Comparison

payCity vs Simon Plug&Drive

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

Head to head
About

payCity

Manage traffic fines, renew vehicle licenses, and pay municipal bills. Purchase prepaid electricity, water, and gas conveniently and securely. The system offers simple navigation for easy account management.

Highlights
  • View and pay traffic fines
  • Renew vehicle licenses online
  • Settle municipal accounts
  • Purchase prepaid utilities
  • Secure card and EFT payments
Features
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Introducing our new and improved payCity app. payCity is an easy-to-use online system that allows you to view and pay for your outstanding traffic fines, renew your vehicle licence online, settle your municipal accounts and purchase prepaid utilities. Features: • View and pay your traffic fines, warrants of arrests and summons for selected municipalities. • Renew your vehicle licence online. • View and pay your municipal bills. • Make prepaid purchases for electricity, water and gas. Simple and safe payments via Mastercard, Visa, Credit- and debit cards as well as Ozow EFT. We have simplified our app for easy and convenient navigation and would like to hear what you think of it. Download the app and let us know what you think of the new functionality and design.

About

Simon Plug&Drive

Features
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Take control of your electric vehicle charging point with Simon Plug&Drive. Easily manage your Simon charger and optimise energy consumption. Simon Plug&Drive will always be there on your smartphone when you need it so that your vehicle is always ready.   Connect and configure your charger: - Identify, activate and control your charging point using Bluetooth. - Save money by scheduling the hours with the most economical electricity rates in your calendar. - Modulates and defines the contracted power. - Charge your vehicle using the solar energy generated by your photovoltaic panels. - Locks the device so that only you can use it. Download the App and start enjoying the Simon Plug&Drive experience. For any questions: sat@simon.es

Screenshots

payCity4 screens
Simon Plug&Drive4 screens

Verdict

The call

payCity and Simon Plug&Drive are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
payCity versus Simon Plug&Drive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpayCitySimon Plug&Drive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (75 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSyntellSimon

In-app purchases

None

payCity

No in-app purchases

None

Simon Plug&Drive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is payCity free?
payCity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simon Plug&Drive free?
Simon Plug&Drive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do payCity or Simon Plug&Drive have ads?
Neither payCity nor Simon Plug&Drive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, payCity or Simon Plug&Drive?
payCity ships an update every 2 months, and Simon Plug&Drive every 2 months. Most recently, payCity was updated on November 1, 2026 and Simon Plug&Drive on November 3, 2026.

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