OpenSolar vs SBU Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenSolar
This free application provides a comprehensive solution for designing and selling solar energy systems. It offers end-to-end functionality for solar professionals.
- End-to-end solar design
- Sales application
- Free to use
- Comprehensive functionality
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OpenSolar is the world's first free, end-to-end, solar design and sales application.
SBU Live
This mobile application is designed for iOS devices to facilitate solar sales. It provides tools and information to support the solar sales process on the go.
- Solar sales tools
- Mobile application
- iOS support
- Sales process facilitation
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Solar Sale Mobile Application for iOS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SBU Live at 100% against OpenSolar's 45%. SBU Live also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). OpenSolar's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
SBU Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenSolar has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of OpenSolar's written reviews are positive against 100% of SBU Live's.
OpenSolar ships an update every 6 weeks, SBU Live every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenSolar | SBU Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.7 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | OpenSolar Pty Ltd | Garrett Mendelsohn |
Customer experience
OpenSolar
SBU Live
In-app purchases
OpenSolar
No in-app purchases
SBU Live
No in-app purchases
