NWSDB SelfCare vs HelaPOS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NWSDB SelfCare
Manage your water utility account with ease. View bill details, payment history, and outstanding balances. Submit and track complaints, and receive notifications about service interruptions.
- View bill details and payment history
- Check outstanding balances
- Online bill payment
- Submit and track complaints
- Manage multiple accounts
- Receive interruption notifications
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Customers can view the details of bills, payments, outstanding balances, check bill calculations, past bill and payment records, view complaint status, and see details of water service interruptions etc. NWSDB SelfCare App Features : - Pay your bills online - View payments details and outstanding amounts - Check Bill details - Bill Calculator - Submit your complaint - View complaint status - Manage multiple accounts - Receive interruption notifications
HelaPOS
This app provides small businesses with digital tools to manage sales and accept QR payments. It offers features for tracking cash and QR transactions, managing staff access, and receiving instant payment notifications. Empower your business with efficient digital record-keeping and payment processing.
- Digital sales record keeping
- Cash and QR payment tracking
- Generate and display LankaQR codes
- Instant QR payment notifications
- Staff access level management
- View daily cash and QR totals
- Bank settlement details
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Empowering Sri Lankan small businesses with Digital Technology, ‘HelaPOS' app allows you to keep track of all your day to day sales for free & to accept QR payments from thousands of customers who use Helakuru Superapp & any app that supports LankaQR for a much lesser fee than card payments fees. By downloading this simple POS (Point-of-Sales) app & self-registering through the app itself, you can make your small business tasks more efficient & effective digitally. * Features for your business: - Digital record keeping of all sales in the business - Keeping separate records of Cash & QR payments - Generating & showing Digital LankaQR codes to customers to receive payments digitally - Receiving instant notifications when the customer pays digitally through LankaQR - Viewing the totals received in Cash & QR at the end of the day - Viewing the bank collections settled to your bank account at every day end * Special features to your business staff: Giving your staff members the opportunity to use this app under various access levels such as Owner, Manager or Cashier will enable you to monitor & manage every transaction that takes place in the business. Cashier access allows: - Recording new Cash/QR sales for your business, - Receiving instant notifications for the QR payments received by the Cashier, - Viewing the history of sales recorded by the Cashier. Manager access allows: - Recording new Cash/QR sales for your business, - Receiving instant notifications for the QR payments accepted by any staff member, - Deleting sales recorded by any of the staff or voiding digitally accepted payments. Owner access allows: - In addition to the above capabilities of a Manager, - Add & Manage staff to your business in Owner, Manager or Cashier access levels - Viewing the bank collection details settled to your bank account at every day end By granting one of these access levels to your staff members, you can allow any number of members of your staff to use this app for your business. Since they are only allowed to do things that you allow them to do, they can even use this app on their personal Digital devices. * How to accept QR Payments? 1. Tap (+) icon, enter the amount & tap “Show QR” button 2. Then show the QR code generated by the app to your customer 3. As soon as your customer scans it with Helakuru or any other app & pay, you’ll receive an instant Notification & the screen will be updated as payment received 4. All the QR Payments accepted by you or your staff throughout the day like this will be settled to your Bank account at every day end * Service Charges: - There is no charge for downloading or using this app. - Only a 0.5% fee will be charged whenever you accept a QR payment. * Make a Change! "HelaPOS" is a proud Sri Lankan digital business solution introduced to local businesses by Helakuru, the Biggest App in Sri Lanka. Empower your local business with HelaPOS digitally today! * Contact: 0115 580 580 | 034 20 40 600 Live Chat: http://m.me/helapaylk Bhasha Lanka (Pvt) Ltd 46, Galle Road, Kalutara, Sri Lanka https://www.bhasha.lk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HelaPOS at 5.0 against NWSDB SelfCare's 2.0. HelaPOS also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). NWSDB SelfCare's advantage is ratings volume (4 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HelaPOS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
NWSDB SelfCare ships an update every 4 months, HelaPOS every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NWSDB SelfCare | HelaPOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY & DRAINAGE BOARD | Bhasha Lanka (Pvt) Ltd |
Customer experience
NWSDB SelfCare
HelaPOS
In-app purchases
NWSDB SelfCare
No in-app purchases
HelaPOS
No in-app purchases


