SolarAssistant vs ViewPower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SolarAssistant
This app connects to solar inverters via Bluetooth or WiFi for maintenance. It allows real-time monitoring of alarms, configuration parameters, and device health history. Quickly locate faults and enhance operational efficiency.
- Bluetooth/WiFi inverter connection
- Real-time alarm monitoring
- Configuration parameter access
- Log downloading
- Fault location and management
- Device health history query
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Solar Assistant is a mobile application software to communicate to inverter via Bluetooth or WiFi for query alarms, configuration parameters, log downloading routine maintenance functions, are lightweight proximal maintenance platform. Support iOS7.1 or later. Monitor in real time: easy to operate alarm browsing, fault management, operation and maintenance to enhance user productivity. Flexible data in real time query mechanism to facilitate customer inquiries device health history. Get fast fault location, ease of maintenance personnel to quickly locate the fault, timely response measures.
ViewPower
Monitor device status, configure settings, and receive important notifications. Record historical device data for review. This utility app helps manage device operations effectively.
- Display device status
- Configure device settings
- Receive warning/alarm notifications
- Record device data history
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Here are the application uses: 1. Display device status during normal operation. 2. Configure device setting after installation. 3. Notify user when a warning or alarm happened. 4. Allow user record device data history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SolarAssistant at every 11 days against ViewPower's every 11 months. SolarAssistant also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for SolarAssistant against 1.0 for ViewPower. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
SolarAssistant ships an update every 11 days, ViewPower every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SolarAssistant | ViewPower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 易事特集团股份有限公司 | 祥梯 孟 |
Customer experience
SolarAssistant
ViewPower
In-app purchases
SolarAssistant
No in-app purchases
ViewPower
No in-app purchases
