Australia · Long-Expiry Prepaid · July 2026

Mobile 365-Day Long-Expiry Phone Plans

Every 365-day (and near-365-day) prepaid SIM plan available in Australia — including four that rarely show up on comparison sites, like Telstra's and Optus's own direct plans — cross-checked against independent, publicly posted buyer ratings.

Click any column header to sort; each provider links to its homepage and the specific plan page.

15 providers · 28 plan tiers · ratings pulled live, not from provider marketing

Best real rating
Kogan · 3.9★
3,148 reviews — the one clear outlier
Cheapest Data
Lycamobile · $0.53/GB
Large tier, 900GB/yr for $480
Best rollover
Amaysim · Unlimited
No cap on data banking, Optus network
Highest total data
Lycamobile · 900GB
Same Large tier — also the cheapest $/GB here

The full breakdown

Sortable — click a column header (or press Enter when focused) to reorder, click again to reverse.

Figures are full-year totals, not monthly: "Total data" is what you actually get across the whole 365 days, and "$/GB" is priced off the ongoing recharge, not the cheaper year-one rate.

Kogan Mobileview plan Vodafone Small 144GB $179.90 flat $1.25 no rollover — 30-day blocks
PR3.9★ 3,148TP1.7★ 131Best-rated of the group. Complaints cluster on cancellation/portal friction, not day-to-day service.
Kogan Mobileview plan Vodafone Medium 204GB $159 → $190 $0.93 no rollover — 30-day blocks
Kogan Mobileview plan Vodafone Large 300GB $240 flat $0.80 no rollover — 30-day blocks
Kogan Mobileview plan Vodafone Extra Large 504GB $300 flat $0.60 no rollover — 30-day blocks
Amaysimview plan Optus 200GB plan 204GB $270 flat $1.32 unlimited
PR2.9★ 3,514TP1.6★ 180Second-best rated. Unlimited data banking is the standout; activation/support are the weak points.
Amaysimview plan Optus 240GB plan 240GB $199 → $320 $1.33 unlimited
Everyday Mobileview plan Telstra Long-expiry 365d ~300GB $320 flat $1.07 500GB — forfeited if you downgrade plans
PR2.1★ 1,328TP0★ 0Formerly Woolworths Mobile. Activation delays reported up to ~2 months; support is chat-only.
Lycamobileview plan Vodafone Medium 360GB $150 → $240 $0.67 500GB
PR2.2★ 1,683TP0★ 0Best $/GB of any provider here. Support hold times reported near an hour; refund follow-up is patchy.
Lycamobileview plan Vodafone Large 900GB $220 → $480 $0.53 500GB
TeleChoiceview plan Telstra $269 plan 216GB $269 flat $1.25 200GB
PR2.2★ 71TP1.4★ 192Vendor's own widget shows 4.8★/1,406 — a curated score, not comparable to ProductReview's open sample.
Boost Mobileview plan Telstra $300 Long Expiry 300GB $300 flat $1.00 no rollover on long-expiry
PR1.9★ 1,683TP1.6★ 100Full Telstra network is praised; activation flow and billing/support access are the recurring failure points.
Boost Mobileview plan Telstra $365 Long Expiry 365GB $365 flat $1.00 no rollover on long-expiry
ALDI Mobileview plan Telstra 5G Long Life 300GB $289 flat $0.96 unlimited if renewed within 24h of expiry
PR1.9★ 2,298TP2.0★ 76Telstra coverage is the draw; the offshore call centre is the #1 complaint by a wide margin.
Lebara Mobileview plan Vodafone $200 SIM 180GB $200 flat $1.11 500GB
PR1.9★ 772TP1.5★ 74Activation failures and fast-draining data are the top complaints, plus long 1300-line waits.
Lebara Mobileview plan Vodafone $250 SIM 264GB $179 → $250 $0.95 500GB
Lebara Mobileview plan Vodafone $300 SIM 420GB $300 flat $0.71 500GB
OnePass Mobileview plan Optus 200GB plan 200GB $200 flat $1.00 no rollover (confirmed)
PR1.7★ 372TP0★ 0Weakest signal-quality complaints of any provider here; support described as ending chats when issues are raised.
OnePass Mobileview plan Optus 280GB plan 280GB $250 flat $0.89 no rollover (confirmed)
Coles Mobileview plan Optus $220 plan 180GB $220 flat $1.22 500GB
PR1.7★ 403TP0★ 0Activation delays up to ~2 weeks reported repeatedly; runs on a reduced-priority slice of the Optus network.
Coles Mobileview plan Optus $240 plan 240GB $240 flat $1.00 500GB
Coles Mobileview plan Optus $280 plan 312GB $280 flat $0.90 500GB
Vodafone (direct)view plan Vodafone Prepaid Plus SIM 204GB $179 → $250 $1.23 300GB
PR1.5★ 3,505TP1.5★ 993Billing errors, cancellation difficulty, and network black-spots dominate the reviews.
Telstra (direct)view plan Telstra Long Life Plus 6mo 160GB $180 flat $1.13 no rollover (confirmed by CIS)
PR1.4★ 3,391TP1.4★ 2,863Worse-rated than every Telstra-network MVNO here. Same towers, worse reviews, worse $/GB.
Telstra (direct)view plan Telstra Long Life Plus 12mo 330GB $395 flat $1.20 no rollover (confirmed by CIS)
Optus (direct)view plan Optus 365-Day Prepaid SIM 260GB $220 → $320 $1.23 200GB
PR1.3★ 5,258TP1.2★ 2,516Lowest-rated provider found in this entire search, direct or MVNO. Drops to 180GB from year 4 on early recharge.

