Comparison

Efergy Pro vs Simple Solar

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

Head to head
About

Efergy Pro

Monitor your home's electricity consumption and solar panel energy production in real-time. Understand your energy imports and exports to better manage your electricity usage and avoid unexpected bills.

Highlights
  • Real-time energy production monitoring
  • Home electricity consumption tracking
  • Import and export energy data
  • Bill prediction and management
  • Remote access from anywhere
Features
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View your production and consumption from anywhere! The Efergy Pro allows you to track not only your solar panels’ daily energy production, but you can also track your home electricity usage, how much energy you’re importing and exporting. This can save you a huge surprise when the electricity bill arrives! Without the information that the Efergy Pro provides, you can easily dramatically underestimate how much power you are drawing from the grid.

About

Simple Solar

Features
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Simple Solar is the fastest, simplest way to control your SunSynk inverter. Make changes in seconds, not minutes — no clutter, no confusing menus, just clear control. Edit battery schedules instantly with a powerful visual editor, or use quick toggles to override charging, discharging, and grid export on the fly. Monitor your solar generation, battery status, and home energy consumption in real time from one clean, reliable dashboard. Core Features: • Edit battery schedules in seconds with an intuitive visual editor • Instant on/off toggles for battery charge, discharge, and export • Real-time energy flow visualisation • Daily, weekly, and monthly energy statistics • Support for multiple plants and parallel inverters Simple Solar Pro unlocks advanced automation: • Smart Tariff Integration – Automatically charge during cheap Octopus Intelligent Go slots • Custom Schedules – Fine-grained time-based rules for grid and battery control • Push Notifications – Alerts for low battery, high load, and system events • Monthly Reports – Detailed energy summaries exportable as PDF • Ad-free experience • Smart Tariff Automation – Supports Octopus Intelligent Go, Cosy, Flux and Go, plus E.ON Next, EDF GoElectric, British Gas, ScottishPower, Good Energy and fully custom tariffs. Automatically charge your battery during the cheapest slots, including extra cheap “bump” slots your provider signals through the day, and sell stored energy back during peak export periods or before your guaranteed cheap period starts. • Solar-Aware Charging – Only tops up from the grid by as much as your predicted solar won’t cover, helping you avoid over-buying energy. • Custom Schedules – Fine-grained time-of-use rules for grid and battery control. • Push Notifications – Alerts for low battery, high load and system events. • Monthly Reports – Detailed energy summaries exportable as PDF. • Ad-free experience. Terms of Use: https://minutiamobile.com/marketing/simpleSolar/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://minutiamobile.com/marketing/simpleSolar/privacy.html

Screenshots

Efergy Pro4 screens
Simple Solar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Efergy Pro at none against Simple Solar's 4. Efergy Pro also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). Simple Solar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple Solar sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Efergy Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Efergy Pro ships an update every 12 months, Simple Solar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Efergy Pro versus Simple Solar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEfergy ProSimple Solar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHILDEBRAND TECHNOLOGY LTDMinutia Mobile

In-app purchases

None

Efergy Pro

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Simple Solar

Subscriptions2
  • Automation7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$59.001 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Remove Ad's$2.99

Questions

Is Efergy Pro free?
Efergy Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Solar free?
Simple Solar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Efergy Pro or Simple Solar have ads?
Neither Efergy Pro nor Simple Solar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Efergy Pro or Simple Solar?
Efergy Pro ships an update every 12 months, and Simple Solar every 3 weeks. Most recently, Efergy Pro was updated on October 10, 2026 and Simple Solar on October 20, 2026.

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