The Best Energy Saving Apps in Canada

You want to save money on energy bills and do your part for the environment. But between energy savings calculators, apps, smart thermostats, energy monitors, and spreadsheet templates it’s tough to know which tools actually help — or if you need them at all.

Here’s the reality: while the majority of Canadian homeowners agree that smart technology would make energy management easier, only 17% of households have adopted it so far. Why? Most people don’t know where to start.

This guide rounds up the most useful energy-saving tools available to Canadians today — especially homeowners in Alberta and Ontario. We’ll show you what each one does, when it’s helpful, and where it falls short, so you can figure out what actually works for your situation.

Top energy-saving tools available to Canadians

Below, we’ll walk through the main types of energy-saving tools in Canada and examples of each:

1. Government and utility calculators
2. Utility apps and customer portals
3. Smart home energy apps
4. Hardware-based energy monitors
5. Jotson as an all-in-one platform

Government & utility calculators

1. Ontario Energy Board (OEB) Bill Calculator

Who it’s for
The OEB Bill Calculator is for Ontario homeowners comparing Time-of-Use (TOU), Tiered, or Ultra-Low Overnight (ULO) electricity plans.

What it does
The calculator lets you plug in your typical monthly usage and compare estimated bills across the different regulated rate plans. It’s ideal if you just want to answer, “Should I stay on TOU or switch to Tiered/ULO?”

Where it shines

• Official regulator-backed tool
• Simple, one-time comparison of electricity rate plans
• Helps you estimate your bill before switching

Where it falls short

• You’ll need to manually enter usage estimates every time you want to check.
• Does not track your actual usage over time, so you won’t know if your chosen plan is still working as your habits change.
• It doesn’t track gas or fuel, so your “total energy bill” remains fuzzy.

2. Alberta Utilities Consumer Advocate (UCA) Cost Comparison Tool

Who it’s for
The UCA Cost Comparison tool is for Albertans shopping for better electricity or natural gas rates.

What it does
The tool shows you current retailer rates (fixed and variable) so you can compare providers and plan types.

Where it shines

• Shows you what retailers are charging right now.
• Makes it easy to compare your options in one place.
• Useful when you know it’s time to shop around but don’t know where to start.

Where it falls short (especially vs Jotson)

• It’s a snapshot tool, not a monitoring system. It won’t watch your bills or alert you when it’s time to reconsider.
• Shows estimates based on average usage, not your actual consumption patterns.
• It doesn’t bring electricity, gas, and fuel together in one view.

Utility apps & customer portals

3. Enmax EasyMax (Alberta)

Who it’s for
ENMAX customers in Alberta who want to see their electricity, natural gas, and municipal charges in one place and manage their accounts online.

What it does

• Shows up to two years of billing and usage in a clear set of graphs.
• Breaks your total bill down by service (electricity, natural gas, municipal services) and separates out credits like referral bonuses.
• Set up pre-authorized payments, or make one-time payments with Visa/Mastercard.

Where it shines

• For Easymax customers, you get electricity, gas and municipal service charges in one interface instead of three different bills.
• It’s easy to see how your total bill and usage change over two years, compare winters to winters, and see how upgrades (e.g. a new furnace or EV) affect overall consumption.
• You can renew plans online, switch rates, schedule a move, turn on paperless billing and handle payments without a phone call.

Where it falls short

• It’s only for ENMAX customers — if you have a different provider for either gas or electricity, your usage history will be fragmented.
• Shows your usage and bills, but won’t tell you if there’s a better rate available.
• You can see your data but you can’t export it, which limits how much you can dig into the details yourself.

4. Hydro One app (Ontario)

Who it’s for
Hydro One customers across Ontario who want outage information and basic access to their Hydro One myAccount (billing + usage) from their phone.

What it does

• Provides access to myAccount self-service: view your bill, see Time-of-Use usage details, and sign up for paperless billing.
• Shows an outage map updated about every 10 minutes, including number of customers affected, estimated restoration time, probable cause, and crew status.
• Sends outage alerts by email or text when power goes out.

