SOLARMAN Smart vs CSXH Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
CSXH Cloud
Monitor your inverter's real-time performance with detailed analytics. Track online status, power generation, consumption, and grid-connected power at a minute-by-minute level. Stay informed about your inverter's operational status.
- Big data analysis of inverter reports
- Minute-level statistical analysis
- Real-time online status tracking
- Power generation and consumption monitoring
- On-grid power tracking
- Operational status overview
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CSXH Cloud can analyze the data reported by the inverter through big data, perform minute-level statistical analysis on whether the inverter is online, power generation, power consumption, and on-grid power, and grasp the operation status of the inverter in time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SOLARMAN Smart at every 2 weeks against CSXH Cloud's every 7 months. CSXH Cloud's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 ships an update every 2 weeks, CSXH Cloud every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SOLARMAN Smart | CSXH Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IGEN Tech Co., Ltd. | CSI SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
Customer experience
SOLARMAN Smart
CSXH Cloud
Bugs and 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
CSXH Cloud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SOLARMAN Smart
No in-app purchases
CSXH Cloud
No in-app purchases
