EverLights vs sonnen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EverLights
Enhance your home's exterior with discreet lighting that becomes vibrant after dark. This innovative system offers a smarter, safer, and more colorful way to illuminate your property without the need for frequent installation or removal.
- Invisible by day
- Radiant at night
- Smarter lighting solution
- Safer illumination
- Colorful home lighting
- Permanent installation
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Invisible by day, radiant at night. A smarter, safer and more colorful solution to lighting your home that you never need to take down.
sonnen
Manage your clean energy supply from anywhere. Monitor your solar PV system, battery, and EV charger in real-time. Gain insights into energy consumption and generation to optimize your usage and prepare for outages.
- Real-time energy data and insights
- Monitor solar PV system performance
- Track battery and EV charger status
- View live energy flow and consumption
- Access energy contract details
- Set battery backup buffer
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With the sonnen App, you are empowered to manage your own clean energy anytime from anywhere. Use real-time energy data and insights to guide you on how to stay powered and protected with your solar photovoltaic (PV) system, your sonnenHome battery and energy products. Be part of the sonnenCommunity with the sonnen App and build a clean energy future. The sonnen App allows you to: - Get an overview of the performance of your sonnenHome energy system including your battery, PV system and EV charger (where applicable) - Access details on your sonnen energy contracts - See detailed insights on your household’s live energy flow - Get real-time and historical system data on your household’s energy consumption and generation - Choose a basic or professional mode on how you would like your energy data to be displayed - Set your battery backup buffer so your household is prepared for an energy outage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: sonnen at free against EverLights's paid. EverLights's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 38%) and ratings volume (93 vs 20). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for EverLights against 3.5 for sonnen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of EverLights's written reviews are positive against 38% of sonnen's.
EverLights ships an update every 3 weeks, sonnen fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | EverLights | sonnen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (93 ratings) | 3.5 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axis Innovations, LLC | sonnen GmbH |
Customer experience
EverLights
sonnen
In-app purchases
EverLights
No in-app purchases
sonnen
No in-app purchases
Questions
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