Prepaid Meter vs Textplug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prepaid Meter
Monitor your energy, water, and fuel usage in real-time. Remotely recharge your prepaid meter without needing to enter tokens directly.
- Real-time consumption monitoring
- Energy, water, and fuel tracking
- Remote prepaid meter recharging
- Tokenless meter top-ups
- Usage analytics
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This application lets you see and monitor your energy, water, and fuel consumptions in real-time, and also helps you to remotely recharge your prepaid meter without any stress of typing tokens into the meter directly.
Textplug
Obtain virtual phone numbers from over 180 countries for app and social media verification. This platform offers a reliable way to get a second number without needing a physical SIM card.
- Virtual second numbers
- 180+ countries supported
- App verification
- Social media verification
- Telecommunications platform
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Textplug is a telecommunications platform that provides virtual second number of over 180+ countries for any app or social media verification.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Textplug at 4.7 against Prepaid Meter's 2.2. Textplug also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Textplug holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Textplug has 1.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 20% and 20% positive.
Prepaid Meter ships an update every 5 weeks, Textplug every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepaid Meter | Textplug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | IOBOTECH LIMITED | TEXTPLUG TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
Customer experience
Prepaid Meter
Textplug
Bugs and requests
Prepaid Meter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Textplug
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not opening
- Purchased services not working as expected
- Verification codes not being delivered
Requested features
3 requests- Provide clear information about services
- Improve reliability of verification codes
- Allow users to easily withdraw their money
In-app purchases
Prepaid Meter
No in-app purchases
Textplug
No in-app purchases
