Green Mountain Power vs MES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Green Mountain Power
This app allows customers to manage their utility accounts, including making payments, reporting outages, and monitoring energy usage. View bills, set up payment plans, and update account information easily.
- Report and monitor outages
- View current balance and past bills
- Make payments and save payment methods
- Monitor energy usage and generation
- Manage account settings and profile
- Switch to ebilling
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The Green Mountain Power app gives our customers all the tools and information needed to manage their account. Take care of essential tasks like making a payment or reporting an outage in just a few taps. View your current balance, outages affecting you, usage, generation, and more. GMP customers can sign in using their My Account username and password. GMP customers that don’t already have a My Account login can register in the app. Report and Monitor Outages - Report outages - View up-to-the-minute outage information - Estimated restoration times - Live outage map of Vermont - Search towns and see outage status Bills and Payments - View your current balance - Make payments - Save payment methods - View current and past bills - Enroll in a payment plan (for eligible accounts) Usage and Generation - A simplified summary lets you monitor your usage in-between bills - Explore usage in a bar graph, line graph or list - Get usage data down to the hour - See average temperature and sun conditions for each day and hour Account Settings - Manage your service account and profile settings - Set a nickname and photo for your service account - Switch to ebilling - Update phone numbers and address
MES
This utility app assists maple syrup producers and enthusiasts with on-the-go calculations. It covers sap collection data, syrup yield, RO rejection, membrane efficiency, concentrate brix, boiling point, and density. The app supports both 66.0 and 66.9 brix syrup and allows users to save preferences.
- Sap collection data emailing
- Syrup yield calculation (Jones Rule of 86)
- RO rejection rate calculation
- Membrane efficiency calculation
- Concentrate brix calculation
- Syrup boiling point calculation
- Syrup density calculation
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The MES app helps maple syrup producers and enthusiasts alike to quickly calculate must have data on the go. Features the following: - Email sap collection data - How many gallons of syrup can be made from maple sap using the revisited Jones Rule of 86 - Calculate RO rejection rates - Calculate membrane efficiencies - Calculate concentrate brix from incoming raw brix and flow - Calculate syrup boiling point based on barometric pressure and altitude - Calculate syrup density from given temperatures Works for both 66.0 and 66.9 brix syrup. Allows the user to save their email and brix preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Green Mountain Power at 3.9K against MES's 4. MES's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Green Mountain Power against 5.0 for MES. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Green Mountain Power has 3.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Green Mountain Power's written reviews are positive against 100% of MES's.
| Parameter | Green Mountain Power | MES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.9K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Green Mountain Power | Les Equipements d Erabliere CDL inc |
Customer experience
Green Mountain Power
MES
Bugs and requests
Green Mountain Power
Reported bugs
2 issues- Usage data not always updating in a timely manner
- Landscape mode issues with chart/graph visibility
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to schedule payments in advance
- More detailed net metering usage breakdown
- Improved chart/graph functionality for usage data
MES
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Green Mountain Power
No in-app purchases
MES
No in-app purchases
Questions
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