Smart vs 4Change Energy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart
Monitor your smart meter devices in real time with this mobile terminal application. It provides easy-to-understand data visualization for both current and historical information, accessible from anywhere. The app is designed to be efficient, using minimal internet traffic.
- Real-time smart meter status monitoring
- Easy-to-understand data visualization charts
- Access historical data anytime, anywhere
- Display data in multiple dimensions
- Low internet traffic consumption
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Smart-Meter is a mobile terminal application software for intelligent monitoring of Smart meter devices. It enables users to monitor the status information of Smart meter devices in real time more easily and quickly. intelligent Data visualization, the chart is simple and easy to understand More wise Show real-time and historical data over the web anytime, anywhere Rich content Display real-time and historical data in multiple dimensions Save traffic The traffic generated by the Internet is small, fast, and does not occupy large traffic charges.
4Change Energy
Manage your energy account easily on the go. View usage, bills, and history. Renew plans, transfer service, and access account details anytime.
- View usage and bills
- Access bill history
- Renew your plan
- Transfer service
- Manage account day to day
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The 4Change Energy mobile app provides you with access to everything you need to manage your account day to day. View your usage and bill anytime. View bill history, renew your plan, transfer your service to a new address, and more. For more about the app, visit www.4ChangeEnergy.com/Mobile-App. For our Privacy Policy, visit www.4ChangeEnergy.com/Privacy-Policy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: 4Change Energy at 92 against Smart's 6. Smart's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.5 for Smart against 1.6 for 4Change Energy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 4Change Energy has 92 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Smart's written reviews are positive against 5% of 4Change Energy's.
Smart ships an update every 2 months, 4Change Energy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart | 4Change Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (6 ratings) | 1.6 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 4.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 祥梯 孟 | Value Based Brands, LLC |
Customer experience
Smart
4Change Energy
Bugs and requests
Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
4Change Energy
Reported bugs
26 issues- App is glitchy
- App is constantly broken
- App denies login
- Autopay is randomly turned off
- Login fails
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- Unable to get into the app
- Cannot see daily usage
- Cannot track usage
- Login doesn't work
- Doesn't allow login
- Cannot add payment method
- App doesn't work at all
- Dashboard is days behind on usage
- Application does not work
- Login issues
- Won't let me log in
- Verification email did not arrive
- Won't do anything when logging in
- App will not let me login
- Cannot enable registration
- Login failed every time
- Can't get into app
- Will not let me sign in
- Payment feature not working
- Errors when trying to log in
- Don't let you use usage
Requested features
9 requests- Revert the feature to see daily/weekly usage
- Fix the app so it is usable
- Update the app regularly
- Allow registration of new accounts
- Fix the login issues
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- Allow adding payment methods
- Fix the payment feature
- Allow usage tracking
- Bring back the old version of the app
In-app purchases
Smart
No in-app purchases
4Change Energy
No in-app purchases
