Comparison

IAMMETER vs S

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

Head to head
About

IAMMETER

Monitor your home's electricity consumption in real-time. Track energy flow, grid import/export, and solar PV production. Integrate with popular home automation systems.

Highlights
  • Real-time electricity usage tracking
  • Monitor energy flow
  • Solar PV system production monitoring
  • Grid import/export tracking
  • Home automation integration
Features
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This app is a tool of IAMMETER (https://www.iammeter.com), an online energy monitoring system developed by us. By installing our WiFi energy meter and running this app, you can 1. Track your home electricity usage in real-time. To learn more, please visit https://www.iammeter.com/doc/iammeter/residential_electricity_system.html; 2. Monitor the entire energy flow, the energy imported from/exported to grid and solar PV system production, for you solar PV system. To learn more, please visit https://www.iammeter.com/doc/iammeter/monitor-your-solar-system.html; 3. Integrate with some Home Automation system, such as Home Assistant, openHAB, NodeRED, etc. To learn more, please visit https://www.iammeter.com/doc/iammeter/home_automation.html. To buy our WiFi energy meters, please visit our Aliexpress Store https://devicebit-iot.aliexpress.com. For more details, please visit https://www.iammeter.com Customer Support: Email: support@devicebit.com Mobile: +86 13911890238

About

S

This app helps installers of distributed PV power plants manage accounts and provides visual guides for microinverter installation. It offers rapid configuration, power generation data, and detailed alarm information for commissioning and diagnostics.

Highlights
  • Account monitoring
  • Visual installation guide
  • Microinverter configuration
  • Power generation data
  • Module-level data
  • Alarm information
  • Commissioning & diagnostics
Features
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S-miles Installer is a mobile application developed by Hoymiles especially for installers of distributed PV power plants. It provides an EASY-TO-USE procedure for monitoring accounts and a visual physical layout guide for the installation of microinverters, which helps installers configure monitoring accounts rapidly, and provides installers power generation data on both plant-level & module-level as well as detailed alarm information about the power plant for commissioning & diagnostics.

Screenshots

IAMMETER4 screens
S4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: IAMMETER at 100% against S's 66%. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IAMMETER ships an update every 6 weeks, S monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
IAMMETER versus S: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIAMMETERS
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better65.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB224 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Lewei IoT Technologies Co.,Ltd.Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc.

Customer experience

IAMMETER

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

S

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive65.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.8%

In-app purchases

None

IAMMETER

No in-app purchases

None

S

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IAMMETER free?
IAMMETER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is S free?
S is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IAMMETER or S have ads?
Neither IAMMETER nor S shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IAMMETER or S?
IAMMETER ships an update every 6 weeks, and S monthly. Most recently, IAMMETER was updated on October 14, 2026 and S on October 30, 2026.

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