Sea Angling Diary vs My Solar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Sea Angling Diary
This app allows participants of the Sea Angling Diary Project to easily log their fishing trips on the go. It syncs with your online diary, providing convenient access to your records. You must be a registered project member to use this application.
- Log fishing trips on the go
- Syncs with online diary
- Supports Sea Angling Diary Project
- Easy diary updates
- Convenient record access
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The Sea Angling Diary mobile app has been designed to support the Sea Angling Diary Project, a study on the value of recreational sea angling in the UK that has been running since 2016. Available for all participants on the Sea Angling Diary Project, the app has been designed so that users can update their diaries on the go and with ease. The app is synced to your online diary, so you will be able to use both โ whichever is most convenient at the time! You must be a participant to log into the app โ sign up here if not: www.seaangling.org Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
My Solar
Access real-time statistics for your home solar installation, including power generation, battery, and grid usage. View data via widgets, notifications, and Siri. Control charge/discharge settings and sync inverter time.
- Real-time solar generation stats
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Siri integration
- Battery and grid usage monitoring
- Inverter charge/discharge control
- Inverter clock synchronization
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My Solar provides quick and easy access to up-to-date statistics for your home solar installation on iPhone and Apple Watch. Todays latest statistics are available direct in the app, via home and lock screen widgets, through notifications and also with Siri. My Solar currently supports installations with Solis inverters. Data is retrieved via the Solis Cloud API (freely available from Solis on request) or by using the open-source Solis Cloud Scraper project. Details for both are available in the app. Future versions will support different manufacturers inverters. The My Solar app presents current power generation statistics, showing you details for solar yield, electricity consumption and both battery and grid usage. In addition it also presents the same statistics for the day so-far. My Solar gives you at-a-glance access to your data by exposing information through widgets that can be directly installed on your iPhone home and lock screens or complications to use on your Apple Watch face. A variety of widgets are available to show individual or combined statistics, including current solar yield, current battery charge, electricity distribution, inverter temperature and a daily summary. Widgets refresh automatically to show the latest data. My Solar can also give you both a current and daily summary via Siri on all devices. Just ask "Hey Siri, display current stats from My Solar" for the current data or "Hey Siri, display todays stats from My Solar" for a summary of today so far. My Solar can notify you when your home battery discharges to a certain percentage, e.g when it reaches its minimum discharge level. It can also notify you when your home battery reaches a certain charge, e.g when you're approaching a full battery. You're also able to set an inverter temperature threshold to be notified about. With My Solar you can control the charge and discharge settings of your inverter. This is ideal if you have a cheaper overnight tariff and want to charge your batteries ready for the next day, or discharge batteries via a feed-in tariff. It's accessible right from the front screen and is simple and easy to use. You'll need to contact Solis for access to the appropriate API, but that is very straightforward and details are included in the app. My Solar will verify you have the correct API access before it allows you to purchase this upgrade, so you can have confidence your setup is correct. My Solar can even remind you to update these settings on a daily basis. My Solar will also synchronise your inverter timer with your iPhone. No more fiddly setting via the inverter, simply tap the button in My Solar and your inverter clock will be synchronised with your iPhone. You can also schedule a weekly background sync, so you never have to check again. The My Solar app presents clear current and daily statistics on both iPhone and Apple Watch. The iPhone app is where you configure your Solis Cloud API or Solis Cloud Scraper login details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Solar at 88% against Sea Angling Diary's 20%. Sea Angling Diary's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Sea Angling Diary is free to download; My Solar costs $2.99 up front. My Solar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sea Angling Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sea Angling Diary ships an update every 2 months, My Solar every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sea Angling Diary | My Solar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $2.99 |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free โ better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 16.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Substance | Richard Levy |
Customer experience
Sea Angling Diary
My Solar
In-app purchases
Sea Angling Diary
No in-app purchases
My Solar
- Inverter Charge/Discharge$2.99
Questions
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