Comparison

My Energy Connection vs TapItNote

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

Head to head
About

My Energy Connection

Monitor your home's electricity consumption in real-time with a live speedometer. Track usage remotely via a graph and access historical data with cost estimates. Ideal for understanding energy patterns and managing costs, especially for Time of Use customers.

Highlights
  • Live energy speedometer
  • Remote usage graph
  • Historical usage data
  • Cost estimates
  • Time of Use insights
Features
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A Live Look at Usage Follow as your electricity rises and falls on the live energy speedometer. Watch how it changes when major appliances turn on or off. Always Stay Connected Get peace of mind knowing that you can still see your usage while not at home. The energy speedometer is replaced with a graph of readings, updated every 15 minutes. Cost and Usage Data Find your historical usage data and related cost estimates under Usage. BONUS: If you're on Time of Use, you can see your peak period, time frame, and rate. Before downloading, please keep in mind: · You must be an Xcel Energy customer with a smart meter installed. · Your Wi-Fi network credentials will be required to connect your meter. · You’ll need to be connected to Wi-Fi, and your meter must be within network range. Accounts with multiple service addresses are not eligible. See more at https://my.xcelenergy.com/s/billing-payment/energy-insights

About

TapItNote

Features
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TapItNote bridges the physical and digital worlds by turning ordinary NFC stickers into invisible digital sticky notes. Whether you are sharing a guest Wi-Fi password, scanning a web link, or creating a hidden maintenance log on a household appliance, TapItNote lets you interact with real-world objects with a single tap of your iPhone. CORE FEATURES • Share With Anyone: Thanks to iOS App Clips, your friends and guests don't even need TapItNote installed. Anyone can tap your sticker to instantly view your custom note or connect to your Wi-Fi via a lightweight, pop-up Clip. • Hardware Security: Protect your physical stickers from tampering. Lock any tag with a 4-character passcode to prevent unauthorized overwrites. Manage your saved passcodes securely using Face ID / Touch ID, and automatically lock new tags the moment you write them. • The Drafting Studio: Don't just write text—design it. Use the built-in Rich Text Editor to apply bold, italics, underline, custom colors, and monospace fonts before flashing your note to a tag. • Background Scanning: You don't even need to open the app! Simply tap your iPhone to a TapItNote sticker from your home screen, and the app will instantly wake up to display your hidden message. • Universal Frictionless Reading: Read TapItNote custom tags, launch web links directly into Safari, intercept generic Wi-Fi tags to import them into your library, or view the raw text of third-party tags. No camera, no QR codes, and no pairing required. • Pro Sharing: Draft beautiful notes and share them anywhere. Generate high-resolution images of your formatted notes for social media, send digital TapItNote web links via iMessage, or send your notes directly to an AirPrint-compatible printer. • 100% Local & Private: TapItNote was engineered from the ground up to respect your privacy. Your data never leaves your device. Notes are written directly to the physical silicon of the tag. There are no accounts, no cloud servers, and zero tracking analytics. BUILT FOR EVERYONE TapItNote is engineered with complete accessibility in mind. The app features total VoiceOver screen-reader support, Dynamic Type integration that scales text perfectly to your system settings, and mathematically tuned WCAG-compliant color contrast in both Light and Dark Mode. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TapItNote requires standard, blank NTAG215 NFC stickers to write new notes. Not sure what to buy? Use our In-App Hardware Guide to find the exact tags you need and learn how to mount them to any surface.

Screenshots

My Energy Connection4 screens
TapItNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TapItNote at every 3 weeks against My Energy Connection's every 2 months. My Energy Connection's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Energy Connection ships an update every 2 months, TapItNote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Energy Connection versus TapItNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Energy ConnectionTapItNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (83 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXcel Energy Inc.Steven Evans

Bugs and requests

My Energy Connection

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • App throws errors
  • Failure to connect
  • Stuck on 'Meter joining Wi-Fi network' screen
  • Quit working and cannot start again
  • Cannot connect to smart meter
Show 18 more
  • Cannot login
  • Latest update broke real-time functionality
  • Error code 11
  • Error code 60
  • Error code 65
  • Error code 10 or 12 (phone not on same Wi-Fi)
  • Port 8081 closed error
  • App crashes
  • Meter not detecting 2.4 GHz connection
  • App disconnects and reconnects randomly
  • App works for a few hours then unsubscribes user
  • Cannot maintain connection to meter
  • Unpublished bug with ampersand (&) in password or SSID
  • App denies access after initial connection
  • Endlessly says 'gathering data' for historical data
  • App doesn't search for networks, requires manual entry
  • Meter has to connect to personal network instead of guest network
  • App doesn't work on 5G networks

Requested features

11 requests
  • Allow connection to 5GHz networks
  • Improve compatibility with combined 2.4/5GHz networks
  • Allow selection of property for multi-property accounts
  • Improve app stability and reliability
  • Fix real-time data functionality
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  • Develop a better way to connect without sharing WiFi credentials
  • Store relevant device name/IP info for faster reconnect
  • Remove same WiFi network requirement for real-time use
  • Ensure app works on tablets (iPads)
  • Fix issues with special characters (&) in passwords/SSIDs
  • Support for multiple meters (solar generation)

TapItNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My Energy Connection

No in-app purchases

None

TapItNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Energy Connection free?
My Energy Connection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TapItNote free?
TapItNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Energy Connection or TapItNote have ads?
Neither My Energy Connection nor TapItNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Energy Connection or TapItNote?
My Energy Connection ships an update every 2 months, and TapItNote every 3 weeks. Most recently, My Energy Connection was updated on November 12, 2026 and TapItNote on November 9, 2026.

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