PSE vs ctcLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PSE
Manage your utility account and stay informed about power outages. Check your balance, make payments, and report outages with ease. Get real-time restoration updates and customize notifications.
- Check account balance
- Make bill payments
- Report power outages
- Track outage restoration times
- Manage personal preferences
- Start, stop, or move service
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The PSE app provides easy access to your account when you're on the go. Check your balance and make a payment with just one click. Track & report power outages in your neighborhood and check on restoration times, all in the palm of your hand. Manage your account: • Review your account balance, prior month’s charges and pay your bill • Use and securely save your preferred payment method – eCheck, debit, credit, PayPal or Venmo • Manage personal preferences - select your desired bill due date or enroll in paperless billing • Change or update your account security, including password and security questions • Start, stop or move your residential service Stay informed about outages: • View outage status on the map, searching by address, city or ZIP code • Easily report an outage • Set your preferences to receive outage notifications by email, text or phone
ctcLink
Manage your college experience on the go. Enroll in classes, track your academic progress, and stay updated with important messages from your institution. Access grades, financial aid information, and to-do lists directly from your mobile device.
- Class enrollment
- Wait list management
- Grade checking
- Financial aid status
- College messages
- Degree progress tracking
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The ctcLink mobile app is for students enrolled in Washington Community and Technical Colleges who are currently using the Student Self-Service Center. Now you can enroll in classes, view wait list, drop and swap classes, check grades, check financial aid, get messages from your colleges, see to-do lists, check degree progress and more on your mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PSE at 3.9 against ctcLink's 1.6. PSE also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (14% vs 3%). ctcLink's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 14) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PSE holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ctcLink has 77 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of PSE's written reviews are positive against 3% of ctcLink's.
PSE ships an update every 3 months, ctcLink every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PSE | ctcLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better | 1.6 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.9% of reviews — better | 3.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Puget Sound Energy | WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges |
Customer experience
PSE
ctcLink
Bugs and requests
PSE
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes when trying to log in
- Outage map does not show current outages
- Keeps logging users out unexpectedly
Requested features
3 requests- Support for Apple Pay and digital wallets
- Ability to schedule future bill payments
- Improved outage status updates and ETAs
ctcLink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PSE
No in-app purchases
ctcLink
No in-app purchases







