SmartESS vs i.Solar
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.
i.Solar
Monitor your inverters remotely with real-time data and control capabilities. This app allows for daily data tracking, command sending, and remote device management.
- Daily data monitoring
- Real-time data enquiry
- Command sending
- Remote device control
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i.Solar APP provides remote data service such as inverters daily data monitoring, real time data enquiry of monitored devices, command sending, and remote control of monitored devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartESS at 2.7 against i.Solar's 1.7. SmartESS also leads on ratings volume (125 vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). i.Solar's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartESS has 125 ratings behind it against 9, 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 13% of i.Solar's.
SmartESS ships an update monthly, i.Solar weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartESS | i.Solar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (125 ratings) — better | 1.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.7% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 祥梯 孟 | Trusted UPS Manufacturing Company |
Customer experience
SmartESS
i.Solar
In-app purchases
SmartESS
No in-app purchases
i.Solar
No in-app purchases