Two the ratings can't actually judge

Priced competitively, but the review data on both is too thin or too vendor-controlled to trust — left out of the sortable table above, worth a personal spot-check before a year-long commitment.

Telsim — 180 & 365 day

$220 / 125GB / 180 days ($1.76/GB) · $330 / 260GB / 365 days ($1.27/GB) · Telstra Wholesale

No meaningful independent ProductReview volume. Telsim's own site shows a vendor-hosted 4.8★ (4,837 reviews) — treat that the same way as TeleChoice's widget score, not as an open rating. It does, however, hold a genuine (not vendor-embedded) Trustpilot score of 4.3★ from 127 reviews — the only provider in this whole search with a real positive rating on an independent platform, though still a much smaller sample than the major players. Reports point to strong Telstra coverage and smooth airport-kiosk setup, but friction with online ID verification for self-service activation.

Konec Mobile — 365 day

$259 / 264GB / 365 days ($0.98/GB), 500GB data banking · Telstra

Only 2 ProductReview.com.au reviews exist, and no dedicated Trustpilot listing turned up either — not enough sample to mean anything either way. Not flagged in TIO/ACMA complaint data, which is a mildly positive signal, but this is a plan to research fresh closer to purchase.

If you're choosing today

Fewest expected headaches

Kogan Mobile is the only provider here with both real review volume and a rating people would call good. Runs on Vodafone's network — check coverage at your specific address first. Its "no rollover" data structure (30-day blocks even on the 365-day plan) is the one catch worth knowing before you buy.

Best network, weak support

Boost or ALDI Mobile if you want the full Telstra network under a cheap long-expiry SIM. Both sit around 1.9★, but the complaints are almost entirely about the sign-up call and billing portal, not coverage once the SIM is working.

Best $/GB by far

Lycamobile Large at $0.53/GB ongoing (900GB/year for $480) is the cheapest data on this whole list, on a lower 2.2★ rating driven mostly by slow refunds and long hold times.

Skip entirely

Going direct to Telstra or Optus buys you nothing. Their own long-expiry plans (1.4★ and 1.3★, the two worst in this whole search) cost more per GB than the MVNOs riding their exact same towers. Vodafone's direct plan (1.5★) has the same problem versus Lebara and Lycamobile.