Powertime vs Potatso
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Powertime
Easily purchase prepaid electricity and airtime, and pay municipal bills with a single click. Access your purchase history, view usage graphs, and find energy-saving tips. This app is exclusively for South African meters and networks.
- Prepaid electricity purchase
- Airtime purchase
- Municipal bill payment
- Purchase history
- Usage graphs
- Energy saving tips
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Buy Prepaid Electricity, airtime and Pay your bills in 1 click, 24/7, from anywhere. Features: Buy Prepaid Electricity and Airtime Pay municipal bills Purchase History Usage graphs Energy saving tips Only supports South African meters. Supported areas/networks are listed on https://powertime.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201877307-What-are-the-supported-areas-for-prepaid-electricity-vending- Please send your comments and suggestions to support@powertime.co.za.
Potatso
This powerful network tool enhances your mobile experience by creating a clean network environment. It supports various proxy protocols and offers smart routing rules to optimize data usage and speed, making it suitable for both new and experienced users.
- Supports Shadowsocks, ShadowsocksR, Socks, HTTP(s) proxy
- Seamless background operation
- Works on cellular data and Wi-Fi
- Custom DNS support
- Smart routing rules for Chinese users
- QR code, URI, and manual input for proxies
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Potatso is a powerful network tool designed to create a clean network environment and enhance your mobile experience, friendly for both beginners and professional users. Potatso now supports Shadowsocks, ShadowsocksR, Socks, HTTP(s) proxy protocols. You can use proxies you've set up yourself or purchased from any service provider. Providing you with a Shadowrocket-like network experience. The built-in smart routing rules effectively help Chinese users reduce server data consumption and speed up access to domestic websites. === Features === - Custom proxy supports Shadowsocks (SS), ShadowsocksR (SSR), Socks, HTTP(s) (supports QR code, URI, manual input) - Runs quietly in the background without interruption, bringing you a truly seamless experience - Supports both mobile cellular data and Wi-Fi - Supports custom DNS - Built-in smart routing rules for Chinese users === Privacy === We respect your privacy and will not upload or share your private data with any third parties === Terms === By using the app, you agree to the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ === Feedback === Please send email to hi@potatso.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Powertime at 5.0 against Potatso's 4.4. Powertime also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Potatso's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 6). On price and device support 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. Potatso sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per year. Powertime asks for nothing beyond the download.
Powertime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Potatso has 6.1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Powertime's written reviews are positive against 58% of Potatso's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Powertime ships an update every 3 months, Potatso fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Powertime | Potatso |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.4 (6.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.8% of reviews | 57.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Powertime | Potatso Lab LTD |
Customer experience
Powertime
Potatso
Bugs and requests
Powertime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Potatso
Reported bugs
3 issues- Subscription links not working
- Smart routing mode causing issues
- Frequent disconnections on cellular network
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for V2Ray protocol
- Implement a 'delete all proxies' feature
- Introduce a speed/latency test option
- Provide macOS version
In-app purchases
Powertime
No in-app purchases
Potatso
- Pro - Ad-Free Experience$5.991 Year
