NV Energy vs Parent Link
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NV Energy
Manage your energy account with ease. Pay bills, monitor usage, and get outage updates. This app offers personalized features for a streamlined customer experience.
- Fingerprint login
- Bill payment
- Energy usage insights
- Energy alerts
- Outage Center
- Report outages
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NV Energy’s mobile app provides an enhanced, personalized digital experience based on customer feedback. New and improved features make it easy for customers to login with their fingerprint, pay their bill, understand their energy use, enroll in energy alerts and sign up for money-saving products and services. The app includes an improved Outage Center, which provides details on an outage location and cause and lets customers report and receive outage updates.
Parent Link
Track your child's school bus in real-time, receiving instant updates on pickup and drop-off times. This utility ensures parents know exactly when their children will arrive and depart.
- Real-time bus location tracking
- Estimated time of arrival (ETA)
- Push notifications for alerts
- Pickup and drop-off updates
- Child safety monitoring
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Parent Link makes it easier than ever for parents to see real-time bus location, ETAs and receive real-time push alerts directly to your phone so you know exactly when your school bus will pick up and drop off your children.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NV Energy at 4.7 against Parent Link's 2.0. NV Energy also leads on ratings volume (7.6K vs 4) and review sentiment (14% vs 0%). 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.
NV Energy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NV Energy has 7.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of NV Energy's written reviews are positive against 0% of Parent Link's.
NV Energy ships an update every 3 weeks, Parent Link every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NV Energy | Parent Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.6K ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NVEnergy | Wireless Links Inc |
Customer experience
NV Energy
Parent Link
Bugs and requests
NV Energy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Constant log-out issues
- Inability to view statements
- Incompatibility with newer OS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Stable and reliable app experience
- Improved login and authentication process
- Enhanced energy usage analytics and reporting
Parent Link
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NV Energy
No in-app purchases
Parent Link
No in-app purchases
