Meltek vs Frontline Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meltek
Earn rewards for reducing electricity consumption during peak demand hours. Save energy, make money, and help the planet by participating in energy-saving events. Rewards can be redeemed for cash, gift cards, or charitable donations.
- Earn rewards for reducing electricity use
- Receive advance alerts for energy-saving events
- Redeem rewards for cash or gift cards
- Donate rewards to charity or plant trees
- Refer friends for bonus rewards
- Track energy usage and savings
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Meltek is a free service that rewards you for using less electricity during certain hours when energy is in high demand, and the power grid is under strain. Use your energy savings for cash, gift card rewards, charity donations, planting trees, or buying carbon offsets. – SAVE ENERGY, MAKE MONEY, HELP OUR PLANET! – Many electric utilities do not generate their own power. The cost of providing electricity can skyrocket during peak demand events, such as on the hottest summer days. Utilities, through Meltek, prefer paying you to reduce usage instead of risking blackouts. Join Meltek to reduce energy use, make money, and even help the planet. How It Works 1. Sign Up - Register with your electric utility info. Meltek tracks your energy usage and rewards reductions. Currently, we serve residents who use Con Edison, PSEG Long Island, Orange & Rockland or Rockland Electric Company as their electric provider. 2. Get Alerts - Receive alerts about energy-saving events in advance via app notifications, emails, or texts. This is your chance to earn by using less energy. 3. Reduce Usage - Before and during events, pre-cool your home, switch off lights, unplug devices, or delay using large appliances. The more you save, the more you make. 4. Get Rewards - Get paid by Meltek quickly* after each event. Transfer savings directly to your bank through Stripe. Or redeem them - the choice is up to you! Earn immediate bonuses by referring friends, family, or neighbors to join Meltek! *depending on utility; some of our partners currently prevent us from calculating rewards as quickly as we would like.
Frontline Maps
This app transforms collective action into a dynamic, live map experience. Participate in local campaigns, log your contributions, and visualize your community's growing impact in real-time. Connect with others, join events, and earn rewards from local businesses.
- Live map visualization of collective action
- Log contributions via GPS or manual entry
- Report and clean up local trash
- Join and coordinate group events
- Track neighborhood and group impact stats
- Redeem points for local business offers
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Frontline turns collective action into a live map. Join a campaign near you, log your actions, and watch your neighborhood's impact grow in real time, all tracked on a live map you can explore alongside everyone else taking part. The flagship campaign, Trash War, turns neighborhood cleanup into a citywide competition. Log a contribution by dropping a pin, using GPS or entering it manually, and recording bag counts or pounds collected, or trace a route you walked and back it up with a photo. Spot trash that needs attention? Report it with a pin and photo, then claim the report yourself, submit before-and-after photos, and turn the cleanup into a logged contribution. Track geographic stats for your neighborhood, zip code, or borough as collective progress builds over time. Beyond solo contributions, Frontline connects you to the people doing this work around you. Find group-hosted cleanup events near you and RSVP, then check in on-site with GPS or a join code, no app fumbling required. Afterward, see who showed up, what got logged, and photos from the day. Join or start a group with your block, school, or community org, compete together on the leaderboard, coordinate events, and track your group's total impact. Local businesses back the effort too. Redeem your points for real offers from partner businesses near your campaign. Partner rewards are currently focused on the New York City area, with more markets planned as Frontline expands. Track your points, bag counts, and pounds collected against milestone ladders, and see your personal history and where you rank. Collective action starts with one pin on the map. Frontline is free to use. Location access is used to log contributions accurately and show you nearby activity, and you control when it's shared. Camera and photo access are only used when you choose to attach a photo to a cleanup or report.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Frontline Maps at 5.0 against Meltek's 3.8. Frontline Maps also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Meltek's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Frontline Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meltek has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Meltek ships an update every 4 months, Frontline Maps fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meltek | Frontline Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Meltek Inc. | Taylor Johnson |
Customer experience
Meltek
Frontline Maps
In-app purchases
Meltek
No in-app purchases
Frontline Maps
No in-app purchases









