Comparison

SMUD vs MessageVault AI

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

Head to head
About

SMUD

Manage your home electricity service with ease. View your bill, track usage, report outages, and make payments all from your device. Stay informed about your energy consumption and billing history.

Highlights
  • View bill history
  • Make payments
  • Track electricity usage
  • Get outage information
  • Report power outages
  • Schedule auto bill pay
Features
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The SMUD App offers our residential customers easy access to the things that are most important to you when it comes to home energy usage. We want your experience to be fast and simple, so once you sign in, you'll stay signed in on your device until you sign out, no matter how many times you visit. The first thing you'll see is a summary of your bill, electricity use, outage info and how to get in touch with us. Tap a tile to reveal the features: Bill - See your bill history - Make a payment - See your payment history - Schedule or cancel payments - Add or change payment methods - Schedule auto bill pay - Enroll in paperless billing Usage - See how much electricity you've used in this billing cycle - Check the current cost of your electricity use Outage - Get up-to-the minute outage info - Report a power outage See and do everything that's most important to you when it comes to your residential electricity service. Tap into energy with the SMUD App.

About

MessageVault AI

Features
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Your favorite posts are scattered everywhere — recipes on Instagram, travel ideas on TikTok, how-tos on YouTube. MessageVault brings them together in one private, searchable vault. Share any post to MessageVault from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, or X, and it's saved instantly. AI then tags what's actually in each post — the food, the place, the animal, the product — so you can find anything by what you remember, not which app you saved it from. Type "waterfall" and get the waterfall video. Type "recipe" and get the cooking posts. No folders, no manual tagging, no scrolling through five different apps' saved tabs hoping to spot it. DID YOU KNOW MessageVault notices patterns in what you save — topics you're saving more of lately, topics you haven't touched in months, and your biggest themes — so the posts you meant to come back to find you again. Tap Not Viewed to see everything you saved but never opened. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your vault lives on your device — not on our servers - No account required, ever - Excluded from iCloud backup - AI tagging sends only a short public snippet and thumbnail — never your messages, contacts, or identity - Delete everything with one tap, any time HOW IT WORKS 1. See a post you want to keep? Tap Share → MessageVault 2. It's saved and tagged automatically 3. Search by what's in it, whenever you need it PUT MESSAGEVAULT ONE TAP AWAY Save even faster by putting MessageVault at the front of your Share Sheet: 1. Tap Share in any app, then scroll the app row to the end 2. Tap "More," then "Edit" at the top 3. Add MessageVault to Favorites and drag it to the top Tip: iOS also moves apps you use often nearer the front automatically. FREE TO START Saving is free for your first 4 weeks — no credit card, no account. After that, MessageVault Pro ($1.99/month) keeps unlimited saving going. Browsing, searching, and deleting everything you've already saved stays free forever. Your vault is always yours. MessageVault is for anyone whose saved posts are a graveyard: recipes you meant to cook, places you meant to visit, products you meant to buy, videos you wanted to show someone. Save it once. Find it when it matters. Privacy Policy: https://fpalmaii.github.io/messagevault-privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SMUD4 screens
MessageVault AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SMUD at none against MessageVault AI's 1. SMUD also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). MessageVault AI's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads 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. MessageVault AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. SMUD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SMUD ships an update every 6 weeks, MessageVault AI every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SMUD versus MessageVault AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMUDMessageVault AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (916 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings916 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSMUDFEDERICO AMISTOSO PALMA

Bugs and requests

SMUD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when accessing usage data
  • Autopay feature not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Customizable payment scheduling
  • Improved push notification support

MessageVault AI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SMUD

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MessageVault AI

Subscriptions1
  • MessageVault Pro$1.991 Month

Questions

Is SMUD free?
SMUD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MessageVault AI free?
MessageVault AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SMUD or MessageVault AI have ads?
Neither SMUD nor MessageVault AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SMUD or MessageVault AI?
SMUD ships an update every 6 weeks, and MessageVault AI every 2 weeks. Most recently, SMUD was updated on October 10, 2026 and MessageVault AI on October 9, 2026.

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