The Converted vs Contact Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Converted
This app offers a visually unique interface for converting over 500 units across 23 categories. It includes daily updated currency exchange rates for 165 currencies and functions fully offline. Location awareness highlights frequently used currencies.
- 500+ units across 23 categories
- Visual interface
- 165 currency exchange rates
- Offline functionality
- Location-aware currency suggestions
- Today View Extension
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— The Converted is even better with a Digital Crown. Fully functional converter on the Apple Watch. — Convert between 500 units across 23 categories in an unique visual interface. — Exchange rates for 165 currencies updated daily when connected to the internet. — Off-line and On: Fully functional without the internet. — Currency exchange rates are updated when online and stored for off-line use. — Location Aware: Highlights common currencies in use where you are. — Today View Extension provides at a glance conversion, always reflecting what's set in the app. Current categories are: Currency, Length, Mass, Volume, Area, Temperature, Power, Energy, Electrical Charge, Speed, Acceleration, Fuel Consumption, Time, Digital Storage, Angle, Pressure, Density, Force, Torque, Volumetric Flow, Mass Flow, Luminance and Illuminance.
Contact Energy
Monitor your electricity and gas usage with detailed historical data. Easily view your account balance, pay bills, and review transaction history. Manage your energy plan, update household details, and add new services.
- Track energy usage history (15 months)
- View account balance
- Pay bills and view transactions (12 months)
- Manage and change energy plans
- Update household details
- Add new services
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The Contact app makes it easy to track your usage, and understand your bills. Other handy features: -Track Your Energy Usage: Review your energy usage history for up to the past 15 months. -Account Balance: Keep an eye on your account balance. -Bill Payments & Transactions: Pay your bills and access transaction history for up to the past 12 months. -Manage Your Plan: change your plan or add another service as per your needs. Household set up changed? You can also update your details, add new services or change plans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Contact Energy at Free against The Converted's $1.99. Contact Energy also leads on ratings volume (80 vs 19). The Converted's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 32%) and device support (4 vs 2). On rating, update cadence, 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
Contact Energy is free to download; The Converted costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for The Converted against 4.6 for Contact Energy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 80 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of The Converted's written reviews are positive against 32% of Contact Energy's.
The Converted ships an update every 5 weeks, Contact Energy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Converted | Contact Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) | 4.6 (80 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better | 31.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ideon Collider LLC | Contact Energy Ltd |
Customer experience
The Converted
Contact Energy
Bugs and requests
The Converted
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Contact Energy
Reported bugs
56 issues- Constantly glitching
- Unable to log in
- App is days behind on data
- Payment errors
- Slow loading times
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- Usage data not updating
- Frozen screens after updates
- Autofill for payments not working
- Crashes during account-to-account payments
- Download issues on iPhone
- Switching between properties is buggy
- Usage graphs poorly designed
- Cannot supply meter readings
- Estimated readings instead of actual
- App is an embedded website
- Usage data is always days behind
- Frozen screens after updates
- Autofill for payments not working
- Crashes during account-to-account payments
- No response via WhatsApp
- App crashes or doesn't allow login for weeks
- Cannot access online account
- Glitchy and crashes frequently
- Unable to view power bill
- Painful login process
- Password manager issues
- Blank notification screens
- App icon shows unread notifications but none are present
- Cannot register due to terms and conditions field issue
- Download pop-up instead of download on iPhone
- App redirects to itself when trying to sign in online
- Daily usage data not current, dollar amount missing
- Hour by hour usage greyed out unless over a week old
- New version doesn't display graph properly
- No way to see amount of power paid for, only total used/free
- Latest version keeps signing out
- Meter reading option is greyed out
- Unable to check daily usage after update
- Only shows gas usage after update, not electricity
- Latest version does not function, frozen
- New app 3.1 doesn't work, frozen front screen, no login
- New App doesn't work, nothing works, usage section empty
- Update frozen, nothing works
- App upgrade - nothing opens or loads
- Website always directs to the app, creating a loop
- App POS, crashes when using account to account payment
- Cannot change password to get in
- Often flashes back and cannot load to the next step
- Payment page goes back to beginning after security code
- Energy usage not updating
- Most of the time pays delayed due to app crashing or not allowing login
- Sluggish, takes over 40 seconds to render information
- Any movement triggers app refresh with delay
- Cannot access online account
- App never allows login
- Login stops working since last update
Requested features
10 requests- Toggle to include GST in usage amounts
- Save card details for payments
- Support for Apple Pay and PayPal
- Push notification for bill payment reminders
- Display solar buy back information
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- Improved functionality for switching between properties
- Breakdown of electricity usage by category
- Allow landscape mode on tablets
- Alert for power usage exceeding a set KW per day
- Alert for running cost reaching a certain $ amount
In-app purchases
The Converted
No in-app purchases
Contact Energy
No in-app purchases
