PowerMeter

PowerMeter is the prepaid electricity tracker built for South African households. Track every voucher, every meter reading, and every Rand you spend keeping the lights on, then see exactly where your electricity usage and spending are heading. Track multiple electricity properties and meters with separate providers, budgets, purchases and histories. Record receipt fees, VAT, charges, free units, refunds and linked meter replacements. WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR FREE ★ Prepaid voucher tracking Log every prepaid electricity voucher with token number, amount, and kWh units. Paste your bank's SMS confirmation (FNB, Capitec, Standard Bank, ABSA, Nedbank, Investec, TymeBank) and the amount fills in for you. ★ Meter readings Record meter readings over time and see consumption calculated automatically, with a countdown to when your units run out. ★ Units remaining & days left See how many units are left on your prepaid meter and roughly how many days that buys you at your current usage. ★ Spending & usage history See your last 6 months of electricity spending and consumption at a glance, with monthly charts and cost-per-kWh trends. ★ Low-unit and budget alerts Get a push notification when you're about 3 days from running out, plus alerts at 75% and 100% of a monthly Rand budget you set. ★ Tariff-hike reminders Get reminded ahead of every NERSA electricity price increase. ★ Tags & totals Tag readings and vouchers (e.g. by household member or property) and see totals per tag. ★ Offline support Add vouchers and readings without an internet connection. Everything syncs once you're back online. ★ Privacy & security Biometric app lock, secure token storage, dark mode, and no ads. Your data stays yours. POWERMETER PRO ★ AI meter scanning Point your camera at your electricity meter and AI reads the digits for you. Five scans a day. ★ Voice entry Say your meter reading out loud instead of typing it. Recognition runs entirely on your device, so it works at the meter box with no signal, and your audio never leaves your phone. ★ Usage forecast Your units projected forward to the day they run out. ★ Why your cost changed See whether a higher bill came from using more electricity or paying a higher tariff, with the exact NERSA increase named where relevant. ★ Top-up timing See what your next top-up costs in your current tariff block, and when the block resets, so you know the cheapest time to buy. ★ Advanced insights Burn rate, days-until-empty prediction, cost-per-day, and seasonal usage patterns. ★ Tariff block visualisation See which inclining block tariff (IBT) band you're in and when you'll cross into the next one. ★ Regional comparison See how your monthly kWh usage compares to your municipality's average. ★ PDF & CSV export Export your electricity usage and spending history to share with an accountant, landlord, or partner. ★ CSV history import Import weeks, months or years of electricity readings, purchases and adjustments. Preview before saving and skip duplicates safely. Property admin access is required. ★ Household sharing Share a property with up to 3 people, with permissions scoped to that property. ★ Home-screen widget Units remaining and days left, without opening the app. WHY POWERMETER Honest math: the Rand figure on your dashboard is exactly what came out of your wallet, and the tariff per kWh is the ex-VAT NERSA figure, not the gross. South African by default: NERSA tariff data, ZAR currency, VAT split, and municipal inclining block tariffs (IBT). Private by design: your voucher and meter reading data is stored on secure infrastructure. We don't sell, share, or analyse your personal data for advertising, and optional usage analytics can be disabled in Settings. PowerMeter Pro: R149.99/year. Feedback welcome any time via Settings > Feedback & support.