Comparison

Green Mountain Power vs MES

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Green Mountain Power4 screens
MES4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Green Mountain Power versus MES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGreen Mountain PowerMES
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.9K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.17.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreen Mountain PowerLes Equipements d Erabliere CDL inc

Customer experience

Green Mountain Power

All ratings3,799 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews465 reviews
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.9%

MES

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

None

Green Mountain Power

No in-app purchases

None

MES

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Green Mountain Power free?
Green Mountain Power is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MES free?
MES is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Green Mountain Power or MES?
MES is rated higher. Green Mountain Power averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while MES averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.

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