A meter-reading app that tells you, in euros, if you'll owe money or get it back
MeterLog logs your electricity, gas, water, heat and PV feed-in meters and projects your year-end balance against your tariff and Abschlag — adjusted for the season, so one cold January gas reading doesn't overstate your whole year.
Free to start · €4.99 once to unlock everything · no subscription, no account.
What you get
- · A real euro figure in your first session — "+€84 back" or "−€212 to pay"
- · Consumption per day, month and year for every meter
- · Photo reading — snap the display, MeterLog reads the digits on your device
- · Meter exchange and rollover handled correctly, so history never shows a nonsense negative
- · Reading reminders, CSV export and iCloud sync that is tested before every release
How MeterLog compares
| MeterLog | EHW+ | Energy Tracker | EnergyControl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, €4.99 one-time | Free + €1.99/mo or €9.99/yr subscription, or up to ~€24 in stacked one-time add-ons (PV feed-in is a separate €3.99) | Free + stacked one-time add-ons (~€11+ to remove limits) | Free + €4.99 one-time Premium |
| Subscription required | No | Optional, but offered | No | No |
| Account required | No | Not stated on listing | Not stated on listing | Not stated on listing |
| On-device photo reading | Yes | Not offered, per reviewer reports | Not stated on listing | Not stated on listing |
| iCloud sync | Yes — checked on two devices before every release | Not stated on listing | Reviewers report sync broken as the developer stopped maintaining the app (1★, 2025-10) | Reviewers report sync failing even on the paid Premium tier (3★, 2025-02) |
Frequently asked questions
- Is MeterLog really free?
- Yes. One meter of any kind, manual entry, month/year consumption and the full tariff/Abschlag year-end euro projection are free forever. Unlocking every meter kind, photo reading, day view, reminders, CSV export and iCloud sync is a single one-time €4.99 purchase — never a subscription.
- Do I need to create an account?
- No. There is no sign-up, login or account anywhere in the app. Everything is stored on your device; iCloud sync, if you enable it, uses your own private iCloud account.
- How accurate is the year-end euro projection?
- It's seasonality-weighted, not a flat guess — a cold-month gas reading is deseasonalised before being projected over the year. Every figure is labelled with its basis and switches from an estimate to your own measured rate once two readings span 14 days.
- Does iCloud sync actually work?
- Yes. Broken sync, even on paid tiers, is the most common complaint about competing apps, so MeterLog checks sync across two signed-in devices before every release, not just once at launch.
- Which meters does MeterLog support?
- All five household kinds — electricity, gas, water, heat and PV feed-in — included in the one unlock, with no separate charge for PV feed-in.
Wie erkenne ich vor der Jahresabrechnung, ob eine Nachzahlung droht? (Artikel, Deutsch)