SolarDashboard vs Smart Solar +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Smart Solar +
Monitor your solar inverter's performance and settings remotely. View real-time statistics, historical charts, and usage details. Receive alerts for faults or device offline status, and manage inverter settings with timer options.
- Real-time inverter statistics
- Historical chart data
- Usage details by time period
- Fault and warning alerts
- Inverter setting adjustments
- Timer for automatic setting changes
- Unlimited device support
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Smart Solar – Advanced Solar Inverter Monitoring & Control Smart Solar lets you monitor, analyze and control your solar inverter from anywhere using Wi-Fi and cloud connectivity. View real-time performance, historical charts, energy usage statistics, inverter settings, alerts, and device status directly from your phone. Important: This application works only with Smart Solar monitoring devices. Real-Time Solar Inverter Monitoring Monitor your inverter performance live with instant updates for: • AC Voltage (Grid Voltage) • Output Voltage • AC Frequency • Output Frequency • PV Voltage • PV Current (Amp) • PV Power (Watt) • Output Load (W, VA, %) • Battery Voltage • Battery Status (%) • Battery Charging Current • Battery Discharging Current • Inverter Operating Mode • Solar Production Data • Grid Status • Temperature Monitoring Historical Charts & Analytics Analyze system performance using interactive charts. View historical data by: • Last 15, 30, 45, 60 Minutes • Hourly • Daily • Weekly • Monthly • Custom Time Periods Track trends for solar generation, battery performance, load consumption, voltages, frequencies and more. Energy Usage Statistics View detailed energy reports and system efficiency. Monitor: • Solar Power Generated • Solar to Battery Energy • Grid to Battery Energy • Battery Load Consumption • Grid Load Consumption • Total Inverter Load • Peak Solar Production • Peak Load Usage • Inverter Efficiency • Solar Efficiency • Estimated Energy Savings Smart Inverter Control Control supported inverter settings directly from the app. Features include: • Remote inverter configuration • Change inverter operating modes • Enable/disable inverter buzzer • Password-protected settings • Secure device management Intelligent Timer & Automation Automate inverter behavior with built-in scheduling. Examples: • Disconnect grid in the morning and reconnect in the evening • Switch operating modes automatically at specific times • Optimize battery charging schedules • Maximize solar utilization and energy savings Instant Notifications & Alerts Receive real-time notifications for important events. Alerts include: • Device Offline / Online • Grid Available / Grid Failure • Fault Codes & Warnings • High Temperature Alerts • Battery Status Alerts • Overload Warnings • Inverter Mode Changes Users can enable or disable notification as needed. Multiple Device Management Manage all your installations from a single account. • Add unlimited devices • Monitor multiple locations • Switch between devices instantly • Ideal for homes, offices, shops and commercial sites Local + Cloud Connectivity • Remote access from anywhere • Cloud-based monitoring • Local Wi-Fi access support • Reliable real-time synchronization Open API Support Integrate your solar data into: • Home automation systems • Custom dashboards • IoT projects • Third-party applications Why Choose Smart Solar? Real-time monitoring Interactive charts and analytics Energy usage reports Remote inverter settings Smart timer automation Instant fault notifications Unlimited devices and locations Secure cloud connectivity Open API integration Fast, reliable and easy to use Take complete control of your solar power system with Smart Solar and monitor your energy production, battery performance, load consumption and inverter health anytime, anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Solar + at 5.0 against SolarDashboard's 4.3. Smart Solar + also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). SolarDashboard's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. Smart Solar + asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Solar + holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SolarDashboard has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SolarDashboard ships an update every 8 days, Smart Solar + every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SolarDashboard | Smart Solar + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TAPWORK GmbH | Sheraz Aslam |
Customer experience
SolarDashboard
Smart Solar +
In-app purchases
SolarDashboard
- Monthly$1.991 Month
Smart Solar +
No in-app purchases
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