SMTEN vs WiseSolar Plus
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)
WiseSolar Plus
This app facilitates data communication with photovoltaic inverters in a WiFi environment. It categorizes PV inverter data through monitoring, alarm, history, and setting modules, catering to manufacturers, users, and operation/maintenance roles.
- PV inverter data communication
- WiFi environment connectivity
- User role management
- Monitoring module
- Alarm module
- History module
- Setting module
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The app is mainly connected to photovoltaic inverter for data communication in WiFi environment. Therefore, only password is available during login. Considering the reasons of the equipment, see the attached screen recording document for the detailed structure of the app. 1. User roles are mainly divided into manufacturers, users and operation and maintenance 2. App mainly classifies the data communication of PV inverter through four modules of "monitoring", "alarm", "history" and "setting" 3. The communication environment is the established photovoltaic inverter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WiseSolar Plus at 5.0 against SMTEN's 4.0. WiseSolar Plus also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 10%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). SMTEN's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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.
WiseSolar Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of SMTEN's written reviews are positive against 33% of WiseSolar Plus's.
SMTEN ships an update every 5 months, WiseSolar Plus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMTEN | WiseSolar Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 33.3% 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 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 288 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Growatt New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd | Kehua Data Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
SMTEN
WiseSolar Plus
In-app purchases
SMTEN
No in-app purchases
WiseSolar Plus
No in-app purchases
