SOLARMAN Smart vs Solplanet
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
Solplanet
Easily set up, commission, and monitor your Solplanet inverters with this new generation application. Stay informed about your system's performance and manage its operations efficiently.
- Inverter setup
- Commissioning tools
- Performance monitoring
- System management
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Introducing our new generation Solplanet app which allows you to set-up, commission and monitor your Solplanet inverters
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SOLARMAN Smart at 4.6 against Solplanet's 3.5. SOLARMAN Smart also leads on ratings volume (5.8K vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOLARMAN Smart has 5.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of SOLARMAN Smart's written reviews are positive against 43% of Solplanet's.
SOLARMAN Smart ships an update every 2 weeks, Solplanet every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SOLARMAN Smart | Solplanet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.8K ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 122 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IGEN Tech Co., Ltd. | AISWEI Technology Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
SOLARMAN Smart
Solplanet
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
Solplanet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SOLARMAN Smart
No in-app purchases
Solplanet
No in-app purchases
