Comparison

MySCE vs Thermostat Controller

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

Head to head
About

MySCE

Manage your electricity service with ease. View bills, track energy usage, report outages, and make payments. The app offers a simplified design for quick access to account information and payment arrangements.

Highlights
  • View and pay bills
  • Track energy usage
  • Report power outages
  • Check outage status
  • Create payment arrangements
  • Fingerprint/Face login
  • Set usage alerts
Features
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Experience the convenience of managing your power with just a tap of our app. The MySCE app makes it easy to manage your SCE residential and business accounts - view your projected next bill amount and energy usage, download and pay your bill, make a payment arrangement, report an outage, check outage status by address, and more. Note: This app supports SCE residential and business customers with up to 10 service addresses. A new, simplified design makes it even easier to use app features: BILLING AND PAYMENT - View your current bill and make a payment - Access a link to pay with a credit card or digital payments - Add a payment method or manage your saved payment methods - View, download, or print a PDF bill - Create and view a payment arrangement ENERGY USE INFORMATION - View your projected monthly bill amount and usage - Track your current, daily, time of use (TOU), and past energy use - View your historical energy cost and usage - Create monthly usage limit or bill amount targets and receive alerts OUTAGE INFORMATION - Report a power outage for your home, business, or streetlight - Search for an outage and check the restoration progress - View public safety power outages and SCE customer resources ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - Fingerprint and Face login to access information quickly - Register for account access - Update your account profile – email address and phone number

About

Thermostat Controller

Monitor and adjust your Venstar thermostat's temperature, humidity, and fan settings directly from your phone. View current and historical runtime data. Receive optional notifications for state changes.

Highlights
  • View current temperature and humidity
  • Adjust set temperature
  • Change heating/cooling mode
  • Control fan settings
  • Monitor daily runtime history
  • Optional state change notifications
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This app lets you view the data from and control your Venstar thermostat locally. Note: "Locally" refers to the fact that your Venstar thermostat has a local API. This app is interacting with this local API. Meaning, unless you have remote mode enabled and are running the companion app on a computer, then, if your phone isn't connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your thermostat, you won't be able to read from it or control it. Data you can view: * Current temperature * Set temperature * Humidity * Mode (heat, cool, auto) * Fan state * Today’s runtime * Runtime for each day of the past week * The average daily runtime for the past week What you can control: * Increase/decrease the set temperature * Change the mode (heating, cooling, auto) * Change the fan mode (always on or auto) Optional push notifications are available to let you know when the thermostat state changes from idle to active (e.g. heating or cooling) or vice versa. These push notifications require the companion app to be running on a computer as well as an API key. More info here: https://thermostat-controller.studiojq.io/push An optional remote mode is now also available, which lets you view your thermostat data while not on the same Wi-Fi network as the thermostat (i.e. from anywhere). This remote mode requires the companion app to be running on a computer as well as an API key. The remote mode is view only. You cannot control your thermostat remotely. More info here: https://thermostat-controller.studiojq.io/remote Documentation: https://thermostat-controller.studiojq.io

Screenshots

MySCE4 screens
Thermostat Controller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Thermostat Controller at 100% against MySCE's 14%. Thermostat Controller also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). MySCE's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 1). 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

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

Thermostat Controller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MySCE has 1.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of MySCE's written reviews are positive against 100% of Thermostat Controller's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MySCE ships an update monthly, Thermostat Controller weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MySCE versus Thermostat Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMySCEThermostat Controller
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSouthern California EdisonJASON QUARTZ

Customer experience

MySCE

All ratings1,347 ratings
Positive21.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative75.3%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive13.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative81.8%

Thermostat Controller

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MySCE

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with latest iOS
  • App crashes after update
  • App won't open or load profile
  • Biometrics no longer work

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring back daily/hourly usage tracking
  • Add ability to see projected bill amount
  • Implement Face ID login
  • Provide hourly usage data

Thermostat Controller

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MySCE

No in-app purchases

None

Thermostat Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MySCE free?
MySCE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thermostat Controller free?
Thermostat Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MySCE or Thermostat Controller?
Thermostat Controller is rated higher. MySCE averages 1.9 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Thermostat Controller averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MySCE or Thermostat Controller have ads?
Neither MySCE nor Thermostat Controller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MySCE or Thermostat Controller?
MySCE ships an update monthly, and Thermostat Controller weekly. Most recently, MySCE was updated on September 30, 2026 and Thermostat Controller on June 8, 2026.

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