Simple Date Wheel vs Consumers Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Date Wheel
This interactive tool functions like a paper date wheel to calculate the number of weeks between two dates. Easily schedule events, estimate deadlines, or determine time until a future date. It accurately accounts for leap years and offers zoom functionality.
- Interactive date wheel functionality
- Calculate weeks between dates
- Schedule events and estimate deadlines
- Leap year adjustments
- Pinch-to-zoom for detailed viewing
- On-screen instructions
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A simple, interactive date wheel to measure the number of weeks between dates. Schedule an event, estimate a project deadline, or see how many weeks you have until vacation. Works exactly like a paper date wheel. Finding a date in the future: - Rotate inside to align starting date (red arrow) - Look at date above the number of weeks Measuring time until future date: - Rotate inside to align starting date (red arrow) - Look at number of weeks below future date Other features: - Changes display on leap years to account for extra day - Information icon to show/hide instructions on screen - Pinch to zoom in and out
Consumers Energy
Manage your energy services with ease. Pay bills securely using various methods, report outages with an interactive map, and receive personalized alerts for payments and service interruptions. Centralize all your energy accounts in one convenient location.
- Flexible, secure bill payments
- Multiple payment options (PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, etc.)
- Centralized account management
- Scheduled payments
- Real-time alerts for bills and outages
- Interactive outage map
- Customizable 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 review sentiment: Simple Date Wheel at 73% against Consumers Energy's 25%. Simple Date Wheel also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.0). Consumers Energy's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Consumers Energy is free to download; Simple Date Wheel costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Consumers Energy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Consumers Energy has 23K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Simple Date Wheel's written reviews are positive against 25% of Consumers Energy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Simple Date Wheel ships an update every 8 days, Consumers Energy every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple Date Wheel | Consumers Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) | 4.7 (23K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 24.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Semrau | Consumers Energy |
Customer experience
Simple Date Wheel
Consumers Energy
Bugs and requests
Simple Date Wheel
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
Simple Date Wheel
No in-app purchases
Consumers Energy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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