Comparison

Bidirectional vs Billy

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

Head to head
About

Bidirectional

Optimize your electric vehicle charging to save money and reduce your carbon footprint. This app intelligently schedules charging during off-peak hours and can even discharge your EV to power your home or support the grid, potentially earning you money.

Highlights
  • Schedule charging during cheapest energy rates
  • Discharge EV to power home
  • Reduce CO2 emissions
  • Earn money from utility
  • Set departure times and battery targets
  • Track savings and environmental impact
Features
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Bidirectional app lets you manage your bidirectional EV charging to: SAVE MONEY - Automatically schedules your EV charging to occur during the cheapest energy rates - Optionally offset home electricity usage by discharging your EV - See how much you save each week, month, and year REDUCE EMISSIONS - Tangibly reduce CO2 emissions by charging during renewable hours - Power your home using your EV instead of the grid when the grid is powered by coal and natural gas - See your environmental impact each week, month, and year MAKE MONEY - In extreme circumstances (~40-60 hours per year), optionally discharge your EV battery to prevent grid blackouts - Earn money from your utility for supporting the grid READY WHEN YOU NEED IT - Set desired battery target and departure time for both one time trips and daily/weekly schedules - Your car is ready and charged whenever you need it

About

Billy

Effortlessly divide expenses with this tool. Scan receipts or manually input items, then assign them to individuals. It calculates each person's share of costs, including tax and tip, providing clear, transparent breakdowns.

Highlights
  • Scan receipt photos
  • Manually enter line items
  • Assign items to individuals
  • Calculate tax and tip share
  • Generate per-person totals
  • Create shareable PDF breakdowns
Features
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Billy makes it super easy to split bills fairly by generating individualized breakdowns of what each person ordered or shared and is responsible for. Simply scan a photo of your receipt or manually enter each line item as well as any tax and tip. Next, assign each item to the person who ordered it or the people who shared it. Billy will then generate individualized breakdowns for each person showing exactly which items they’re responsible for, their share of tax and tip, and their individual total. Billy can even generate a PDF of the entire per-person breakdown that can be easily shared, making it easy to communicate who owes what with full transparency. With Billy, payback’s a breeze.

Screenshots

Bidirectional4 screens
Billy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Bidirectional at 3 against Billy's 1. Bidirectional also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bidirectional against 5.0 for Billy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bidirectional ships an update monthly, Billy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bidirectional versus Billy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBidirectionalBilly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBidirectional Energy, Inc.Jonathan Sahoo

Customer experience

Bidirectional

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Billy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bidirectional

No in-app purchases

None

Billy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bidirectional free?
Bidirectional is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Billy free?
Billy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bidirectional or Billy?
Bidirectional and Billy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Bidirectional or Billy have ads?
Neither Bidirectional nor Billy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bidirectional or Billy?
Bidirectional ships an update monthly, and Billy every 6 weeks. Most recently, Bidirectional was updated on September 17, 2026 and Billy on September 8, 2026.

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