AlphaESS vs Carshare Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlphaESS
Monitor and optimize your home energy system 24/7. Gain a comprehensive real-time view of your PV generation, energy consumption, and battery status. Set preferences for energy independence and cost savings.
- 24/7 energy monitoring
- Real-time PV generation view
- Energy consumption tracking
- Battery energy status
- Customizable energy optimization settings
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This APP is a free platform allowing you to monitor and optimize your energy 24/7, once you own an AlphaESS system. It provides you with a comprehensive view of your energy ecosystem. It enables you to see in real-time the amount of your PV generation, your energy consumption, your battery energy and to set your preferences to optimize for energy independence and saving money.
Carshare Admin
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Fleet management to manage driver's request for company vehicles to travel from point A to B or for dispatching documents. Admin can manage booking as approve/reject and assign driver for booking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Carshare Admin at 12.0 against AlphaESS's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
AlphaESS ships an update weekly, Carshare Admin every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlphaESS | Carshare Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alpha ESS Co., Ltd. | Covexis Pte Ltd |
Bugs and requests
AlphaESS
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on startup or during use
- Login failures and account access issues
- Data fails to load, showing zeros or errors
- 'Something went wrong' error messages
- App loses connection and goes offline randomly
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- Widget displays blank or no data
- Feed-in settings not saving properly
- Settings revert to defaults after saving
- Hotspot connection drops repeatedly
- Graphs display incorrectly with missing navigation buttons
- Home screen fails to refresh automatically
- Bluetooth permission requests on every app open
- NMI field character limit too restrictive
- Statistics and profit calculations inaccurate
- Device connection errors despite valid credentials
- App freezes on overlay screens
- Time zone displays incorrectly
- Minute-level time settings revert to hourly
- Data corruption in export/statistics
- Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
Requested features
17 requests- Half-hour charging/discharging time increments (critical for UK tariffs)
- Third charging period for optimized tariff structures
- Dark mode option
- Landscape/portrait orientation toggle for tablets
- iOS widget with current state of charge and generation data
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- Apple Watch app integration
- Battery time remaining estimation
- Ability to reset statistics
- Notifications for system events and alerts
- Improved widget functionality with larger fonts
- Adjustable font sizes throughout app
- Multi-language support (French, German, Italian, etc.)
- Export data functionality
- Zoom functionality for graphs
- Ability to view multiple battery systems simultaneously
- Manual refresh/pull-to-refresh capability
- Fixed decimal place formatting for consistency
Carshare Admin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AlphaESS
No in-app purchases
Carshare Admin
No in-app purchases
