Comparison

Zelfstroom vs SolarDashboard

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

Head to head
About

Zelfstroom

Features
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De nieuwe Zelfstroom app geeft een uniek inzicht in de stroom die je thuis verbruikt. De app combineert de gegevens van de slimme meter met de actuele stroomopbrengst van je zonnepanelen. Zon-der dat je naar de meterkast of de omvormer op zolder hoeft te lopen, zie je op één plek, in de app precies je stroomverbruik. Andere slimme functies zijn: Met de zon-grafiek weet je wanneer de opbrengst van je zonnepanelen het grootst is. Handig om te bepalen wanneer je de wasmachine laat draaien. Zie direct hoeveel je nog moet betalen aan de energie-leverancier. Geen verrassingen achteraf. Bekijk en vergelijk je verbruik en opbrengst door de tijd, dankzij heldere grafieken en overzichten. Zo wordt zelf stroom maken echt een sport! Met de vriendenfunctie nodig je eenvoudig vrienden uit om ook zelf stroom te maken en te profiteren van Vriendenvoordeel.

About

SolarDashboard

Monitor your solar system's live performance, forecast future energy production, and optimize energy usage. Automatically charge EVs, heat water, and power smart home devices with your own green energy.

Highlights
  • Live solar production and consumption monitoring
  • Daily and weekly solar production forecasts
  • Automatic EV charging with solar surplus
  • Smart home device control with solar power
  • Hot water heating optimization
  • Detailed energy insights and savings reports
  • Apple Watch complications and widgets
Features
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Your solar system on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. See what your photovoltaic system is doing right now, get a forecast for the coming days and understand where your kilowatt-hours go. SolarDashboard uses your solar power to charge your electric vehicle, heat hot water with your heat pump or power HomeKit and Matter devices – so you keep more of your own green energy. SOLAR POWER, CONSUMPTION AND BATTERY AT A GLANCE Live rings show how much your system produces, how much your home consumes and how full the home battery is. Below: today, this month, this year and the total, with self-sufficiency and feed-in. Tap any day for its energy flow hour by hour: production, consumption, grid and battery. Widgets keep the most important values in view. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH A glance at your wrist: the rings show the solar power, consumption and battery level of your plant. Complications bring the values to your watch face and the Smart Stack. YOUR SOLAR FORECAST SolarDashboard calculates from the weather forecast how much your system will produce today, tomorrow and over the next seven days – hour by hour and self-calibrating to your plant. Optional notifications tell you in the morning what the day brings and when the sun comes back; the Energy Coach plans the week with you. INSIGHTS: UNDERSTAND YOUR SYSTEM Production and consumption for the week, month, year and all time, compared with the same period in earlier years. Your best and your weakest day, the strongest hour, your self-sufficiency day by day. A heatmap shows when your home uses energy, the base load at night reveals what runs all the time, and the battery analysis shows cycles, grid charging and what a battery would bring you. Savings, payback and CO₂ avoided tell you what your system is worth. Your solar year sums up records and savings – ready to share. CHARGE YOUR EV WITH SOLAR POWER Connect your wallbox and charge your electric vehicle automatically with solar power that would otherwise go to the grid. SolarDashboard adjusts the charging power and, where supported, the number of phases to the surplus. You decide from which solar power charging starts, which charge level to reach and how your surplus is used. Audi, Škoda and SEAT/CUPRA can be started directly – any other EV through a supported wallbox. HOT WATER FROM SOLAR POWER Connect your Viessmann, Vaillant or Stiebel Eltron heat pump and let SolarDashboard heat the hot water tank when there is surplus – or in the sunniest hours of the forecast. The app guards against short cycling. HOMEKIT AND MATTER ON GREEN POWER Run smart plugs, Shelly switches, infrared heaters, air conditioners or pool pumps with energy from your own system – automatically, once there is enough sun. SUPPORTED DEVICES • Inverters, balcony solar & batteries: SolarEdge, SMA, Huawei FusionSolar, Kostal, Growatt, GoodWe, Enphase, Fronius, Tesla Powerwall, Anker Solix, EcoFlow, Hoymiles – several vendors at once (Pro) • Home chargers: Alfen, Easee, Fronius Wattpilot, go-e Charger, NRGkick, SMA EV Charger, Wallbox Pulsar Plus, Zaptec • Electric vehicles: Audi, Škoda, SEAT/CUPRA • Heat pumps: Viessmann, Vaillant, Stiebel Eltron • Smart home: HomeKit, Matter, Shelly Devices in your home network are found automatically. FREE AND PRO Everything that tells you what your plant is doing right now is free: live dashboard, energy flow and battery for today, forecast for today and tomorrow, Insights for the current week, your solar year, the Apple Watch app, widgets and device setup. SolarDashboard Pro adds automation, history and money: charging and heating with solar power, months, years and comparisons, savings and payback, battery analysis, base load in depth, forecast in depth, notifications and the Energy Coach. A monthly subscription through the App Store, cancel anytime. Privacy policy: https://solardashboard.tapwork.de/solardashboard-privacy-policy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Zelfstroom4 screens
SolarDashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zelfstroom at none against SolarDashboard's 1. Zelfstroom also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). SolarDashboard's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. SolarDashboard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Zelfstroom asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zelfstroom ships an update every 4 months, SolarDashboard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Zelfstroom versus SolarDashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZelfstroomSolarDashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—60.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—32 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZelfstroom B.V.TAPWORK GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Zelfstroom

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SolarDashboard

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Zelfstroom free?
Zelfstroom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SolarDashboard free?
SolarDashboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Zelfstroom or SolarDashboard have ads?
Neither Zelfstroom nor SolarDashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zelfstroom or SolarDashboard?
Zelfstroom ships an update every 4 months, and SolarDashboard every 8 days. Most recently, Zelfstroom was updated on November 2, 2026 and SolarDashboard on November 6, 2026.

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