Brief Explanation

Almost anyone with a smartphone has experienced bill shock, the unpleasant state of receiving a phone bill with unexpected, and usually incredibly high charges. Monitoring the data, voice, SMS and roaming consumption on a mobile device is challenging. Billy is an Android app that makes bill shock a thing of the past. It was made available for Android Market (now Google Play) in December 2012. It's a mobile innovation that puts smart back into smartphone. Billy monitors SMS, call and data usage in the background. It works with any carrier and any plan, thanks to a robust content management system. When you download Billy, it automatically detects your carrier and provides you with a dropdown list of plan options. Billy also works for the 95% of the Philippine mobile market who use pay-as-you-go or prepaid plans. Part of its menu allows you to customize top-ups (or load). Unexpected data charges can be hard to track. Billy can track both data and time-based charges. If your carrier has promotional rates, Billy can track those too. You can tell Billy when you want to be alerted, for example, specify the alert when you've reached 80% of your plan, or when you only have 5 pesos left in your prepaid load. A notification appears with a barking sound effect. You can check where your phone use is going, call, SMS and data. The headsup display goes from green to red so you also get a visual warning. You can even view your current usage in a format that looks like a printed phone bill. Billy is a free download, because it's ad-supported. Billy. The app that barks so your phone bills don't bite.