SolarDashboard vs TESLA Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SolarDashboard
Monitor your solar system's real-time production and consumption. Optimize EV charging with solar surplus and automate HomeKit devices using green electricity. Save money and reduce your environmental impact.
- Real-time solar system data display
- EV charging with solar surplus
- HomeKit device automation
- Widget for iOS home screen
- Supports multiple inverters and chargers
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Use your solar power smarter with SolarDashboard. Keep track of your photovoltaic system, electricity consumption and solar surplus at all times. SolarDashboard shows your current energy flows in real time – on iPhone, iPad, Mac and as a convenient widget. Real-time solar monitoring See at a glance how much power your PV system is currently producing, how much electricity you are using and how much energy is being exported to or imported from the grid. Supported systems: SolarEdge, SMA, Kostal, Huawei, Fronius, Growatt, GoodWe and Enphase. Charge your electric car with solar surplus Connect your wallbox and charge your electric car automatically with excess solar energy. SolarDashboard dynamically adjusts the charging power to the available solar energy. You can define: * from which solar power level charging should start * which minimum charge level should be reached * how your solar surplus should be used most efficiently This helps you lower electricity costs, increase self-consumption and use more green power from your own PV system. Supported wallboxes: Easee, Fronius Wattpilot, go-e Charger, Zaptec, NRGkick Connect, SMA EV Charger 22, Wallbox Pulsar Plus and Alfen Eve. SolarDashboard also supports direct vehicle integration for selected electric cars from Audi, SEAT and Škoda. Control smart devices with solar power Use your surplus solar energy for HomeKit or Matter devices. Automatically control air conditioners, infrared heaters, water heaters, pool heaters or smart plugs with green power. Also ideal for using an iPad as a central home automation device. Your benefits More independence: Use more self-generated electricity and become less dependent on the grid. Lower electricity costs: Increase your self-consumption and reduce your electricity bill. More sustainability: Use your own green electricity instead of power from fossil sources. SolarDashboard is available for free. Some features, such as automatic solar surplus charging, require a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
TESLA Smart
Control your entire smart home ecosystem from a single, intuitive app. Manage all your smart devices, monitor energy consumption, and set up custom automations for a more efficient and connected home experience.
- Unified smart home ecosystem
- Easy device connection
- Energy consumption monitoring
- Customizable user scenarios
- Automation setup
- Fast customer support
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Next-generation smart home in one app. That's what TESLA Smart looks like. An intuitive, user-friendly interface allows you to connect all TESLA smart home elements into one reliably functioning ecosystem. Simply pair your TESLA products with the app and enjoy their great features to the fullest. Take complete control of your home, wherever you are. Through the TESLA Smart app, you can control many products at the same time. In addition, smart technologies bring with them monitoring of energy consumption, which will allow users to make better decisions about the economy of household operation. TESLA Smart offers - A unique smart home ecosystem - Simple and quick connection of smart products to the ecosystem - Full language localization - Wide options for setting user scenarios and automations - Fast customer support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SolarDashboard at 61% against TESLA Smart's 23%. SolarDashboard also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). TESLA Smart's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. SolarDashboard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. TESLA Smart asks for nothing beyond the download.
SolarDashboard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SolarDashboard has 32 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of SolarDashboard's written reviews are positive against 23% of TESLA Smart's.
SolarDashboard ships an update fortnightly, TESLA Smart every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SolarDashboard | TESLA Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (32 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews — better | 22.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TAPWORK GmbH | INTER-SAT LIMITED |
Customer experience
SolarDashboard
TESLA Smart
In-app purchases
SolarDashboard
- Monthly$1.991 Month
TESLA Smart
No in-app purchases
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