Comparison

SCE DR Alerts vs Hero Sweep

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

Head to head
About

SCE DR Alerts

Receive courtesy alerts for upcoming electricity demand response events. Customize notifications for event scheduling, start, and end times based on your selected program and location. This app provides event notifications only and does not offer account management.

Highlights
  • Demand Response event alerts
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Support for multiple DR programs
  • Geographic area selection
  • Event start, end, and schedule notifications
Features
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Welcome to the SCE Demand Response (DR) Alerts App! Download and set up the app to start receiving courtesy alerts for upcoming SCE DR events. Customize the app to receive alerts when a DR Event is scheduled, started, and/or ended based on your selected DR program and desired geographic area. The SCE DR Alerts App can help keep you informed about the following program events: - Summer Discount Plan (SDP) for Residential or Business - Smart Energy Program (SEP) - Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) for Residential or Business - Real Time Pricing (RTP) - Capacity Bidding program (CBP) - Base Interruptible Program (BIP) - Agricultural Pumping Interruptible (API) - Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) PLEASE NOTE: This app only provides courtesy SCE DR alerts and does not provide any SCE account management features. SCE provides another app titled MySCE that lets you view your account, manage your energy use, and pay your bill online. A network connection is also required for full app functionality.

About

Hero Sweep

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Hero Sweep turns your phone into four real scanners and walks you through checking a room, one step at a time. It is free, and it is built to tell you the truth about what it can and cannot see. FOUR CHECKS, IN THE RIGHT ORDER Wi-Fi. Finds devices on the network you are on, then asks them directly whether they stream video. Bluetooth. Listens for nearby devices broadcasting names used by common hidden cameras. Lens. A camera lens throws light straight back at you. A window or a chrome fitting does not. The scanner strobes your torch and watches for a reflection that answers it. Infrared. Night-vision cameras light a dark room with infrared your eyes cannot see. Hero Sweep works out which of your cameras can see it, then looks. Manual check. The places cameras are actually hidden: smoke detectors, chargers, clocks, vents, anything with power facing where you sleep or undress. WHY FOUR, AND NOT ONE Each check reaches something the others cannot, which is the whole point of doing all of them. The lens check does not care whether a camera is online. A lens reflects light whether the camera is powered, unplugged, recording to a memory card, or sitting on its own hidden network. What it needs is a clear line of sight. Infrared finds a camera that is watching in the dark, but only while it is powered and lighting the room. The Wi-Fi check only sees the network you are on, so a camera on a network of its own will not answer there. The lens and infrared checks still might. EVERY SWEEP ENDS WITH A COVERAGE MAP You get a plain list: what was checked, what was not, and what a phone cannot reach at all. Every scanner shows its limits in one line, on screen, while you use it. Findings are only ever Possible or Likely. There is no confirmed-camera verdict, because a phone cannot establish that. YOUR SWEEP STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Sweeps, photos and reports never leave this device. There is no account and nothing to sign into. No ads, no paywall, and every scanner is free. SAVE AND SHARE A REPORT Each sweep can be saved with photos and notes, and shared as a report if you need to hand one to a host, a hotel or the police.

Screenshots

SCE DR Alerts4 screens
Hero Sweep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SCE DR Alerts at 13.1 against Hero Sweep's 16.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SCE DR Alerts versus Hero Sweep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCE DR AlertsHero Sweep
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSouthern California EdisonPrepared Hero

In-app purchases

None

SCE DR Alerts

No in-app purchases

None

Hero Sweep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SCE DR Alerts free?
SCE DR Alerts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hero Sweep free?
Hero Sweep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SCE DR Alerts or Hero Sweep have ads?
Neither SCE DR Alerts nor Hero Sweep shows ads.

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