Comparison

GoPb vs PowerSmartApp

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

Head to head
About

GoPb

This application consolidates various government services into a single platform for citizens. It simplifies access with a unified login, allowing users to manage multiple government applications and services through one account. The app offers both transactional and informational services categorized by department.

Highlights
  • Consolidated government apps
  • Single username and password
  • Integration with existing government apps
  • Transactional services
  • Informational services
  • Departmental service segregation
Features
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Go Punjab (Government of Punjab) Application aggregates all citizen-centric apps into one umbrella mobile application. It allows citizens to register with their CNIC & a verifiable mobile number. Citizens only have ‘One Username & Password to Remember’. Go Punjab App integrates the existing users of other govt. apps & citizens will not have to register themselves again. Go Punjab App eventually would be a single platform to integrate new citizen-centric services as the digitisation drive moves forward. This app provides both ‘transactional’ and ‘information’ services. The information services icons are marked with ‘i’ clarity. The App provides segregation of services based on the department and well as the categories offered.

About

PowerSmartApp

Monitor your energy consumption across multiple meters in Pakistan. Track daily and monthly usage, stay informed about load shedding schedules, and receive alerts for exceeding consumption thresholds. Manage electricity bills and automate power sector service requests.

Highlights
  • Monitor energy consumption for multiple meters
  • View daily and monthly load, voltage, and current profiles
  • Get updates on scheduled and planned load shedding
  • Set consumption thresholds and receive alerts
  • View monthly electricity bills and payment status
  • Automate power sector service requests
Features
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Power Smart, a mobile application that is serving the power consumers of Pakistan by providing salient features to monitor energy consumption for multiple meters that a user can associate with his profile in the app. This includes daily, monthly profiles for load, voltage and current, keeps the consumers updated about their daily load shedding both scheduled and planned. The smart energy advisor is an intelligent service within app with which consumers can set a threshold for their consumption and get notified about it at various stages during consumption. The application also depicts the monthly electricity actual bill along with its status i.e. paid or unpaid for the associated reference numbers. The application is also assisting in the automation of different services provided by the power sector including new connection, change of attributes, due date extension, meter change request, meter reading correction, opt for smart meter and many others. The application enables users to initiate the above-mentioned request for their associated meters. Being integrated with the system it keeps the consumer update about the processes by sending push notifications.

Screenshots

GoPb4 screens
PowerSmartApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PowerSmartApp at fortnightly against GoPb's every 5 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PowerSmartApp holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of GoPb's written reviews are positive against 10% of PowerSmartApp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoPb ships an update every 5 weeks, PowerSmartApp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 21, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GoPb versus PowerSmartApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoPbPowerSmartApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (7 ratings)1.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews — better10.3% of reviews
Number of ratings713 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPITBPOWER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

GoPb

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

PowerSmartApp

All ratings13 ratings
Positive15.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive10.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative86.2%

In-app purchases

None

GoPb

No in-app purchases

None

PowerSmartApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoPb free?
GoPb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PowerSmartApp free?
PowerSmartApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GoPb or PowerSmartApp?
PowerSmartApp is rated higher. GoPb averages 1.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while PowerSmartApp averages 1.8 from 13 ratings.
Do GoPb or PowerSmartApp have ads?
Neither GoPb nor PowerSmartApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoPb or PowerSmartApp?
GoPb ships an update every 5 weeks, and PowerSmartApp fortnightly. Most recently, GoPb was updated on August 21, 2026 and PowerSmartApp on July 19, 2026.

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