Afore Solar vs HQLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Afore Solar
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The free Afore Solar app for the easy viewing PV Data. It is simple and user friendly now available for your smartphone. To use the app for your plant, please register your information on Afore Solar portal web, it supports an iPhone to view it,Afore Solar users can monitor your system more easily than ever. It provides rich graphics and the power output,generated energy and yield of the systems. No matter what size your plant might have:Afore Solar will give detailed information. You may browse public Plant if you don’t have the Afore Solar account.
HQLink
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PV inverter monitoring APP to monitor PV plant and PV inverter meter/parameters, provide local/remote setting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Afore Solar at every 2 months against HQLink's every 4 months. On price, ads, 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.
Afore Solar ships an update every 2 months, HQLink every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Afore Solar | HQLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Suzhou Jiale Information Technology Co., Ltd. | HQSOL Srl |
In-app purchases
Afore Solar
No in-app purchases
HQLink
No in-app purchases
