Powerpal

Powerpal Pty Ltd

About this app

Wouldn’t it be great to know how much it costs to run your air conditioning? Or the heater? Or the lights the kids are constantly leaving on upstairs?

With Powerpal you can see how your energy use changes when you turn on and off your home appliances, so you can take control of how you want to use energy in your home.

The Powerpal app reveals your power usage in real-time and keeps track of your history, helping you to make better decisions about the way you use energy.

With Powerpal you can set a monthly spend target and see how you’re tracking in real time.
You’ll receive alerts to tell you if you’re on target, and get some tips to get back on track if you’re not.

By combining Powerpal with a time of use tariff you could access cheaper energy during off-peak times.
Simple changes like running your dishwasher after 10pm can add up to big savings on your bill.

For information about how to order your Powerpal in Australia visit https://www.powerpal.net

Ratings and reviews

Works ok overall most of the time but is behind the times a bit, for example, the rise of electric vehicles has the energy providers offering ev plan rates at certain times e.g. 12am to 6am at 8c per kw. This app doesn't provide that as an option when adding tariff costings so the cost data is incorrect. Add that option in and it's 5 stars from me.

app works well mostly I have been using this app both on Apple and Android for a number of years. whilst the app is good there are a few things I would like to see for example being able to compare usage to same day last year and seeing trends over time. I also think it'd be good if the app could show people the comparison between the price they are paying with their current provider as per the settings as well as if they were with Amber. happy to share some thoughts directly with developer

Update for v2.1.2: ok, shows the current day days again, good, but Android 'exit' button no longer works, have to use switch and close to get rid of it - or to get b/t to try connection again! This app seriously needs a simple 'retry Bluetooth connection' button. I'm so sick of killing the app and restarting it just to get it to retry connection to Bluetooth again...

What’s new

Just tightening things up: better performance, fewer bugs.