Best Load-shedding Mobile Apps
- sebastienlacour
- Apr 22, 2015
- 2 min read
Powertime has made a selection of the best mobile apps to use for load-shedding. We'll never let you in the dark! So have a look at our selection, share it to your friends and family, and make load-shedding less painful.
#1. Loadshedding
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Available on
iOS, Android >
Supported areas:
Eskom direct customers, Johannesburg (City Power) , Cape Town (City of Cape Town), City of Ekurhuleni, Pretoria (City of Tshwane), Nelson Mandela Bay municipality and Durban (eThekwini).
> What you can do with the App:
Access load shedding schedules for multiple suburbs or areas
Get push notification when load shedding will take place and when the load shedding stage changes.
> What we like:
Auto refresh load shedding schedules for selecte
d suburbs.
#2. Loadshed
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Available on
iOS, Android >
Supported areas:
Eskom direct customers, Cape Town (City of Cape Town), Stellenbosch, Knysna, Johannesburg (City Power), Pretoria (City of Tshwane), Durban (eThekwini), and more areas are being added everyday.
> What you can do with the App:
Access load shedding schedules for multiple suburbs or areas
Get push notification when load shedding will take place and when the load shedding stage changes.
Real-time monitoring of important sources for load shedding updates.
Add multiple suburbs to your watchlist.
> What we like:
100% user friendly design
Lightning fast and easy to use
Covers over 85% of South Africa, with more suburbs being added everyday.
Coming Soon:
Create an account to use the app across multiple devices,
Personalised notifications to keep you up to date on your home screen.
#3. Gridwatch
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Available on
Android >
Supported areas:
126 municipalities.
> What you can do with the App:
Search and save load shedding schedules from across South Africa
Customise your app for all your important areas: home, work, school, gym and more!
Browse advance schedules for the coming week so you can plan your lives around possible outages.
Sign up for alerts for each schedule and receive notifications in advance as to when load shedding will affect you next.
Report outages and errors in load shedding schedules to News24 directly.
> What we like:
Customise your app for all your important areas: home, work, school, gym and more!
Auto refresh load shedding schedules for selected suburbs.
It’s quite simple yet efficient and it has everything you need to know to make loadshedding a bit less painful
You get notification if there is loadshedding scheduled for the day, when loadshedding has started and a 30 minute notification before your area is due to be hit.
#4. Load shed
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Available on
Android
> What you can do with the App:
Find out instantly when load shedding is going to happen and where.
Use the apps early warning notification system to provide you with up date information on load shedding within your area or on your grid.
Up to date load shedding schedule.
LIVE WARNINGS "Report Power On" or "Report Power Off" Generated via other users of the app.
> What we like:
LIVE WARNINGS "Report Power On" or "Report Power Off" Generated via other users of the app!
Red or Green grid indicator light for confirmed outages or restoration of power.
Location based for easy use.
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