Lyca Mobile review

Billing on Lyca Mobile runs on prepaid terms, so the line runs on top-ups rather than a contracted monthly instalment. There is no minimum term to serve before you can move, which suits light or occasional use. Listings on the site sit on 82.3%, while contract billing covers 73.9% of network listings, which is where a fixed rate would come from.

No minimum term applies here, because billing is prepaid rather than a contract. You can top up, use the allowance and stop without serving out a term. Listings with a single month contract term account for 78% of the plans on the site, while longer terms cover 29.5% and 39.1%.

Yes, sim only tariffs are available, so the plan covers the line and the handset stays yours. Billing on those plans remains prepaid, so nothing about bringing your own device changes the payment style. That suits anyone upgrading who wants to keep a current phone rather than fund a new one through the tariff.

eSIM is available on the range, so a new line can be set up on a compatible handset without a physical card. That is handy for a phone you already own, or for a second number for someone else in the household. The line is still billed on prepaid terms, so the activation route does not change how you pay.

5G is available, so a current handset is not limited to an older network generation. Taken with sim only tariffs and eSIM, that covers what most people check first when they want a line kept separate from their handset. Billing stays on prepaid terms whichever of these you pick, and the same structure applies to the plan itself.

GETESA bills on prepaid and contract terms and yesss! on contract, rolling and prepaid, while Lonestar Cell MTN bills on contract and prepaid. Each of them covers payment styles beyond the prepaid structure used here, so the comparison comes down to whether you want a contract, a rolling cycle or a plain top-up before you commit.

Entry prices on this range are the recurring top-up, because billing is prepaid, so the figure you start on is the figure you keep paying rather than a rate that later steps up. There is no separate renewal price to weigh. For context, the median entry price across listings on the site is €9.30, with the lower quartile at €4.36.

Prepaid accounts for 100% of the prepaid phone plan listings, and the median entry price in that group is €6.02. Lyca Mobile's sim only, eSIM and 5G options sit inside that group, so a like for like check means comparing against listings on the same billing style.