Shafter Mobile vs SunStrong Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shafter Mobile
Report civic issues like public safety or environmental concerns using your smartphone. This platform allows for quick and intuitive reporting with photo evidence to facilitate prompt resolution.
- Real-time civic engagement
- Identify and report public safety issues
- Report quality of life concerns
- Report environmental issues
- Smartphone reporting
- Photo evidence integration
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Shafter Mobile is a real time mobile civic engagement platform. Shafter Mobile provides a free, simple, and intuitive platform empowering people to identify civic issues (public safety, quality of life, & environmental issues) with your smartphone and report for quick resolution. A picture tells a thousand words and Shafter Mobile makes it a snap. Download it today!!
SunStrong Connect
Monitor and control your home solar power system with this app. View solar production, home consumption, and battery power flows. Manage battery settings and receive system alerts for informed energy decisions.
- Monitor solar production
- Track home consumption
- View battery power flows
- Control battery settings
- Receive system alerts
- View historical performance
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mySunPower is now SunStrong Connect! SunStrong Connect™ offers convenient information about and control over your home solar power system. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your solar and battery storage solutions, SunStrong Connect puts the power to monitor system performance and control battery settings in the palm of your hand. Features include: • Views of solar production, home consumption, and battery power flows. • Historical system performance, including energy consumption data for homes equipped with energy consumption meters. • SunVault™ Storage controls to change battery settings and view battery status. • Live weather data and system alerts to inform energy decisions. Copyright © 2025 SunStrong Management. All rights reserved. An official SunStrong Connect app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SunStrong Connect at 4.4 against Shafter Mobile's 3.7. SunStrong Connect also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). Shafter Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SunStrong Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SunStrong Connect has 15K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Shafter Mobile's written reviews are positive against 12% of SunStrong Connect's.
Shafter Mobile ships an update every 8 months, SunStrong Connect every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shafter Mobile | SunStrong Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.4 (15K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 11.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Shafter | SunStrong Management |
Customer experience
Shafter Mobile
SunStrong Connect
Bugs and requests
Shafter Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SunStrong Connect
Reported bugs
3 issues- App displaying incorrect power flow information
- Historical data disappearing or not updating
- Connectivity issues causing data loss
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view individual panel performance
- Integration with home energy consumption data
- Customizable data views and comparison tools
- Improved notification and alert system
In-app purchases
Shafter Mobile
No in-app purchases
SunStrong Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Shafter Mobile free?
Is SunStrong Connect free?
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