PVbutler vs Energy Ease
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PVbutler
Monitor your photovoltaic plant's performance remotely. Access energy yield, income, and system status wirelessly. Requires registration with the Sacolar PV Data Center.
- Remote monitoring of photovoltaic plants
- Access energy yield data
- Track income generation
- View system status
- Wireless data access
- Compatible with Sacolar PV Data Center
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A client software for monitoring the photovoltaic plant; it can collect the plant running info from Sacolar PV Data Center, such as energy yield, income and system status, which can be remotely and wirelessly accessed by the user. At present it supports plant which is registered in Sacolar PV Data Center(server.pvbutler.com)
Energy Ease
Monitor your home's energy flow in real-time. Track solar generation, battery storage, and grid consumption directly from your mobile device. Take control of your home's energy usage with this comprehensive management service.
- Real-time solar power generation monitoring
- Battery storage tracking
- Electricity consumption monitoring
- Grid interaction data
- Mobile app access and control
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Monitor your solar, battery, and home energy in real time — all in one app. Energy Ease helps you track production, storage, and consumption, and optimize your energy use automatically. - Real-time solar generation & consumption monitoring - Battery storage status at a glance - Smart scheduling with dynamic electricity pricing - Clear energy reports & savings tracking - Works with inverters, batteries, EV chargers, heat pumps & more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Energy Ease at 63% against PVbutler's 18%. Energy Ease also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). PVbutler's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). 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.
Energy Ease holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PVbutler has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of PVbutler's written reviews are positive against 63% of Energy Ease's.
PVbutler ships an update every 3 months, Energy Ease fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PVbutler | Energy Ease |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Growatt New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd | MANOS Energy GmbH |
Customer experience
PVbutler
Energy Ease
In-app purchases
PVbutler
No in-app purchases
Energy Ease
No in-app purchases
