CraftStrom vs ChargePro 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CraftStrom
Easily set up, monitor, and control your home's renewable energy system. This app provides a user-friendly interface for managing solar panels and battery storage.
- Set up renewable energy systems
- Monitor solar panel performance
- Control battery storage
- User-friendly interface
- Manage home energy
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CraftStrom brings you an easy-to-use solar panel and battery system. With the CraftStrom mobile app you can easily set up, monitor and control your CraftStrom home renewable energy system.
ChargePro 2.0
Remotely monitor and control solar DC charge systems. View real-time PV, battery, and load status, access historical data, and adjust charge controller parameters like battery type and load modes.
- Remote operation and monitoring
- PV, battery, and DC load status display
- Historical data viewing
- Parameter settings for charge controllers
- Device information display
- Bluetooth connection management
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ChargePro 2.0 is designed for remote operation & monitoring on solar charge controller in any solar DC charge systems. This APP is used as a remote display and operation panel for the relevant solar charge controller (an external or inbuilt BT module is required for usage). By operation on this APP, you can check the status of PV, battery, DC load for the solar DC charge system with charge controller. We have 3 main pages of operations in this APP. The first page is for displaying the status of the system, the 2nd page is for displaying the historical data, the last page is for displaying the parameters for settings, and we also have 2 slide menus for displaying the device information and BT connection. Except for showing the present system information, we also can set the parameters for the charge controllers in the parameter setting pages, like for battery type, battery charge & discharge voltages, load mode settings and etc. For more information, please contact the solar charge controller providers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CraftStrom at 100% against ChargePro 2.0's 0%. CraftStrom also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.2). ChargePro 2.0's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 5). 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.
CraftStrom holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChargePro 2.0 has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CraftStrom's written reviews are positive against 0% of ChargePro 2.0's.
CraftStrom ships an update every 2 months, ChargePro 2.0 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CraftStrom | ChargePro 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better | 2.2 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | CraftStrom Limited | HNE |
Customer experience
CraftStrom
ChargePro 2.0
In-app purchases
CraftStrom
No in-app purchases
ChargePro 2.0
No in-app purchases
