WattSaver for Octopus Energy
UK Agile prices, usage & bills
Free · In-App Purchases
New: free electricity sessions priced at £0 in prices, scheduling and widgets, plus Weekend Happy Hour credits in Usage. Fixes the newest Intelligent Octopus Go tariffs.
For Octopus Energy customers in the UK. Find the cheapest half-hours to run your dishwasher, washing machine or EV charger, priced on your actual tariff.
Free to use, and you don't need an Octopus account to start. Pick a device, set how long it runs, and WattSaver scans every half-hour slot to show the best start time and what it will cost. Put the free price widget on your home screen to see the current unit rate at a glance.
Works with Octopus import and export tariffs, including Agile, Tracker, Flexible, Cosy and Intelligent Octopus Go.
FREE
- Find the cheapest time to run any appliance
- Today's and tomorrow's half-hour prices
- Home screen widgets showing the current unit rate and today's prices
- Scheduling constraints: earliest start, latest finish, delayed start and finish-by times
- One saved device template
- iPhone, iPad and Mac
WATTSAVER PRO
A single one-time purchase. No subscription.
- Connect your Octopus account and detect your tariffs automatically
- Smart meter electricity and gas usage by day, week, month or year
- Live demand and same-day usage with an Octopus Home Mini
- Compare one period against another — usage, cost, export profit and net value, using the tariffs active at the time
- See what that usage would have cost on a different tariff — Agile, Tracker, Flexible or any other product in your region
- Compare import and export rates
- 30-day price history with colour-coded highs and lows
- Intelligent Octopus Go smart charging slots, with alerts when Octopus adds bonus cheap slots
- Free electricity sessions priced at £0, and Weekend Happy Hour credits shown alongside your usage
- Notifications when new Agile and Tracker rates are published
- Unlimited device templates
- Live usage widgets and a Mac menu bar readout
- Apple Watch app
HOME ASSISTANT, SOLAR AND BATTERY (PRO)
If you run Home Assistant, WattSaver Pro connects to it and shows live grid, home, solar and battery power, plus battery charge, in its Live views and widgets.
If you use Predbat, WattSaver Pro imports your Predbat plan and uses it alongside Octopus prices — showing charge, discharge and solar windows on your charts, and letting scheduling prefer battery charging, excess solar or peak solar periods.
WattSaver does not measure your home directly: live readings come from the Home Assistant sensors you choose, and Predbat data is read from the plan URL you provide.
WattSaver is an independent app and is not affiliated with Octopus Energy, Home Assistant or Predbat.
more WattSaver 8.2
- Fixed "Not connected" and missing import prices on the newest Intelligent Octopus Go tariffs: Octopus no longer publishes their unit rates publicly, so WattSaver now reads the off-peak schedule straight from your account
- Free electricity sessions: the hours Octopus gives away free are priced at £0 in your prices, schedule, widgets and recent costs
- Weekend Happy Hour and Free Electricity Reward credits now appear in Usage, with the amount Octopus credited for each period
Also in this release:
- Compare Tariffs screen: pick a period and any tariff available in your region, and see what you actually paid next to what that same usage would have cost on Agile, Tracker, Flexible or anything else
- The price widget is free: put the current Octopus unit rate and today's prices on your home screen without WattSaver Pro
- Buy WattSaver Pro directly on your Apple Watch
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, applied to your prices and recent costs and refreshed as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a bonus smart charging slot outside your fixed overnight window
- View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas and overall net cost, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals and deltas
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
8.2 10 Sept
WattSaver 8.1
- New Compare Tariffs screen: pick a period and any tariff available in your region, and see what you actually paid next to what that same usage would have cost on Agile, Tracker, Flexible or anything else
- The price widget is now free: put the current Octopus unit rate and today's prices on your home screen without WattSaver Pro
- You can now buy WattSaver Pro directly on your Apple Watch, instead of having to reach for your iPhone
- Fixed choosing Flexible Octopus — and other variable tariffs like Co-op and Loyal Penguin — failing with "Could not complete at the moment"
Also in this release:
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, applied to your prices and recent costs and refreshed as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a bonus smart charging slot outside your fixed overnight window
- View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas and overall net cost, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals and deltas
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
- Usage is much faster on long ranges: year views load and scroll smoothly
8.1 8 Aug
WattSaver 8.0
- New Compare Tariffs screen: pick a period and any tariff available in your region, and see what you actually paid next to what that same usage would have cost on Agile, Tracker, Flexible or anything else
