GLE vs Consumers Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GLE
Manage your Great Lakes Energy account on the go. View usage and billing details, make payments, and report service issues. Access facility and payment dropbox locations with an intuitive map interface.
- View account balance and due date
- Manage recurring payments
- Access bill history (PDFs)
- Analyze energy usage graphs
- Report account/service issues
- Locate facilities and dropboxes
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GLEnergy provides Great Lakes Energy members account management at their fingertips. Members can view their usage and billing, manage payments, notify member service of account and service issues and receive special messaging from Great Lakes Energy. Additional Features: Bill & Pay - Quickly view your current account balance and due date, manage recurring payments and modify payment methods. You can also view bill history including PDF versions of paper bills directly on your mobile device. My Usage - View energy usage graphs to identify high usage trends. Navigate graphs quickly using an intuitive gesture based interface. Contact Us - Easily contact Great Lakes Energy by email or phone. You can also submit one of the many predefined messages, with the ability to include pictures and GPS coordinates. Maps - Displays facility and payment dropbox locations on a map interface.
Consumers Energy
Manage your energy services with ease. This app allows for flexible bill payments, outage reporting, and personalized alerts. Access all your energy accounts in one place and monitor real-time service conditions.
- Flexible, secure bill payments
- Centralized account management
- Scheduled payments
- Real-time alerts
- Interactive outage map
- Custom settings
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Manage your energy services seamlessly, anytime, anywhere with the Consumers Energy app. This intuitive app simplifies bill payments, outage reporting, and offers personalized alerts and settings. - Flexible, Secure Bill Payments: Pay your bills using PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, checking and savings accounts, or credit/debit cards. - Centralized Account Management: All your energy accounts, one accessible place. - Scheduled Payments: Align your payments with your financial schedule. - Real-Time Alerts: Stay updated on bills, payments, and service interruptions. - Interactive Outage Map: Monitor real-time service conditions in your area. - Custom Settings: Personalize your app experience to fit your needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Consumers Energy at 4.7 against GLE's 3.5. Consumers Energy also leads on ratings volume (23K vs 29) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Consumers Energy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Consumers Energy has 23K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of GLE's written reviews are positive against 25% of Consumers Energy's.
GLE ships an update every 2 months, Consumers Energy every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GLE | Consumers Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (29 ratings) | 4.7 (23K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 24.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Lakes Energy | Consumers Energy |
Customer experience
GLE
Consumers Energy
Bugs and requests
GLE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Consumers Energy
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not allowing account creation
- Automatic logout issues
- Payment processing problems
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add energy usage dashboard like website
- Allow changing payment date
- Improve login stability and security
- Provide more detailed energy consumption data
In-app purchases
GLE
No in-app purchases
Consumers Energy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is GLE free?
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