Dazzlee Meters vs Meter Reading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dazzlee Meters
Track your daily energy consumption and costs to save money and the environment. Monitor multiple properties and meters, configure custom pricing, and view detailed usage graphs. Supports both consumption and generation meters.
- Track energy usage and costs daily
- Add unlimited properties and meters
- Configure custom price points and tiers
- View detailed usage and cost graphs
- Support for generation meters (e.g., solar panels)
- Bulk reading entry
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Track any meter: gas, electricity, water and more. See what you're really spending, and know your next bill before it arrives. Enter your meter readings whenever suits you, add your tariff, and Dazzlee Meters works out your usage, costs and bills. • Bills – see each bill on your supplier's billing date, with its usage and cost, including the one you're running up now. • Graphs – usage and cost per day across the year, with each bill's average marked, so changes stand out. • Summary – today, this week, this month and this year, with totals, daily averages and costs. • Real tariffs – standing charges and up to 3 price tiers, per day, week, month, quarter or year. • Price changes – add a new price when your supplier changes it, and all your history stays correctly costed. • Any number of properties and meters, in kWh, m³, ft³ and more. • Generation meters – track income from solar panels, we do. • CO₂ – see the CO₂ from your usage, and the CO₂ saved by your solar panels, for each meter and property. • Quick entry – add readings for all your meters from one screen, as often or as rarely as you like. Your data stays on your phone. No account needed. Dazzlee Meters is free with ads. A one-off in-app purchase removes them.
Meter Reading
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Tired of surprise utility bills? Meter Reading is the simple utility tracker for your electric, natural gas and water meters. Scan or type your meter readings, see what your usage costs so far, and know before the utility bill arrives whether you are on track or heading for a higher bill. No spreadsheets, no account, no hassle. SCAN YOUR METER IN SECONDS Point your camera at the meter and the app reads the numbers for you, right on your device. Works with digital displays and number wheels on electric, gas and water meters. Older dial meters? Type or speak the reading instead. YOUR UNITS, YOUR WAY kWh, CCF and gallons are preset for US meters. Therms, cubic feet or anything else you can type in yourself, for every meter. Gas meters in cubic meters can be converted to kWh automatically. KNOW YOUR UTILITY BILL BEFORE IT ARRIVES Enter your rate plan: price per kWh, base charge and monthly payments. The app does the math: costs to date, a forecast for the whole year and the expected credit or balance due. Tiered rates, rate changes and a plan comparison are built in, and a reminder tells you before your contract term ends. DASHBOARD: EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE Every meter gets its own dashboard: current reading, this year's usage with forecast, monthly trend, comparison with last year, a heatmap across all years and automatic insights when your usage looks unusual. Pick the cards you want and put them in your order. SOLAR, NET METERING AND HEAT PUMPS Virtual meters calculate what no single meter shows: how much solar power you use yourself, how much you send back to the grid and how much you buy from your utility. Start from a template (solar with grid export, solar with self-consumption, solar with heat pump) or write your own formula. Enter your export credit rate to see what your solar earns, and the heat pump meter shows your seasonal performance factor. BUILT FOR HOMEOWNERS, RENTERS AND LANDLORDS Manage multiple homes, rental units and properties, assign meters to each one and read all meters of a property in one go. Print a QR code for every meter and open the right one with a scan. Create annual statements and utility cost statements for your tenants as PDF. NEVER MISS A READING Set reminders for each meter: daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly. Add up to four photos, notes and tags to every reading, and mark the readings you have reported to your utility. SEE HOW WEATHER DRIVES YOUR BILL Outdoor temperature, rain and sunshine hours right next to your usage. Find out how much a heat wave or a cold snap really costs you in heating and cooling. IMPORT, EXPORT, BACKUP CSV import and export for readings, rate plans, payments and gas conversions. PDF reports to share. Back up your data to a file, with a reminder. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your readings and rate plans stay on your device. No sign-up, no account, no cloud required. Light and dark mode, for iPhone and iPad, in 30 languages. FREE, NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED Every feature is free. Premium only removes the ads and supports further development. SUPPORTED METERS • Electric meters, including time-of-use (peak/off-peak) and multi-rate meters • Bidirectional net meters for solar, also with multiple rates • Solar production meters and grid export meters • Plug-in energy monitors and prepaid electric meters with balance forecast • Heat pump meters with seasonal performance factor, district heating meters • Natural gas meters, heating oil tanks and pellet heating • Water meters, irrigation and sprinkler submeters (excluded from sewer charges) • Virtual meters with your own formula Whether you own, rent or manage properties: Meter Reading helps you understand your electricity usage and lower your utility bills. Download for free today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Meter Reading at every 2 weeks against Dazzlee Meters's every 3 months. Meter Reading also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Dazzlee Meters sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Meter Reading sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dazzlee Meters ships an update every 3 months, Meter Reading every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dazzlee Meters | Meter Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 254 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darren Keverne | Moritz Karrasch |
In-app purchases
Dazzlee Meters
- Remove Ads$9.99
Meter Reading
- Monthly ad-free subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly ad-free subscription7 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Donation XXS$0.99
- Donation XS$1.99
- Donation S$3.99
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- Donation M$8.99
- Donation L$17.99
- Ad-Free$22.99
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