Free for South Africans

Know exactly where your electricity money goes

Paste your bank confirmation SMS and instantly see your spend, units, cost per kWh, and daily usage. No manual data entry. No meter readings.

Works with: FNB, Nedbank, Capitec, ABSA, Standard Bank

FNB Stellenbosch Muni. Elec
Amt: R348.79. Vat Amt: R52.32.
Units: 122.9kWh. Service Fee: R111.79
Spend
R348.79
Units
122.9
R/kWh
R2.84

Three steps. Thirty seconds.

01

Buy electricity

Purchase prepaid electricity through your bank app, USSD, or any vendor. You'll get a confirmation SMS or notification.

02

Paste the message

Copy the bank notification and paste it into ElecTracker. We automatically extract the amount, units, VAT, and service fee.

03

See your usage

Instantly see your spend trends, daily consumption rate, cost per kWh, and total usage over time with charts and stats.

Everything you need to track electricity

Auto-Parse Bank Messages

Paste any SA bank electricity confirmation and we extract every detail automatically. No typing.

Daily Usage Tracking

See how many kWh you use per day between purchases. Know your actual consumption rate.

Spend Analytics

Track total spend, average cost per kWh, VAT paid, and spend trends with interactive charts.

Multi-Bank Support

Works with FNB, Nedbank, Capitec, ABSA, and Standard Bank notification formats.

Cloud Synced

Your data is stored securely in the cloud. Access your history from any device, anytime.

Cost Per kWh Tracking

See exactly what you're paying per unit and how it changes over time across different purchases.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which South African banks are supported?

ElecTracker works with SMS notifications and statements from all major SA banks, including FNB, Standard Bank, Absa, Nedbank, Capitec, Bank Zero, Investec, and TymeBank. It also reads municipal prepaid vouchers, till receipts, and online purchase confirmations from retailers like Clicks.

How can I see how much units of electricity I am buying from the Standard Bank app?

The units are already in the confirmation message. Standard Bank writes them after a U, for example Amt: R250.00 U: 63.40kWh, which means R250.00 bought 63.40 kilowatt-hours. Paste that message into ElecTracker and it records the amount, the units and the cost per kWh, and keeps the history so you can see the rate change. More on buying electricity online and reading your units.

Is my data stored anywhere?

Your purchases are saved to your own account in Cloud Firestore, so your history is waiting when you sign in on another device. Security rules scope every record to your user ID, so no other user can read it.

Is ElecTracker free?

Yes, completely free. No ads and no premium tier. You do need a free account, using email or Google sign-in, so your history syncs across your devices.

How is the R/kWh cost calculated?

ElecTracker divides the electricity amount (excluding service fees and VAT where applicable) by the number of units purchased to give you the true cost per kilowatt-hour.

Can I track electricity for multiple meters?

Yes. ElecTracker identifies purchases by meter number, so you can paste SMS messages from different meters and view each one separately.

How do I add a purchase manually?

If you do not have the original SMS, you can add a purchase manually by entering the date, amount, units, and meter number directly.

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Buy electricity online and see how many units you got

What is inside the confirmation message from Standard Bank, FNB, Capitec, Nedbank and Absa, where the units are hiding, and why the same rand amount buys fewer units some months.

Your token and meter numbers are safe. Electricity tokens are cryptographically tied to your specific meter and cannot be used on any other meter. We only store this data to show your purchase history. You're welcome to remove token and meter numbers from the message before pasting if you prefer.