Comparison

e vs NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra

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

Head to head
About

e

Access a wide range of government services online, including permits, registrations, and tax payments. This platform offers a transparent and efficient way for citizens to interact with urban local bodies, track applications, and receive digitally signed documents.

Highlights
  • Online citizen services
  • Shops and Establishment registration
  • Marriage registration
  • Building permissions
  • Property tax payments
  • Complaint and grievance redressal
  • Online certificate issuance
Features
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Gujarat is one of the leading states in the implementation of key e-Governance infrastructure, polices and projects. The State’s approach can be best summed up as “Think Big, Start Small and Scale Fast”. The three fundamentals that characterize Gujarat’s e-governance initiative are: Responsiveness, Transparency, and Accountability. At the State Level eNagar Portals were designed and developed for online citizen centric services to urban local bodies. eNagar project provide a wide range of services to the citizens such as Shops and Establishment, Registration of Marriage, Building Permission, Professional Tax, Hall booking ,Property tax, Estate Management, Fire & Emergency, Complaints and Grievance, Water & Drainage etc.. with online payment gateway facilities. eNagar project has transformed the way citizens perceive the administrative machinery. Irrespective of the place of habitation, a citizen can visit the e-Nagar portal online for availing end to end citizen centric services. Citizens can submit the application by payment of required fees/taxes/charges and can obtain online registration/ certificate etc. The objective of the project is to provide a single window for setting up of common Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) infrastructure by the State Government. It is a centralized solution to bring a cost & time efficient, transparent and scalable web based citizen centric service and solution for ULBs along with tailoring of existing applications of various ULBs to this centralized platform. 1. Benefits to Citizens • Improve quality of Citizen Service- 24x7 access with optimal effectiveness and transparency in online service delivery • Online payment facility for Taxes, certificates and other services • Digitally signed certificates/documents online • Online tracking of the application real time • Maintaining auto Citizen Charter and auto escalations • Mobile enabled application with SMS/email integration • Proactive information releases like Taxes Dues, Renewal, expiry of certificates/services • Effective Online complaints & Grievance Redressal Mechanism

About

NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra

This app allows former employees to digitally submit their annual life certificate for retirement benefits. It uses facial recognition and voice authentication via your device's camera and registered mobile number for a secure process.

Highlights
  • Annual life certificate submission
  • Video and voice authentication
  • Automatic fetching of employee data
  • Self/dependent certificate generation
  • Secure data storage
Features
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In order to avail medical and other retirement benefits, all ex-employees of NHPC are required to furnish the Jeevan Praman Patra annually. The option of obtaining the Jeevan Praman Patra through a Mobile App is allowing ex-employees to complete the authentication process seamlessly. The Mobile App will automatically fetch the basic data like Employee Number, name Designation, DoB, Address, Dependent Details from Employee master. The user will select the self/dependent for whom Jeevan Praman Patra is to be generated. On selection and Pressing PROCEED Button, the device camera will automatically enabled to capture video. Also, OTP shall be sent on users registered mobile number. The device's camera will capture a video of the ex-employee/dependent. During this process, the ex-employee is required to verbally pronounce their NHPC Employee Number and the received OTP, ensuring a secure and reliable authentication process. The captured video, containing the verbal authentication, will be securely stored in database.

Screenshots

e4 screens
NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra at 4.0 against e's 1.8. e's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: e has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e ships an update every 2 months, NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
e versus NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereNHPC Jeevan Praman Patra
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (5 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews1.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB76 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGeneral Administration DepartmentNHPC Limited

Customer experience

e

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive1.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative96.4%

NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

None

NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra free?
NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, e or NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra?
NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra is rated higher. e averages 1.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do e or NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra have ads?
Neither e nor NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, e or NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra?
e ships an update every 2 months, and NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra every 15 months. Most recently, e was updated on October 23, 2026 and NHPC Jeevan Praman Patra on October 24, 2026.

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