- The price widget is now free: put the current Octopus unit rate and today's prices on your home screen without WattSaver Pro
- You can now buy WattSaver Pro directly on your Apple Watch, instead of having to reach for your iPhone
- Fixed choosing Flexible Octopus — and other variable tariffs like Co-op and Loyal Penguin — failing with "Could not complete at the moment"
Also in this release:
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, applied to your prices and recent costs and refreshed as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a bonus smart charging slot outside your fixed overnight window
- View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas and overall net cost, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals and deltas
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
- Usage is much faster on long ranges: year views load and scroll smoothly
8.0 27 Jul
WattSaver 7.4
- Fixed a spurious "Home Mini update issue" warning: Octopus changed their API, and WattSaver now speaks the new format
- Gas usage falls back to a reliable estimate while Octopus's exact-usage service is unavailable, instead of reporting an error
- Home Mini data now recovers within a minute of a brief connection drop, instead of pausing for up to 15 minutes
- Fixed your saved tariff, device templates and Predbat settings occasionally being cleared by iCloud sync
Also in this release:
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, applied to your prices and recent costs and refreshed as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a bonus smart charging slot outside your fixed overnight window
- View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas and overall net cost, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals and deltas
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
- Usage is much faster on long ranges: year views load and scroll smoothly
7.4 14 Jul
WattSaver 7.3
- Intelligent Octopus Go alerts now only notify you about bonus smart charging slots outside your fixed overnight window, instead of the same cheap window every night
Also in this release:
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views now reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, not just the fixed overnight window
- These smart-charge slots are applied to your prices and recent costs, and refresh automatically as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a smart charging slot, so you know when extra cheap power is on the way (turn on Intelligent Go alerts in Settings)
- New View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Tidied up the price buttons so you only see the tariffs you don't already have
- New Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas, net electricity and overall net cost
- Quickly compare against the previous period or the same period last year, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals, deltas and daily averages
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
- Small widget rebuilt for readability with larger Live, Import, Export and Gas tiles, plus battery state and solar in the header
- Usage is much faster on long ranges: year views load and scroll smoothly, and date pickers stay responsive
- Fixed missing costs on in-progress week, month and year views
- Fixed long-range export totals by using Octopus meter readings across the full period
- Fixed missing gas costs when meter readings skip days
- Fixed a crash when the app was backgrounded during a long data load
- Improved handling for tariff changes, Home Assistant refreshes and standing charges
7.3 28 Jun
WattSaver 7.2
- Fixed a layout glitch where the left edge of some rows could be clipped off-screen on certain device and window sizes
Also in this release:
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views now reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, not just the fixed overnight window
- These smart-charge slots are applied to your prices and recent costs, and refresh automatically as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a smart charging slot, so you know when extra cheap power is on the way (turn on Intelligent Go alerts in Settings)
- New View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Tidied up the price buttons so you only see the tariffs you don't already have
- New Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas, net electricity and overall net cost
- Quickly compare against the previous period or the same period last year, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals, deltas and daily averages
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
- Small widget rebuilt for readability with larger Live, Import, Export and Gas tiles, plus battery state and solar in the header
- Usage is much faster on long ranges: year views load and scroll smoothly, and date pickers stay responsive
- Fixed missing costs on in-progress week, month and year views
- Fixed long-range export totals by using Octopus meter readings across the full period
- Fixed missing gas costs when meter readings skip days
- Fixed a crash when the app was backgrounded during a long data load
- Improved handling for tariff changes, Home Assistant refreshes and standing charges
7.2 25 Jun
WattSaver 7.1 — Intelligent Octopus Go smart slots and Agile Export rates.
