Meter Readings vs LiveTrade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meter Readings
Easily track your home's energy and water consumption to identify potential savings. Visualize usage and costs with detailed graphs and compare them against historical data. The app supports various meter types and offers advanced features for detailed analysis.
- Monitor multiple utility meters
- Track usage and costs
- Visualize data with graphs
- Compare current vs. historical usage
- Set local reminders
- Export data to CSV
- Backup and sync data
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Apple's iPad APP OF THE WEEK (UK and Ireland), March 2011 AppStore Rewind 2011, one of Apple's favourite iPhone finance apps of 2011 (UK and Ireland) Closely monitor your household energy and water usage and the chances are you will SAVE MONEY! This useful application makes it easy to monitor your household utility meters. Once you start entering readings, your usage, costs and savings are calculated and displayed in easy to visualise graphs. KEY FEATURES - Monitor up to five separate meters, e.g. electricity, gas, water, solar ... etc - Quick entry of readings, as often as you like - Use the rear-facing torch/flashlight when reading your meters (if your device has one) - Local reminders so you don't forget to enter your readings - Displays usage and costs for the latest readings period, and compares this with your average or previous year - Plots graphs of usage and costs per day, week, month, quarter or year, so that you can visualise changes over time, e.g. against the previous year - Multiple colour themes (black, red, blue, green ... etc) - Import historical readings from a CSV file - Backup your data and sync it between devices by email, AirDrop, Dropbox or iCloud - Export your readings as a CSV file for easy import into a spreadsheet - Universal app, works on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad METERS, CURRENCY AND RATES - User configurable units, so the app could be used for other types of measurement - Support for meters that count up (e.g. electricity, gas, water ... etc) or down (e.g. oil) - Uses the currency from your device's region setting, but you can override this per meter (e.g. for holiday homes) - Handles a wide range of rates and charges, e.g. fixed or time based rates, per-unit rates, stepped rates for up to 12 levels, Economy 7/10, time of day meters ... etc BILLS - Check your bills by comparing any pair of readings (e.g. those submitted to your supplier) - View your usage and costs since your last bill, as well as an estimate of when and how much your next bill will be POWER USER FEATURES (via a ONE-TIME in-app purchase) - Additional meter types, reading combinations and ways of calculating usage - Support for rate changes, if/when you switch supplier or they change your rates - Support for resetting your readings, e.g. if you get a replacement meter - Automatic backups to iCloud PRO USER FEATURES (via a ONE-TIME in-app purchase) - Removes the restriction on meter numbers, e.g. for landlords, businesses and professionals SUPPORT Please use the link to my support page from the AppStore page or from the app itself (or simply go to http://grahamhaley.co.uk/meters/. Alternatively, contact me directly via my support pages and you will get a quick response.
LiveTrade
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LiveTrade - The Most Active Trading Platform for Fine Wine Trade the world’s greatest wines with the speed, transparency and confidence the modern market expects. LiveTrade brings instant pricing on thousands of the world’s most sought-after wines to your phone - buy, sell and manage your entire collection from a single, continuously updating marketplace. Backed by Bordeaux Index and its 30 years of expertise, LiveTrade is the only platform where every trade is guaranteed, removing all counterparty risk around provenance and condition. TRADE INSTANTLY, ANYWHERE Browse, search and filter every LiveTrade wine in one place, complete with critic scores and recent trade data. Buy and sell instantly at the prevailing quote, or set your own target buying and selling prices and let the market come to you. FIRM, EXECUTABLE PRICING Unlike platforms built on indicative pricing or subscription paywalls, LiveTrade delivers firm buy and sell prices you can act on immediately. LIVETRADE+ MARKET-MAKING Get instant, guaranteed two-way pricing on hundreds of the most liquid wines from Bordeaux, Champagne, Burgundy, Tuscany, the Rhône and the USA - where Bordeaux Index commits its own capital to make a market 24/7, often at a better instant price than a traditional broking process. MY PORTFOLIO - BEST-IN-CLASS CELLAR MANAGEMENT Upload and manage your entire collection - whether stored with Bordeaux Index or elsewhere and see its real value update in real time. Set up watchlists, track your activity history and trade directly from your portfolio at the click of a button. TRADE BEYOND YOUR MERCHANT In an industry first, you’re no longer limited to selling through the merchant your wine is stored with. Any wine in pristine condition, held in bond anywhere across the UK and EU, can be traded on LiveTrade. BUILT FOR CONFIDENCE • Every case guaranteed for perfect condition and provenance • Bordeaux Index acts as counterparty on every trade • Efficient deliveries, bonded transfers and fast settlement • View the marketplace in your choice of major currency NO BARRIERS, NO HIDDEN COSTS No joining fees. No membership fees. No subscription costs. LiveTrade is a multi award-winning fine wine trading platform, hailed as an “addictive game changer” and the “Uber of the fine wine market.” Download LiveTrade and start trading the world’s finest wines today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LiveTrade at Free against Meter Readings's $0.99. LiveTrade also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Meter Readings's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#145 vs unranked). On 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
LiveTrade is free to download; Meter Readings costs $0.99 up front. Meter Readings sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. LiveTrade asks for nothing beyond the download.
Meter Readings ships an update every 2 months, LiveTrade every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Meter Readings | LiveTrade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #145 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Graham Haley | Bordeaux Index |
Bugs and requests
Meter Readings
Reported bugs
2 issues- Prices and measurements displayed incorrectly
- Complicated to use, unless you have a post-graduate degree
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to show power in and power out on same graph for heat pump efficiency
- Add camera support to capture meter readings
- Improve export to Excel functionality
- Add support for cubic feet to kWh conversion for gas meters
- Add ability to view data in landscape mode with longer time frame
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- Add feature to compute utility consumption per unit (e.g. water per rental unit)
- Increase number of digits to support larger meter readings
LiveTrade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meter Readings
- Power User$0.49
- Pro User$4.99
LiveTrade
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Meter Readings free?
Is LiveTrade free?
Do Meter Readings or LiveTrade have ads?
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