Comparison

Power for Tesla vs SolarDashboard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Power for Tesla

Access detailed battery status, charging history, and heater information for your Tesla. It provides insights beyond the official Tesla app, utilizing secure authentication.

Highlights
  • Battery percentage, range, and energy estimates
  • Heater information
  • Current and past charging sessions
  • Charging rate with Supercharging details
  • Unit selection (km/miles)
  • Secure Tesla Fleet API authentication
Features
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Check your Tesla Model S, 3, X, Y battery information This app gives you additional info that the original Tesla App won't *Battery percentage, range and estimated energy *heater information *Current and past charging sessions *Charging rate with Supercharging information The app will choose km or miles and typical or rated based on your car settings Estimated energy does not show correct estimations for the original (non software limited) 60 and 70kWh batteries and does not take into account degradation The authentication is via Tesla's own authentication page using thew new Fleet API. Tesla Power will not see neither store your credentials. An authentication token is stored using Apple's iOS secure Keychain.

About

SolarDashboard

Monitor your solar system's live performance, forecast future energy production, and optimize energy usage. Automatically charge EVs, heat water, and power smart home devices with your own green energy.

Highlights
  • Live solar production and consumption monitoring
  • Daily and weekly solar production forecasts
  • Automatic EV charging with solar surplus
  • Smart home device control with solar power
  • Hot water heating optimization
  • Detailed energy insights and savings reports
  • Apple Watch complications and widgets
Features
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Your solar system on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. See what your photovoltaic system is doing right now, get a forecast for the coming days and understand where your kilowatt-hours go. SolarDashboard uses your solar power to charge your electric vehicle, heat hot water with your heat pump or power HomeKit and Matter devices – so you keep more of your own green energy. SOLAR POWER, CONSUMPTION AND BATTERY AT A GLANCE Live rings show how much your system produces, how much your home consumes and how full the home battery is. Below: today, this month, this year and the total, with self-sufficiency and feed-in. Tap any day for its energy flow hour by hour: production, consumption, grid and battery. Widgets keep the most important values in view. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH A glance at your wrist: the rings show the solar power, consumption and battery level of your plant. Complications bring the values to your watch face and the Smart Stack. YOUR SOLAR FORECAST SolarDashboard calculates from the weather forecast how much your system will produce today, tomorrow and over the next seven days – hour by hour and self-calibrating to your plant. Optional notifications tell you in the morning what the day brings and when the sun comes back; the Energy Coach plans the week with you. INSIGHTS: UNDERSTAND YOUR SYSTEM Production and consumption for the week, month, year and all time, compared with the same period in earlier years. Your best and your weakest day, the strongest hour, your self-sufficiency day by day. A heatmap shows when your home uses energy, the base load at night reveals what runs all the time, and the battery analysis shows cycles, grid charging and what a battery would bring you. Savings, payback and CO₂ avoided tell you what your system is worth. Your solar year sums up records and savings – ready to share. CHARGE YOUR EV WITH SOLAR POWER Connect your wallbox and charge your electric vehicle automatically with solar power that would otherwise go to the grid. SolarDashboard adjusts the charging power and, where supported, the number of phases to the surplus. You decide from which solar power charging starts, which charge level to reach and how your surplus is used. Audi, Škoda and SEAT/CUPRA can be started directly – any other EV through a supported wallbox. HOT WATER FROM SOLAR POWER Connect your Viessmann, Vaillant or Stiebel Eltron heat pump and let SolarDashboard heat the hot water tank when there is surplus – or in the sunniest hours of the forecast. The app guards against short cycling. HOMEKIT AND MATTER ON GREEN POWER Run smart plugs, Shelly switches, infrared heaters, air conditioners or pool pumps with energy from your own system – automatically, once there is enough sun. SUPPORTED DEVICES • Inverters, balcony solar & batteries: SolarEdge, SMA, Huawei FusionSolar, Kostal, Growatt, GoodWe, Enphase, Fronius, Tesla Powerwall, Anker Solix, EcoFlow, Hoymiles – several vendors at once (Pro) • Home chargers: Alfen, Easee, Fronius Wattpilot, go-e Charger, NRGkick, SMA EV Charger, Wallbox Pulsar Plus, Zaptec • Electric vehicles: Audi, Škoda, SEAT/CUPRA • Heat pumps: Viessmann, Vaillant, Stiebel Eltron • Smart home: HomeKit, Matter, Shelly Devices in your home network are found automatically. FREE AND PRO Everything that tells you what your plant is doing right now is free: live dashboard, energy flow and battery for today, forecast for today and tomorrow, Insights for the current week, your solar year, the Apple Watch app, widgets and device setup. SolarDashboard Pro adds automation, history and money: charging and heating with solar power, months, years and comparisons, savings and payback, battery analysis, base load in depth, forecast in depth, notifications and the Energy Coach. A monthly subscription through the App Store, cancel anytime. Privacy policy: https://solardashboard.tapwork.de/solardashboard-privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Power for Tesla3 screens
SolarDashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SolarDashboard at 61% against Power for Tesla's 0%. SolarDashboard also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months). Power for Tesla's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SolarDashboard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Power for Tesla asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SolarDashboard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Power for Tesla's written reviews are positive against 61% of SolarDashboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Power for Tesla ships an update every 4 months, SolarDashboard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Power for Tesla versus SolarDashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPower for TeslaSolarDashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (8 ratings)4.3 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews60.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings832 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoao NunesTAPWORK GmbH

Customer experience

Power for Tesla

All ratings8 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

SolarDashboard

All ratings32 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative30.3%

In-app purchases

None

Power for Tesla

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SolarDashboard

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Power for Tesla free?
Power for Tesla is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SolarDashboard free?
SolarDashboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Power for Tesla or SolarDashboard?
SolarDashboard is rated higher. Power for Tesla averages 2.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while SolarDashboard averages 4.3 from 32 ratings.
Do Power for Tesla or SolarDashboard have ads?
Neither Power for Tesla nor SolarDashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Power for Tesla or SolarDashboard?
Power for Tesla ships an update every 4 months, and SolarDashboard every 8 days. Most recently, Power for Tesla was updated on November 2, 2026 and SolarDashboard on November 6, 2026.

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