PV Pro vs SmartESS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PV Pro
Monitor and manage your photovoltaic power plants with real-time status updates. Easily track daily, monthly, and yearly power generation to stay informed about your plant's performance.
- Real-time power plant status
- Daily power generation tracking
- Monthly power generation tracking
- Yearly power generation tracking
- Convenient power plant overview
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Photovoltaic power plant operation management, convenient and quick view of the power plant. Master the status of the power station in real time. Every day, every month, every year, the power generation is clear at a glance. [warm tips] -Powerview will continue to use GPS positioning service when creating the power station, which will consume more power and affect battery life compared with other operations.
SmartESS
Monitor your energy storage machine's status in real-time with this mobile application. It offers easy-to-understand data visualization, historical data access from anywhere, and displays information in multiple dimensions. The app is designed for efficient data transfer with minimal internet traffic usage.
- Real-time energy storage machine monitoring
- Intelligent data visualization
- Simple and easy-to-understand charts
- Access historical data anytime, anywhere
- Multi-dimensional data display
- Low internet traffic usage
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Optical storage treasure is a mobile terminal application software for intelligent monitoring energy storage machine, which enables users to monitor the energy storage machine status information in real time more easily and quickly. intelligent Data visualization, the chart is simple and easy to understand More wise Show real-time and historical data over the web anytime, anywhere rich Display real-time and historical data in multiple dimensions save The traffic generated by the Internet is small, fast, and does not occupy large traffic charges.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartESS at 2.7 against PV Pro's 2.4. PV Pro's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SmartESS holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 129 and 125 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of PV Pro's written reviews are positive against 20% of SmartESS's.
PV Pro ships an update fortnightly, SmartESS monthly. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.
| Parameter | PV Pro | SmartESS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (129 ratings) | 2.7 (125 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | 19.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | 125 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chengdu E-Linter Information Technology Co., Ltd. | 祥梯 孟 |
Customer experience
PV Pro
SmartESS
In-app purchases
PV Pro
No in-app purchases
SmartESS
No in-app purchases
