Comparison

GridCarbon vs Tower Visit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GridCarbon

Monitor the real-time carbon intensity of the UK electricity grid. Understand how electricity generation sources change and identify times when using power is more environmentally friendly. Reduce your carbon footprint by shifting energy consumption to periods of lower grid emissions.

Highlights
  • Real-time carbon intensity updates
  • Traffic light indicator for intensity levels
  • Generation mix summary
  • 24-hour carbon intensity plot
  • Interactive generation mix chart
Features
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Track the carbon intensity of the GB electricity grid on your iPhone or iPad Demand for electricity varies throughout the day, and thus, the mix of generators supplying this electricity continually changes. As a result, the carbon intensity of the electricity – the quantity of CO2 produced for 1 kWh of electricity consumed – also varies continually. Deferring your use of electricity to off-peak times, when the carbon intensity is low, can help reduce your carbon footprint. Features: - Data updated every 5 minutes. - Display of instantaneous carbon intensity (gCO2/kWh). - Traffic light indicator to highlight period of low and high carbon intensity. - Generation mix summary showing total and percentage supply by type. - Line plot showing carbon intensity over the previous 24 hours. - Interactive bar chart showing the generation mix over the previous 24 hours.

About

Tower Visit

This app provides a comprehensive, searchable directory of church bell ringing towers from Dove's Guide. Users can log visits, attach contacts, and map tower locations with driving directions. It offers iCloud support and import functionality from older versions.

Highlights
  • Searchable tower directory
  • Attach contacts to towers
  • Log tower visits (weddings, peals)
  • Map tower locations
  • Driving directions to towers
  • iCloud support
  • Import from old Dove's Guide app
Features
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Tower visit includes all the towers in the Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers (http://dove.cccbr.org.uk) in an easy-to-use app. Features include: Listing of all towers, searchable by country, town, county or practice night. Can attach contacts to towers. Logging of all tower visits for general ringing, weddings, peals and quarter peals. Mapping of towers, near user location or any other place, and you can get driving directions to a tower. iCloud support, with ability to import from the old Dove's Guide app.

Screenshots

GridCarbon3 screens
Tower Visit4 screens

Verdict

The call

GridCarbon and Tower Visit are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GridCarbon ships an update every 4 months, Tower Visit every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GridCarbon versus Tower Visit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridCarbonTower Visit
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex RogersJeremy Knowles

Customer experience

GridCarbon

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral10.8%
Negative13.5%

Tower Visit

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

GridCarbon

No in-app purchases

None

Tower Visit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GridCarbon free?
GridCarbon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tower Visit free?
Tower Visit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GridCarbon or Tower Visit have ads?
Neither GridCarbon nor Tower Visit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GridCarbon or Tower Visit?
GridCarbon ships an update every 4 months, and Tower Visit every 5 months. Most recently, GridCarbon was updated on June 8, 2026 and Tower Visit on June 1, 2026.

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