Con Edison vs Chatrel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Con Edison
Manage your utility account conveniently from your mobile device. This app allows you to securely pay bills, review your energy usage, and receive tips to reduce consumption. You can also report outages and easily contact customer support.
- Secure sign-in
- Bill review
- Secure payment
- Energy usage comparison
- Energy saving tips
- Outage reporting
- Contact support
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A fast and secure way to sign in, pay your bill, and get insights on your energy use. You can easily: • Review your bill • Pay securely • Compare and manage your energy use • Get tips for lowering your energy bill • Report outages • Contact us
Chatrel
This application enables Tibetan citizens to manage their yearly Chatrel contributions. Users can make payments for themselves or others, review past contributions, and initiate disputes. It serves as a digital record for claiming rights and future citizenship.
- Make Chatrel contributions
- Contribute for family and friends
- View past contribution history
- Raise disputes with CTA
- Digital Green Book access
- Manage Tibetan citizenship rights
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The app is designed to allow Tibetan citizens to log in and make their yearly Chatrel contributions. They can make contributions for themselves as well as for their families & friends too. They can check their past contributions and raise a dispute with CTA (if required). As per the article 13 Section 4 of the Tibetan Charter, Chatrel is a voluntary contribution from every Tibetan in Exile to sustain Central Tibetan Administration until the Tibet Issue is resolved. Tibetans contributing Chatrel are issued a Green Book. This book has over the years in effect become the passport of the exiled Tibetans to claim their rights from the CTA. Also in future it will become a base to claim Tibetan citizenship. Today, it is used for school admission, school or university scholarship, and employment within the exiled community. Payment of the voluntary contribution is a condition to gain voting rights in parliamentary elections. The existence of Chatrel symbolizes the Tibetan people’s recognition of CTA as their legitimate representative. Chatrel payment exhibits Tibetan people’s support for CTA’s financial needs until Tibet regains freedom. Chatrel funds is an important source of revenue for CTA and it goes towards supporting various projects and activities benefiting the exiled Tibetan community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chatrel at 100% against Con Edison's 48%. Chatrel also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Con Edison's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (125K vs 5). On price, 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.
Con Edison holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Con Edison has 125K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Con Edison's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chatrel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Con Edison ships an update every 6 weeks, Chatrel every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Con Edison | Chatrel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (125K ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Con Edison | Central Tibetan Administration |
Customer experience
Con Edison
Chatrel
Bugs and requests
Con Edison
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to log in or access account
- Incorrect billing amounts and charges
- Payment failures and processing errors
Requested features
3 requests- Option to schedule payments in advance
- Improved visibility of billing details and due dates
- Integration with digital wallets for payments
Chatrel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Con Edison
No in-app purchases
Chatrel
No in-app purchases
