Comparison

EdiSmart vs SolarDashboard

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

Head to head
About

EdiSmart

Control and monitor your Edimax smart home devices remotely from any 3G or Wi-Fi connection. Easily set up and manage multiple appliances, share access with family, and track real-time power usage.

Highlights
  • Remote device control
  • Add and manage multiple devices
  • Works with various Edimax devices
  • Family device sharing
  • Real-time power monitoring
Features
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EdiSmart is an easy-to-use app for Edimax smart home device, ideal for monitoring environment or controlling your home appliance from any 3G or Wi-FI connection. With Edimax’s innovative Cloud technology, you can say goodbye to inconvenient and complicated setting procedures. It’s extremely easy to connect your Edimax smart devices to the cloud in just a few simple steps and access it remotely with a smartphone, tablet, or computer no matter where you are. Features: ‧ Remotely control home plugs from anywhere. ‧ Add and control multiple devices. ‧ Works with multiple EDIMAX smart devices. ‧ Easily share devices among family members ‧ Real-time power meter monitoring. Supported Edimax devices: 1. SP-2101W V3 2. SP-1101W V2 3. SP-2101W V2

About

SolarDashboard

Monitor your solar energy production, consumption, and battery status in real-time. Forecast future energy generation and optimize charging for electric vehicles and heating systems using your own solar power. Gain insights into your system's performance and environmental impact.

Highlights
  • Real-time solar production and consumption monitoring
  • Daily, weekly, and yearly energy forecasts
  • Smart EV charging optimization
  • Heat pump integration for hot water
  • HomeKit and Matter device control
  • Detailed system performance insights
  • 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

EdiSmart3 screens
SolarDashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SolarDashboard at 61% against EdiSmart's 2%. SolarDashboard also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months). EdiSmart'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. EdiSmart asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SolarDashboard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SolarDashboard has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 2% of EdiSmart's written reviews are positive against 61% of SolarDashboard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EdiSmart 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
EdiSmart versus SolarDashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEdiSmartSolarDashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.2 (5 ratings)4.3 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews2.2% of reviews60.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings532 — 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
Size29 MB67 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEDIMAXTAPWORK GmbH

Customer experience

EdiSmart

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive2.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative93.5%

SolarDashboard

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

In-app purchases

None

EdiSmart

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SolarDashboard

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$1.991 Month

Questions

Is EdiSmart free?
EdiSmart 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, EdiSmart or SolarDashboard?
SolarDashboard is rated higher. EdiSmart averages 1.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SolarDashboard averages 4.3 from 32 ratings.
Do EdiSmart or SolarDashboard have ads?
Neither EdiSmart nor SolarDashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EdiSmart or SolarDashboard?
EdiSmart ships an update every 4 months, and SolarDashboard every 8 days. Most recently, EdiSmart was updated on November 2, 2026 and SolarDashboard on November 6, 2026.

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