PSE vs Crunch Care
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
Crunch Care
This app streamlines care scheduling for families and companies, simplifying booking and payments. Care providers can manage their availability, accept jobs, track their schedules, and communicate with the team.
- Schedule care for families
- Manage company care bookings
- Nanny availability management
- Job booking for providers
- View daily schedules
- Clock in/out of work
- Team communication
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Families and Companies: Utilize this app to schedule care any time of day for your family, making the booking and payment process seamless and enjoyable. Nannies and Care Providers: Utilize this app to enter your availability, book your cases, view your schedule, clock in and out of work, and communicate with our team
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crunch Care at 5.0 against PSE's 3.9. Crunch Care also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). PSE's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). 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.
Crunch Care holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PSE has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PSE ships an update every 3 months, Crunch Care every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PSE | Crunch Care |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Puget Sound Energy | Crunch Care |
Customer experience
PSE
Crunch Care
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
Crunch Care
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PSE
No in-app purchases
Crunch Care
No in-app purchases