Where it shines

• Reliable source of electricity data directly from your local utility.
• Helpful for gaining outage visibility with a 10-minute-refresh outage map and restoration estimates.
• A good “one stop” app for checking your balance, viewing TOU usage, and managing your billing.

Where it falls short

• Electricity only — no view of natural gas, fuel, or your total home energy picture.
• App can be glitchy — some users report troubles signing in and pages not loading.
• Won’t help you figure out if switching to a different plan would save you money.

Smart home energy apps

5. Google Nest app

Who it’s for
Homeowners with a Nest thermostat who want set-and-forget control over heating and cooling, plus basic insight into how their HVAC is performing over time.

What it does

• Learns your preferred temperatures and daily routine, and adjusts heating/cooling to save costs.
• Lets you control your heating and cooling from anywhere with your mobile app.
• Helps reduce heating and cooling costs without constant manual tweaks.

Where it shines

• Excellent at automating comfort and HVAC efficiency.
• Rewards you with “Nest Leafs” when you reduce usage — a bit of positive reinforcement that actually motivates behavior change.
• Works well with Time-of-Use pricing (Ontario) if you set it up to avoid peak hours.

Where it falls short

• You’ll need to buy and install a Nest thermostat first — this isn’t a software-only solution.
• Only manages heating and cooling — won’t give you visibility into your full energy picture.
• Some reviewers mention that the auto-learning and Seasonal Savings adjustments can feel unpredictable and make their home too cold or hot.

6. Ecobee + eco+

Who it’s for
Homeowners with an Ecobee smart thermostat (Lite, Premium, Essential, etc.) who want deeper control over scheduling and options like room sensors and air-quality monitoring.

What it does

• Runs a full weekly schedule you can customize room-by-room using smart sensors, which detect occupancy and temperature in different rooms.
• Integrates with your smart home (i.e. Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomeKit)
• Higher-end models include indoor air quality monitoring (VOC, CO₂, humidity) and can integrate with home security features

Where it shines

• Automates your home temperature to reduce energy consumption when you’re not home.
• Room-by-room comfort: smart sensors help fix the “one cold room, one hot room” problem by adjusting based on where people actually are.
• With voice control, air-quality data, and home-away detection, many users see Ecobee Premium as a central smart-home hub, not just a thermostat.

Where it falls short 

• More features and customization means more complexity — setup can feel overwhelming if you just want something simple.
• Like Next, it’s HVAC focused — controls your heating and cooling system but doesn’t show you the rest of your energy consumption.
• The advanced features are great if you use them, but easy to ignore if you just want basic thermostat control.

Hardware-based energy monitors

7. Sense Home Energy Monitor

Who it’s for
Data-driven homeowners (often with higher electricity use or solar) who want appliance-level visibility and are comfortable having a monitor installed in their electrical panel.

What it does

• Clamps onto your main electrical panel and tracks whole-home usage in real time via the Sense app.
• Uses machine-learning device detection to identify individual appliances.
• Offers detailed daily, weekly, and monthly trends, “always-on” load breakdown, custom alerts, and goal-tracking.
• Optional Sense Solar version or add-on sensors let you track solar production vs. consumption in the same app.

Where it shines

• Goes deeper than most monitors – uses AI to figure out which specific appliances are using power, not just how much the home uses in total.
• Great for solar owners: shows real-time graphs of production vs. usage and whether you’re exporting or importing from the grid.
• Well-designed app makes it easy to explore your data and understand your patterns.

Where it falls short

• Takes time to learn your home — can be weeks or months before it identifies all your appliances.
• Requires buying hardware and likely a professional electrician to install it in your panel.
• Shows you electricity patterns but doesn’t connect to your actual utility bills, so you’ll likely still need spreadsheets or other tools to connect usage to what you pay.

