Pepco vs Shortless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pepco
Manage your utility account on the go with this application. Easily view and pay bills, report outages, and track restoration status. It offers features for both residential and business customers, allowing for convenient account management and alerts.
- View and pay bills
- Report and check outage status
- View outage map
- Check account balance
- Manage AutoPay and Budget Billing
- Set outage and bill alerts
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Pepco’s free app allows you to easily access your account information on the go. The app makes it simple to manage more than one account at a time and is available to both residential and business customers on your smartphone or tablet. You can report your outage and stay up-to-date on the restoration status from anywhere. Key features include: · Effortlessly view and pay your bill · Report and check outage status · View the outage map · Check balance · View account activity · Manage your AutoPay and Budget Billing settings · Report an outage without signing in · View usage data, bill forecast and trends · Compare your bills · Set alerts for outage status, when your bill is ready, upcoming payment reminders, and more
Shortless
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Less scrolling. Less filler. More of the videos you actually came for. Shortless hides YouTube Shorts in Safari on iPhone and iPad. Slop patrol: an optional AI-powered bouncer that checks video metadata for strong signs of repetitive, low-value content. SHORT VIDEOS, OUT OF THE WAY Hide Shorts across the home feed, search results, channel pages, related videos and the Shorts tab. Hide Playables too, and optionally tidy away community posts. Choose which surfaces to clean up or pause everything with one tap. MEET SLOP PATROL Turn on Patrol to assess visible video titles, channels and description snippets using Jev. Enable Auto-hide to bounce strong low-value matches. Uncertain videos stay visible, and Always show lets you overrule the bouncer. Patrol evaluates metadata, not the video itself. It does not analyze pictures or audio, prove that a video was AI-generated, or hide useful content merely because it involves AI. Assessments can be wrong; you stay in control. SEE WHAT GOT BOUNCED Review recent assessments, inspect the signals behind a decision, and restore a video with Always show. Local performance details show how quickly checks are handled. A LITTLE LESS DOOMSCROLL Keep track of the Shorts you dodge with daily totals, lifetime counts and a streak. A calm, compact home screen keeps the essentials in view on iPhone and iPad. YOUR CHOICE, YOUR DATA Shorts hiding works on-device. Slop patrol is off by default and needs an internet connection when enabled. It sends visible video IDs and metadata to Shortless's hosted service and Jev for assessment. No account, API key or setup token is needed. Recent assessments and Always show overrides stay on your device. While Patrol is enabled, new ratings send the assessment metadata for automatic review to help improve future checks. Ratings do not immediately change filtering. See the privacy policy for caching and provider processing details. GET STARTED Install Shortless, enable the extension in Safari and allow it on youtube.com. The app walks you through setup. Shortless works on the website in Safari, not inside the YouTube app. One purchase. No subscription. No ads in the app. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Shortless is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pepco at Free against Shortless's $0.99. Shortless's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Pepco is free to download; Shortless costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pepco ships an update every 2 months, Shortless every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pepco | Shortless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (21K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | An Exelon Corporation | Alessandro Pogliaghi |
Bugs and requests
Pepco
Reported bugs
3 issues- Networking errors preventing login
- Inability to view or pay bills through the app
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
Requested features
3 requests- Bring back thermostat control feature
- Add biometric login options (e.g., Face ID, fingerprint)
- Improve app stability and reliability
Shortless
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pepco
No in-app purchases
Shortless
No in-app purchases









