SMTEN vs CSI Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMTEN
Monitor your photovoltaic plant's performance remotely. Access real-time data on energy yield, income, and system status from anywhere. Requires registration with the SMTEN PV Data Center.
- Remote monitoring of photovoltaic plants
- Access energy yield data
- Track income generation
- View system status
- Wireless data access
- Requires SMTEN PV Data Center registration
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A client software for monitoring the photovoltaic plant; it can collect the plant running info from SMTEN PV Data Center, such as energy yield, income and system status, which can be remotely and wirelessly accessed by the user. At present it supports plant which is registered in SMTEN PV Data Center(server.smten.com)
CSI Cloud
Monitor your Canadian Solar plant's performance remotely. Access real-time and historical data on energy production, revenue, and device status. Stay informed about your solar assets from anywhere.
- Real-time data access
- Historical data analysis
- Production energy tracking
- Revenue monitoring
- Device status checks
- Remote network access
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This is the software of client part for surveillance system for Canadian Solar plants, which enables obtain running parameters (production energy, production revenue, device status and etc,) from Canadian Solar Data Center. Furthermore, customers can check real-time data and historical data via remote network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMTEN at 4.0 against CSI Cloud's 1.5. CSI Cloud's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (14% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SMTEN holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of SMTEN's written reviews are positive against 14% of CSI Cloud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SMTEN ships an update every 5 months, CSI Cloud every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMTEN | CSI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Growatt New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd | Canadian Solar Inc. |
Customer experience
SMTEN
CSI Cloud
In-app purchases
SMTEN
No in-app purchases
CSI Cloud
No in-app purchases
