DESCO vs Mess Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DESCO
Manage both postpaid and prepaid electricity bills in one place. Pay bills, recharge accounts, and view past usage with ease. Access service and emergency contacts, and find your local office location.
- Postpaid and prepaid bill management
- Bill payment and account recharge
- View electricity usage history
- Usage bar chart
- Contact S&D office
- Find S&D office location
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DESCO New Mobile application is now available for your apple mobile device with both Postpaid and Prepaid bill. View both Postpaid and Prepaid DESCO Electricity bills through one app and pay your Postpaid due bills and recharge Prepaid account from the application by only a few taps. Due to huge demand we are finally making this app available at app store for all the loyal customers of DESCO. We are also welcoming any new customers to try this out. DESCO mobile application is a unique one in Bangladesh including the facility of both Postpaid and Prepaid bill . Features: -Both Postpaid and Prepaid bill. -Usage bar Chart -Prepaid bill payment history -View electricity usage for past 12 months -Contact your S&D office for service and emergency -View the location and address of your S&D Office in Map Download New DESCO iOS App to experience the easiest DESCO Bill Payment in Bangladesh!
Mess Book
This app helps people living together manage shared expenses and gain insights into their spending habits. It simplifies tracking by moving away from traditional ledgers to a digital group-based system.
- Create and manage groups
- Track shared expenses
- Gain spending insights
- Invite members via email/group ID
- Admin user management
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Mess Book is a simple and comprehensive mobile application designed for people staying together. Manage your expenses and get insight on how you are spending. Forget old school tracking with ledgers and start using “Mess Book” to track expenses. Start by creating a group. The person who creates the group will be the admin. Other people can join the group using email and group id. Group admin can also add users. Terms of use: https://app.messbook.ae/terms Privacy policy: https://app.messbook.ae/policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mess Book at 79% against DESCO's 16%. Mess Book also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). DESCO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mess Book sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. DESCO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mess Book holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DESCO has 158 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of DESCO's written reviews are positive against 79% of Mess Book's.
DESCO ships an update monthly, Mess Book every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DESCO | Mess Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (158 ratings) | 4.1 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.9% of reviews | 78.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 158 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Software Shop Limited | Muhammed Iqbal PA |
Customer experience
DESCO
Mess Book
In-app purchases
DESCO
No in-app purchases
Mess Book
- Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
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- Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
