Comparison

Prepaid Meter vs Dumsor

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

Head to head
About

Prepaid Meter

Monitor your energy, water, and fuel usage in real-time. Remotely recharge your prepaid meter without needing to enter tokens directly.

Highlights
  • Real-time consumption monitoring
  • Energy, water, and fuel tracking
  • Remote prepaid meter recharging
  • Tokenless meter top-ups
  • Usage analytics
Features
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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.

About

Dumsor

Features
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Know when the lights are going out, before they do. Dumsor maps the official ECG load-shedding schedule to your group, alerts you before every cut, and shows live reports from your neighbours. Built for the people who feel dumsor every day. THE TIMETABLE, WITH TEETH The official ECG load-shedding schedule is published — but reading it is a job. We do that job for you. Pick your area once, we match it to your group (A, B, C, D, E…) and your region. From that moment on, every scheduled cut is on a live countdown. No more scrolling PDFs. • Live countdown to your next cut — days, hours, minutes • Today's total dark hours, at a glance • Endurance card — a 7-day visual of how hard your area is being hit • Block alerts: 30 minutes before, when it starts, when light returns • Reboot-safe — scheduled alerts survive a device restart LIVE AREA PULSE Schedules slip. Surprise maintenance cuts happen. When your neighbours start reporting outages off-schedule, you'll know in real time. • See how many people in your zone are in the dark right now • Push notifications when your area lights up with reports • One-tap reports — red when power dies, green when it's back • Personal report timeline, last 30 days BUILT FOR GHANA This was made here. The voice is Ghanaian — Pidgin sprinkles, dark humour, "you in the dark" energy. The UI defaults to Dum mode (dark theme) — AMOLED-friendly, easy on the eyes during long outages — and flips to Sor (light) with a tap. Areas are tuned for Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi, Tema, and beyond. INDEPENDENT We are not affiliated with the Government of Ghana, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), the Volta River Authority (VRA), the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), or any utility, ministry, or political party. This is a civic-tech tool built by Ghanaians for Ghanaians. Track. Predict. Prepare. Built in Accra by The Playmakers.

Screenshots

Prepaid Meter4 screens
Dumsor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dumsor at 13.0 against Prepaid Meter's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Prepaid Meter ships an update monthly, Dumsor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Prepaid Meter versus Dumsor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrepaid MeterDumsor
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB57 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIOBOTECH LIMITEDFritz Quaye

In-app purchases

None

Prepaid Meter

No in-app purchases

None

Dumsor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prepaid Meter free?
Prepaid Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dumsor free?
Dumsor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prepaid Meter or Dumsor have ads?
Neither Prepaid Meter nor Dumsor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prepaid Meter or Dumsor?
Prepaid Meter ships an update monthly, and Dumsor every 2 weeks. Most recently, Prepaid Meter was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dumsor on November 5, 2026.

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