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.

I've only had the device and app for a week, but so far they do everything I expected. Both the device and app were easy to set up. My meter box is 50m from the house, so I sometimes have to go outside for the signal to connect, but that is a Bluetooth issue, not a Powerpal issue. I have seen odd power spikes on some nights so it is useful for alerting you to anomalies. I just need to track down what is being extravagant with power at 4am when the household is asleep!

Great! I had this installed in my old property but I've since moved and this place is smaller. It's quicker to connect. I'd like for it to memorise the strength, usage and pattern of devices and appliances so that we're able to label things for better control. It wouldn't be able to specifically watch an item whilst inuse, though it'll allow you to see if it's on. I'm not happy that my data's being sold for this but it's a little late. With Optus, Latitude etc

What’s new

Just tightening things up: better performance, fewer bugs.