, INC. | FE Bluefire LLC |
Customer experience
FMEnergy
PowerOutage.com Lineman
In-app purchases
FMEnergy
No in-app purchases
PowerOutage.com Lineman
No in-app purchases
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