Online recharge and utilities bill payment platform Freecharge has launched a beta Android app called Juice which tracks talktime and data balance and supports operators like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, Reliance GSM and Aircel, reports NextBigWhat. It does not currently support Xiaomi and Micromax devices. The app tracks voice and data usage along with displaying recharge plans. It does so by reading the user’s call and SMS logs (not the body of the SMS), and the popups sent by operators informing users about deductions. The company says that balance check and deductions are available only for the primary SIM card on dual SIM phones. Like the Mubble app mentioned below, Juice needs accessibility to be set to on from a user’s settings, which allows it to receive notifications when a user is interacting with the app, and inspect the content of the window they’re interacting with. After this, it asks the user to run the USSD automatically to retrieve the talktime and data balance. On its home screen, it displays the number of minutes, MBs of data and SMS count, with a detailed breakdown of how much time and data usage happened on that day. It also displays recent data and talktime reductions, with a button for “Show recommended plans” based on its analysis. Clicking on this displays voice, data and rate cutter plans. Clicking on either of the plans will take the user to the Freecharge app to recharge accordingly. Competition: Mubble and Bro - Last month, Infosys co-founder…
