Comparison

Pepco vs Shortless

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Shortless

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Pepco4 screens
Shortless4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pepco is free to download; Shortless costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pepco versus Shortless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPepcoShortless
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (21K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings21K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAn Exelon CorporationAlessandro 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

None

Pepco

No in-app purchases

None

Shortless

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pepco free?
Pepco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shortless free?
Shortless costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pepco or Shortless have ads?
Neither Pepco nor Shortless shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pepco or Shortless?
Pepco ships an update every 2 months, and Shortless every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pepco was updated on October 27, 2026 and Shortless on October 18, 2026.

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