8. Eyedro Electricity Monitor

Who it’s for
DIY-inclined homeowners or small businesses who want real-time electricity and cost data, and are okay with using a cloud dashboard for analysis.

What it does

• Uses sensors in your panel to measure whole-home usage (and in some models, solar) in watts, amps, volts, power factor, and watt-hours.
• Sends data to the cloud, where you can see real-time graphs, historical usage, bill estimates, and reports in a browser or on your phone.
• Supports both Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

Where it shines

• Shows you what your electricity is costing you right now, per hour — makes it easy to see the impact of running the AC or doing laundry.
• Generally costs less than competitors like Sense.
• Alerts you to power or network issues, which can be helpful for troubleshooting.

Where it falls short

• Shows total home or circuit usage, but won’t tell you which specific appliance are drawing power.
• Marketed as “self-install” but still best installed by an electrician to be safe.
• All data runs through Eyedro’s cloud servers— convenient for access anywhere, but something to consider if you’re privacy-conscious.

9. Emporia Vue Energy Monitor

Who it’s for
Tech-savvy homeowners — especially those with solar, EVs, or multiple sub-panels — who want circuit-level tracking and are comfortable with a more advanced app and ecosystem.

What it does

• Installs in your electrical panel with CT clamps for the mains plus up to 16 individual circuits per Vue unit.
• Streams real-time and historical usage to the Emporia app and web dashboard, with per-circuit graphs, and daily/weekly/monthly summaries.
• Supports solar monitoring and net metering.

Where it shines

• Gives you a detailed, granular view of usage per circuit so you can answer “what does my EV really cost me each month?” or “how much power is the basement suite using?”
• Smart solar integration — if you have  an Emporia EV charger, it can automatically charge your car more when you have excess solar production.
• Good value — lots of features for the price compared to other circuit-level monitors.

Where it falls short

• Requires installation in your electrical panel with 16 sensors, which can be tight — professional installation recommended.
• The app shows a ton of data and metrics, which is great if you love details but can feel overwhelming if you just want simple answers.
• Tracks  electricity circuits but doesn’t automatically include your gas or fuel spending.

Jotson: the all-in-one energy management platform

10. Jotson

Who it’s for
Energy-conscious homeowners in Ontario and Alberta who want ways to cut costs through a single, automated view of all their household energy use — electricity, natural gas, and fuel — instead of juggling multiple tools.

What it does

• Connects to your real utility data.
• Aggregates electricity, gas, and fuel into one dashboard with the ability to toggle by fuel type and drill into details like delivery, taxes, and fees.
• Alerts you of better rates or plans and tells you how much you’ll save by switching.
• Tracks monthly and annual usage trends, so you can see what’s driving changes in your bills.
• Analyze your existing furnace to see if upgrading will save you money.
• Surfaces your total energy cost, consumption, and carbon emissions at a glance.

Where it shines

• Connects your energy decisions to your actual bills. Whether you switch rate plans, upgrade your furnace, adjust your thermostat, or change driving habits, you can see the real impact on your costs — all in one place, over time.
• Finds better rates and plans automatically and tells you exactly how much you’d save before you switch — no guessing or manual research.
• Updates automatically from your utility, so you don’t need to worry about manual typing, spreadsheets, or logging into multiple portals.
• Free to use and takes just minutes to connect on the mobile app.

Where it falls short

• Works from billing and meter data, not second-by-second usage monitoring like hardware installed inside your electrical panel.
• Does not control equipment like a smart thermostat or EV charger.

Energy-saving apps and tools at a glance

Bring your whole energy picture into one place

Jotson pulls your electricity, natural gas, and fuel into a single, easy-to-read dashboard so you can actually see what’s driving your bills. You’ll also get alerts when a better rate or plan becomes available, with clear savings estimates so you know exactly when and how much you’ll save before switching.

Download Jotson for free to connect your utility data in minutes and start tracking your energy, costs, and carbon — all in one place.