DEWA vs StartX
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.
StartX
Connect with investors, find advisors, and facilitate business exits. This platform allows startups to showcase ideas and existing businesses to scale or transition.
- Showcase startup ideas
- Attract investors
- Scale existing businesses
- Facilitate business exits
- Connect with advisors
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The marketplace to load your ideas to attract investors as a startup, scale an existing business or to facilitate a business exit with advisors around to assist you if needed before you go live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StartX at 100% against DEWA's 48%. StartX also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). DEWA's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEWA has 6.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of DEWA's written reviews are positive against 100% of StartX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DEWA ships an update every 6 weeks, StartX weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DEWA | StartX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.1K ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.1K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dubai Electricity & Water Authority | LiquidChain Finance LLC |
Customer experience
DEWA
StartX
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
StartX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DEWA
No in-app purchases
StartX
No in-app purchases
