DEWA vs Dubai REST
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DEWA
This app offers an interactive digital platform with innovative services and features designed to enhance the experience for consumers, builders, suppliers, and students. It aims to create sustainable value for all users.
- Interactive digital platform
- Innovative services
- Elevated digital experience
- Sustainable value creation
- Designed for multiple user types
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DEWA Smart App provides a unique interactive platform offering an elevated digital experience, powered by integrated bundles of innovative services and features, delicately designed to exceed the expectations of consumers, builders, suppliers, and students. The App creates an added sustainable value for all stakeholders.
Dubai REST
Manage your Dubai properties with ease. This app offers a secure real estate wallet for owners and landlords to handle leases, track property values, rental yields, and service fees. Tenants can also benefit from streamlined property management.
- Property management
- Real estate wallet
- Lease registration and renewal
- Property value tracking
- Rental yield monitoring
- Service fee management
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Own it. Rent it. Manage it—effortlessly. Experience Dubai REST like never before! Our newly redesigned app comes with a modern theme, seamless navigation, and faster performance, making property management easier and smarter for property owners, landlords, and tenants. The app lets you manage properties effortlessly through a secure real estate wallet. Stay informed with real-time property values, rental yields, and service fees, while handling leases—from registration and renewal to cancellation—with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DEWA at 4.6 against Dubai REST's 2.0. DEWA also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 7%) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 64). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DEWA holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEWA has 6.1K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of DEWA's written reviews are positive against 7% of Dubai REST's.
DEWA ships an update every 6 weeks, Dubai REST every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DEWA | Dubai REST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.1K ratings) — better | 2.0 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.0% of reviews — better | 7.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dubai Electricity & Water Authority | Dubai Land Department |
Customer experience
DEWA
Dubai REST
Bugs and requests
DEWA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Unreliable login and password recovery
- Inconsistent data and consumption tracking
- Compatibility issues with international payment methods
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to update personal and payment details
- Improved payment process
- Ability to easily add multiple accounts
- Access to monthly statements
Dubai REST
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DEWA
No in-app purchases
Dubai REST
No in-app purchases
