ACDC Smart vs SOLARMAN Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACDC Smart
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share device access with family members. Connect your devices quickly and efficiently.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous multi-device management
- Customizable timers
- Family device sharing
- Easy device connection
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ACDC Smart 1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
SOLARMAN Smart
This app provides intelligent energy management for global users with a focus on visual data display and comprehensive monitoring. It allows for quick plant setup, 24-hour remote monitoring of PV power plants, and efficient collaboration with business partners for operations and maintenance.
- Visual energy data display
- 24-hour remote monitoring
- Quick plant setup
- Authorization for collaboration
- Real-time and historical data
- Energy consumption tracking
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SOLARMAN Smart is a brand new generation of Intelligent Energy Management Application, which is specially designed for global users. With the basic features of full-on visual experience, excellent data display and all-round monitoring, it achieves the goal of convenient operation. 【Build a Plant within 1 min】 No need to fill in tedious information. SOLARMAN Big Data will help to enrich more contents. 【24-hour Remote Monitoring】 Go to SOLARMAN Smart APP to check running status of PV power plant at anytime and anywhere. Reveal all data (Production, Consumption, Battery, Grid, Real-time, Historical Data and etc,.) at a glance. 【Efficient Coordination】 Add authorization function. Users can authorize the plant you created to your business partner to do O&M cooperatively. Meanwhile, users can receive the plant from your business partner, which means users do not have to create a plant or configure the devices. 【More Functions】 Based on energy management field, SolarMAN-3.0 APP will keep the constantly innovation and bring better experience for every user. Dear Users, if you have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to send us a note and let us know how we are doing. Feedback Email：zhihao.huang@igen-tech.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SOLARMAN Smart at 45% against ACDC Smart's 0%. SOLARMAN Smart also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SOLARMAN Smart holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOLARMAN Smart has 5.8K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ACDC Smart's written reviews are positive against 45% of SOLARMAN Smart's.
ACDC Smart ships an update every 9 months, SOLARMAN Smart every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACDC Smart | SOLARMAN Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 4.6 (5.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 5.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mario Maio | IGEN Tech Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
ACDC Smart
SOLARMAN Smart
Bugs and requests
ACDC Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SOLARMAN Smart
Reported bugs
3 issues- Registration process issues
- Frequent crashes and login problems
- Inconsistent data display and sync issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to control battery and inverter settings
- Improve historical data and export functionality
- Implement push notifications for grid failures and returns
- Provide more detailed consumption and production data
In-app purchases
ACDC Smart
No in-app purchases
SOLARMAN Smart
No in-app purchases