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views now reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, not just the fixed overnight window
- These smart-charge slots are applied to your prices and recent costs, and refresh automatically as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a smart charging slot, so you know when extra cheap power is on the way (turn on Intelligent Go alerts in Settings)
- New View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Tidied up the price buttons so you only see the tariffs you don't already have
Also in this release:
- New Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas, net electricity and overall net cost
- Quickly compare against the previous period or the same period last year, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals, deltas and daily averages
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
- Small widget rebuilt for readability with larger Live, Import, Export and Gas tiles, plus battery state and solar in the header
- Usage is much faster on long ranges: year views load and scroll smoothly, and date pickers stay responsive
- Fixed missing costs on in-progress week, month and year views
- Fixed long-range export totals by using Octopus meter readings across the full period
- Fixed missing gas costs when meter readings skip days
- Fixed a crash when the app was backgrounded during a long data load
- Improved handling for tariff changes, Home Assistant refreshes and standing charges
7.1 18 Jun
WattSaver 7.0 — Compare usage, smarter widgets and a faster Usage view.
- New Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas, net electricity and overall net cost
- Quickly compare against the previous period or the same period last year, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals, deltas and daily averages
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
- Small widget rebuilt for readability with larger Live, Import, Export and Gas tiles, plus battery state and solar in the header
- Usage is much faster on long ranges: year views load and scroll smoothly, and date pickers stay responsive
- Fixed missing costs on in-progress week, month and year views
- Fixed long-range export totals by using Octopus meter readings across the full period
- Fixed missing gas costs when meter readings skip days
- Fixed a crash when the app was backgrounded during a long data load
- Improved handling for tariff changes, Home Assistant refreshes and standing charges
7.0 14 Jun
WattSaver 6.0 — Live energy, Home Assistant and usage history.
- New Live tab: watch your grid, battery, home and solar in real time, with battery state of charge and a clear charging or discharging indicator
- Home Assistant integration: pull live grid, battery, home, solar and SOC values from your HA setup. Per-sensor sign-flip toggles cover inverters with inverted conventions
- Today widget redesigned: a wide Live tile (Grid, Battery, Home, Solar, SOC) sits alongside Import, Export, Gas and Solar tiles. New larger size on iPad
- Predbat plan view: every slot displayed with import and export rate, state, battery SOC, an optional car-charging marker and Predbat's own running cost total — matching the Predbat web table exactly
- iCloud sync of Octopus credentials, Home Assistant URL and token, and your sensor mappings across all your devices
- Connect your Octopus account (Pro) to view smart meter usage by day, week, month, or year
- Daily views break out into half-hour slots; week and month views show daily totals; year view shows monthly totals
- Switch between Wh and cost using the import tariff that was active at the time
- Export data is shown too where available, including export profit and total value
- Standing charge can be included in cost totals using the standing charge active at the time
- Usage data is cached locally and can be refreshed with pull-to-refresh
- Today and yesterday can use Octopus Mini data where available
- Improved handling for tariff changes, missing data, DST boundaries and partial smart meter data
6.0 4 Jun
WattSaver 5.0 adds smarter scheduling and deeper Octopus Energy support.
New in this release:
- Connect your Octopus account to keep your tariff details up to date automatically
- View export prices when your account includes an export tariff
- New Predbat integration for Pro users, with scheduling options for battery charging, excess solar and
peak solar
- Intelligent Octopus Go support, including smart dispatch charging windows
- Optional rate release notifications for Agile and Tracker tariffs
- Improved price charts with solar and battery information where available
- Better price loading, retry handling and scheduling reliability
- Improved solar, battery and background refresh behaviour
This release also includes bug fixes, performance improvements and general polish throughout the app.
5.0 13 May
WattSaver 4.0 — Home Screen widget!
- New: Home Screen widget showing your current electricity price at a glance (small, medium, and large sizes)
- New: Pro Feature: Notification of new rates!
- Widget shows upcoming half-hour slots with colour-coded bars so you can spot cheap and expensive periods instantly
- Widget background tints green on cheap days and red on expensive days, based on your 30-day price history
- Today's and tomorrow's average price shown on the widget, colour-coded by how they compare to your historical average
- Tap the widget to jump straight to the price view in the app
- New: "Jump to Now" button in the price history — scroll through past days, then tap to snap back to the current time
- Price history now opens at the current time automatically
- Pro feature: widget requires WattSaver Pro
4.0 21 Apr
WattSaver 3.1 — Home Screen widget!
