Comparison

MySCE vs Mingle

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

Mingle

This app helps students plan their class schedules and see friends' schedules in one place. Streamline your academic planning and organize your time effortlessly. It is not an official app for CSULB.

Highlights
  • Class schedule planning
  • View friends' schedules
  • Streamline academic planning
  • Organize time effortlessly
  • Share availability with friends
Features
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Mingle is the campus app made by students, for students. Your school, your friends, and your classes—all in one place. YOUR CAMPUS HOME • Check dining hall menus, meal by meal. • Discover hot posts from your school's board. • Access your school's website, library, Canvas, news, and calendar. • Choose from 100+ universities and explore campus-specific information. FRIENDS ON THE MAP • See your friends' campus locations and statuses. • Update your status in one tap. • Get walking directions and meet up between classes. • Choose who can see your location, or use Ghost Mode for privacy. SMART TIMETABLES • Build your class schedule in seconds. • Compare schedules with friends to find time together. • View class locations, professor ratings, and course information. REAL CLASS REVIEWS • Explore student ratings, course difficulty, and average grades. • Share anonymous reviews of your classes. • Review one class to unlock access to all reviews. YOUR SCHOOL'S BOARD • Explore communities for departments, international students, and exchange students. • Search posts from your own campus. • Verified students can contribute to their campus community. MINGLE GOLD • Enjoy unlimited friends on the map. • Access bike and skateboard routes and automatic status updates. • Compare schedules with up to five friends. • Unlock all class reviews. Get Gold for free by completing campus community challenges, or choose a semester or annual plan at student-friendly prices. Mingle brings your campus life together in one place. Questions or ideas? Contact us directly through the app. Mingle Gold (optional): Gold Annual - 1 year, $10.99. Gold Semester - one semester, $4.99. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Auto-renewable subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.csulbmingle.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

MySCE4 screens
Mingle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mingle at 50% against MySCE's 10%. Mingle also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). MySCE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mingle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 6 months. MySCE asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MySCE ships an update monthly, Mingle every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MySCE versus Mingle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMySCEMingle
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews9.7% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSouthern California EdisonYusun Lee

Customer experience

MySCE

All ratings1,510 ratings
Positive19.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative76.6%
Written reviews269 reviews
Positive9.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative86.6%

Mingle

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Mingle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MySCE

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mingle

Subscriptions2
  • Mingle Gold Semester$4.996 Months
  • Mingle Gold Annual$10.991 Year

Questions

Is MySCE free?
MySCE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mingle free?
Mingle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MySCE or Mingle have ads?
Mingle shows ads; MySCE does not.
Which is updated more often, MySCE or Mingle?
MySCE ships an update monthly, and Mingle every 10 days. Most recently, MySCE was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mingle on October 30, 2026.

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