Smartload vs ARECall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smartload
This app enables dealers to manage airtime, electricity, and data bundle recharges for major networks. It also facilitates credit transfers between dealers, payment processing for services like Easypay and DSTV, and voucher purchases.
- Airtime and electricity recharge
- Data, SMS, and bundle purchases
- Smartload credit transfers
- Easypay and DSTV payments
- Voucher purchases
- Transaction history tracking
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Smartcall's Smartload app allows Smartload dealers to recharge airtime and prepaid electricity as well as data-, sms-, and combination bundles directly from their iPhone. Recharge functionality is offered across all major networks (Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom, Virgin Mobile, Econet, + Eskom). It also allows dealers to transfer Smartload credit to other dealers, check their Smartload balance and keep track of their transaction history. Additionally dealers can make Easypay and DSTV payments, buy Checkers Food vouchers and VAST wifi vouchers, and several other product options, all from the same app.
ARECall
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*Works with AREC embedded Intercom host device to do one on one video conferencing . *Supports multiple video source sharing, switching, and video playback sharing. *Private Cloud based conference system and password control for privacy and security. *Supports iOS mobile device, easy to setup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smartload at every 3 months against ARECall's every 20 months. ARECall's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smartload ships an update every 3 months, ARECall every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smartload | ARECall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart Phone (Pty) Ltd | SPARK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. |
In-app purchases
Smartload
No in-app purchases
ARECall
No in-app purchases
