SmartESS vs SOLARMAN Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
SOLARMAN Smart
This app provides intelligent energy management for global users with a focus on visual data display and comprehensive monitoring. It allows for quick plant setup, 24-hour remote monitoring of PV power plants, and efficient collaboration with business partners for operations and maintenance.
- Visual energy data display
- 24-hour remote monitoring
- Quick plant setup
- Authorization for collaboration
- Real-time and historical data
- Energy consumption tracking
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SOLARMAN Smart is a brand new generation of Intelligent Energy Management Application, which is specially designed for global users. With the basic features of full-on visual experience, excellent data display and all-round monitoring, it achieves the goal of convenient operation. 【Build a Plant within 1 min】 No need to fill in tedious information. SOLARMAN Big Data will help to enrich more contents. 【24-hour Remote Monitoring】 Go to SOLARMAN Smart APP to check running status of PV power plant at anytime and anywhere. Reveal all data (Production, Consumption, Battery, Grid, Real-time, Historical Data and etc,.) at a glance. 【Efficient Coordination】 Add authorization function. Users can authorize the plant you created to your business partner to do O&M cooperatively. Meanwhile, users can receive the plant from your business partner, which means users do not have to create a plant or configure the devices. 【More Functions】 Based on energy management field, SolarMAN-3.0 APP will keep the constantly innovation and bring better experience for every user. Dear Users, if you have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to send us a note and let us know how we are doing. Feedback Email：zhihao.huang@igen-tech.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SOLARMAN Smart at 4.6 against SmartESS's 2.7. SOLARMAN Smart also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 20%) and ratings volume (5.8K vs 125). SmartESS's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
SOLARMAN Smart holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOLARMAN Smart has 5.8K ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of SmartESS's written reviews are positive against 45% of SOLARMAN Smart's.
SmartESS ships an update monthly, SOLARMAN Smart every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartESS | SOLARMAN Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (125 ratings) | 4.6 (5.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.7% of reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 | 5.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 祥梯 孟 | IGEN Tech Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
SmartESS
SOLARMAN Smart
Bugs and requests
SmartESS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SOLARMAN Smart
Reported bugs
3 issues- Registration process issues
- Frequent crashes and login problems
- Inconsistent data display and sync issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to control battery and inverter settings
- Improve historical data and export functionality
- Implement push notifications for grid failures and returns
- Provide more detailed consumption and production data
In-app purchases
SmartESS
No in-app purchases
SOLARMAN Smart
No in-app purchases
