PSE vs CheetahTALK
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
CheetahTALK
This portable device offers one-click, automatic language recognition for instant speech translation. It boasts long-distance reception, a lightweight design, and extended battery life for continuous use and standby.
- One-click translation
- Automatic language recognition
- Long distance reception
- Lightweight and portable
- Long stand-by time
- 24-hour continuous use
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CheetahTALK: smarter, clearer, easier to carry, longer stand-by time, One-click translation: automatic language recognition, press, speak and translate Long distance reception: Receive signal from long distance, realize easy communication, Easy to carry: only weighs 45 grams, no heavier than one egg Long stand-by time: 24-hour continuous play, 180 days stand-by time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PSE at 3.9 against CheetahTALK's 2.8. CheetahTALK's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 29 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of PSE's written reviews are positive against 19% of CheetahTALK's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PSE ships an update every 3 months, CheetahTALK fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PSE | CheetahTALK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) — better | 2.8 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.9% of reviews | 19.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Puget Sound Energy | Beijing Kingsoft Internet Security software Co.Ltd |
Customer experience
PSE
CheetahTALK
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
CheetahTALK
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PSE
No in-app purchases
CheetahTALK
No in-app purchases









