meterEZ vs Pluto Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
meterEZ
This app allows you to pay for parking using your smartphone. Enter your payment and meter details, select your vehicle, and you're set. An optional wallet feature can save you money on parking fees.
- Mobile parking payment
- Enter payment information
- Enter meter number
- Select vehicle
- Optional EZwallet for savings
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Available in Erie & Meadville, PA (moving to more cities in the future!), meterEZ is a mobile parking payment app, dedicated to a great user experience and ease of use. No more carrying quarters around to pay for parking -- Simply enter your payment information and your parking meter number, choose your vehicle and you're ready to go! Optionally add funds to your "EZwallet" and use it as your payment method and save money on your parking!
Pluto Timer
This app calculates and notifies you of the daily "Pluto Time," a brief period when Earth's illumination matches noon on Pluto. It offers location-based timing, multi-city tracking, customizable notifications, and the ability to track over 40 other celestial bodies.
- Automatic Pluto Time calculation by location
- Live timing updates with planetary textures
- Track multiple cities simultaneously
- Customizable notifications and reminders
- Track over 40 other planets and moons
- Adjustable clock formats
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Pluto orbits on the fringes of our solar system, billions of miles away. Sunlight is much weaker on Pluto than on Earth, yet it isn't completely dark. For just a moment near dawn and dusk each day, the illumination on Earth matches that of high noon on Pluto. We call this Pluto Time. See when your next Pluto Time occurs! • Automatically calculate the next Pluto Time based on your location. • Receive live timing updates and interact with accurate planetary textures. Track multiple cities around the world! • See when Pluto Time occurs in other cities simultaneously in the Saved Locations tab. • Add, remove, reorder, and swap between locations instantly. Choose when and how to be notified! • Configure notifications, reminders, and clock formats in the Settings tab. • Enabling notifications "Before Midday" will notify you when Pluto Times occur before 12 PM noon. • Enabling notifications "After Midday" will notify you when Pluto Times occur after 12 PM noon. Over 40 other planets and moons to track! • The same irradiance calculations for Pluto can be used for alternative Solar System planets, moons, dwarf planets, and dwarf moons. • Choose from every major body in the Solar System by selecting your active body from the Solar System tab.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: meterEZ at Free against Pluto Timer's $0.99. meterEZ also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). Pluto Timer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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
meterEZ is free to download; Pluto Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pluto Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: meterEZ has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
meterEZ ships an update every 2 months, Pluto Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | meterEZ | Pluto Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MeterEZ LLC | Shawn Gallagher |
Customer experience
meterEZ
Pluto Timer
In-app purchases
meterEZ
No in-app purchases
Pluto Timer
No in-app purchases
