Comparison

MyOzarks vs beam Home

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MyOzarks

Manage your electric cooperative account with ease. Pay bills, view energy usage, report outages, and receive important news alerts. Access account and service information conveniently from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Bill payment and history
  • Outage reporting and restoration alerts
  • Energy usage tracking
  • Contact and office location finder
  • News and service alerts
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MyOzarks from Ozarks Electric Cooperative is a new and improved way to manage your account. Make a payment, view usage and billing information, notify us of account and service issues, receive up-to-date news alerts and more. All at your fingertips. MyOzarks Offers Several Features: Simple and Convenient Bill Payment Quickly view your current account balance and due date, manage recurring payments and modify preferred payment methods. You can also view bill history, including PDF versions of paper bills, directly on your mobile device. Easy and Quick Outage Reporting Reporting an outage has never been easier. With just a couple of taps from the home screen, you can report your power outage and be notified when it has been restored. Comprehensive Energy Usage Tools View energy usage graphs to identify your unique usage trends. You can navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture-based interface. Contact Us Easily contact us by email or phone. You can also submit one of many predefined messages, including the ability to include pictures and GPS coordinates. Office Locations Find locations and directions to our offices across our service area on an easy-to-read map interface. Notifications Get up-to-date news alerts directly on your mobile device, including information about outages, office closings and more.

About

beam Home

Control and monitor your garage door remotely using your smartphone. Grant access to others and receive alerts if your door is left open. Integrates with other smart home devices for enhanced convenience and security.

Highlights
  • Remote garage door control
  • Activity monitoring
  • Customizable door names
  • Grant access to friends/family
  • Open door notifications
  • Smart home integrations
Features
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This update improves the overall stability, reliability, and performance of the application. By updating deprecated libraries and enhancing internal components, the app is better equipped to support the latest platforms and devices. Additionally, a new crash monitoring solution has been integrated, enabling our team to detect, investigate, and resolve issues more quickly. This helps reduce unexpected crashes and ensures a more reliable experience for our users.

Screenshots

MyOzarks4 screens
beam Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: beam Home at 4.2 against MyOzarks's 2.6. beam Home also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 6%) and ratings volume (233 vs 38). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

beam Home holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: beam Home has 233 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of MyOzarks's written reviews are positive against 38% of beam Home's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MyOzarks versus beam Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyOzarksbeam Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (38 ratings)4.2 (233 ratings) — better
Positive reviews5.6% of reviews37.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38233 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB34 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperOzarks Electric Cooperative CorporationBeam Labs LLC

Customer experience

MyOzarks

All ratings38 ratings
Positive34.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative60.5%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive5.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative88.9%

beam Home

All ratings232 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative18.1%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative56.3%

Bugs and requests

MyOzarks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

beam Home

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes during setup
  • App crashes on launch after update
  • Cannot log in after setup
  • Reset password link not sent
  • Controller disabled due to too many failed attempts
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  • Controller requires paired door sensor error
  • App malfunctions when needed
  • Door sensor drains battery quickly
  • Cannot link with Alexa
  • Apple Watch app closes when trying to open

Requested features

3 requests
  • Watch complication for Apple Watch
  • Ability to turn opener light on/off
  • Update app with Apple HomeKit support

In-app purchases

None

MyOzarks

No in-app purchases

None

beam Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyOzarks free?
MyOzarks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is beam Home free?
beam Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyOzarks or beam Home?
beam Home is rated higher. MyOzarks averages 2.6 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while beam Home averages 4.2 from 233 ratings.
Do MyOzarks or beam Home have ads?
Neither MyOzarks nor beam Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyOzarks or beam Home?
MyOzarks ships an update every 2 months, and beam Home every 2 months. Most recently, MyOzarks was updated on October 24, 2026 and beam Home on October 20, 2026.

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