- New: Home Screen widget showing your current electricity price at a glance (small, medium, and large sizes)
- Widget shows upcoming half-hour slots with colour-coded bars so you can spot cheap and expensive periods instantly
- Widget background tints green on cheap days and red on expensive days, based on your 30-day price history
- Today's and tomorrow's average price shown on the widget, colour-coded by how they compare to your historical average
- Tap the widget to jump straight to the price view in the app
- New: "Jump to Now" button in the price history — scroll through past days, then tap to snap back to the current time
- Price history now opens at the current time automatically
- Pro feature: widget requires WattSaver Pro
3.2 15 Apr
WattSaver 3.1 — Home Screen widget!
- New: Home Screen widget showing your current electricity price at a glance (small, medium, and large sizes)
- Widget shows upcoming half-hour slots with colour-coded bars so you can spot cheap and expensive periods instantly
- Today's average price shown on the widget, coloured green or red based on how it compares to the past 30 days
- Tap the widget to jump straight to the price view in the app
- New: "Jump to Now" button in the price history — scroll through past days, then tap to snap back to the current time
- Price history now opens at the current time automatically
- Pro feature: widget requires WattSaver Pro
3.1 13 Apr
WattSaver 3.0 — now free to download!
- Free tier: find the cheapest time to run your devices, instantly
- WattSaver Pro (one-time purchase): advanced scheduling, 30-day price history, unlimited saved devices, and Apple Watch support
- Already a WattSaver customer? You're automatically upgraded to Pro. Enjoy!
3.0 18 Mar
- Make the prices graph stepped for greater visibility
- Fixes a bug with octopus go
- Fixes an issue with account access (still optional)
Also in this release:
- Name and save your devices to easily recall them for scheduling when to run them.
- Granular device duration: Don't want to deal with half hours? Schedule how long your device takes to run down to the minute
- Minor bugfixes
If you like this release please leave us a review - this can make a huge difference to us. Thank you.
2.1 10/02/2025
- Name and save your devices to easily recall them for scheduling when to run them.
- Granular device duration: Don't want to deal with half hours? Schedule how long your device takes to run down to the minute
- Minor bugfixes
If you like this release please leave us a review - this can make a huge difference to us. Thank you.
2.0 02/01/2025
- Add a price view. See historical and future prices with clarity of that's cheap, expensive, free or better!
- Views more easily and automatically refresh with new prices
If you find this app useful please don't forget to leave us a review in the app store. Thank you!
1.1 27/11/2024
WattSaver 8.2
- Fixed "Not connected" and missing import prices on the newest Intelligent Octopus Go tariffs: Octopus no longer publishes their unit rates publicly, so WattSaver now reads the off-peak schedule straight from your account
- Free electricity sessions: the hours Octopus gives away free are priced at £0 in your prices, schedule, widgets and recent costs
- Weekend Happy Hour and Free Electricity Reward credits now appear in Usage, with the amount Octopus credited for each period
Also in this release:
- Compare Tariffs screen: pick a period and any tariff available in your region, and see what you actually paid next to what that same usage would have cost on Agile, Tracker, Flexible or anything else
- The price widget is free: put the current Octopus unit rate and today's prices on your home screen without WattSaver Pro
- Buy WattSaver Pro directly on your Apple Watch
- Intelligent Octopus Go: price and usage views reveal the bonus cheap slots Octopus schedules for your charging, applied to your prices and recent costs and refreshed as Octopus re-plans them
- Get notified when Octopus schedules a bonus smart charging slot outside your fixed overnight window
- View Agile Export Rates screen, with the colour scale flipped so the best-paid export slots stand out
- Compare screen: compare one period with another, including import, export, gas and overall net cost, with matched date ranges, aligned charts, totals and deltas
- Redesigned widgets with cleaner tiles, a clearer Live view, and current electricity and gas unit prices alongside your live readings
more Version 8.2 10 Sept
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