SMTEN vs TSUN Smart
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)
TSUN Smart
Monitor your solar power plants and devices from your mobile. Track real-time and historical generation data, calculate yield, and visualize individual panel performance with a custom layout.
- Manage multiple solar plants
- Add and configure devices
- View real-time generation data
- Review historical generation data
- Calculate solar yield
- Build solar panel layouts
- Monitor individual panel performance
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TSUN Smart is a solar plant mornitoring application used by endusers or installers for TSUN products. You are able to manage different plants, add devices, configure the devices in batch, review real-time and historic generation data as well calculate your yield on your mobile phone. In addition, you are able to build a layout of your solar panels and mornitor the perfomance of each panel individually.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TSUN Smart at 5.0 against SMTEN's 4.0. TSUN Smart also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (18% vs 10%). SMTEN's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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.
TSUN Smart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of SMTEN's written reviews are positive against 18% of TSUN Smart's.
SMTEN ships an update every 5 months, TSUN Smart every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMTEN | TSUN Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 18.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Growatt New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd | TSUNESS Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
SMTEN
TSUN Smart
Bugs and requests
SMTEN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TSUN Smart
Reported bugs
15 issues- Server connection failures preventing data display
- Missing daily energy data in monthly summaries
- Incorrect total energy calculations
- Data frozen or not updating in real-time
- App crashes or fails to load
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- Verification code not sent during registration
- Inverter configuration mode issues
- Smart Meter integration causing system type changes
- Synchronization problems with multiple micro-inverters
- Daily counter resets losing historical data
- Inconsistent power readings between panels on same roof
- Connection drops between 12-13 hours daily
- Data not recorded after app updates
- Inverter shows offline despite active production
- Micro-inverter pairing failures
Requested features
12 requests- Display daily peak power values consistently
- Real-time data updates on demand (pull-to-refresh)
- Export data in CSV format
- Show maximum inverter capacity information
- Email and push notifications for alerts
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- Ability to adjust power limits directly in app
- Display current firmware version
- Monthly and yearly energy generation summaries
- Larger chart labels and improved layout
- Support for 5GHz WiFi networks
- Improved German language translation
- Better error messages and user guidance
In-app purchases
SMTEN
No in-app purchases
TSUN Smart
No in-app purchases
