Comparison

SOLARMAN Smart vs Deye Cloud

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Visual energy data display
  • 24-hour remote monitoring
  • Quick plant setup
  • Authorization for collaboration
  • Real-time and historical data
  • Energy consumption tracking
Features
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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

About

Deye Cloud

This app facilitates the establishment, monitoring, and maintenance of new energy power stations. It offers transparent management through a big data platform, supporting various power station and equipment types for efficient operation and troubleshooting.

Highlights
  • Power station establishment
  • Real-time data monitoring
  • Operation and maintenance services
  • After-sales support
  • Transparent power station management
  • Accurate alarm positioning
  • Intelligent data analysis
Features
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"Supporting the establishment, data acquisition, data monitoring, one-stop operation maintenance and after-sales service of all new energy power stations. Through the Deye Cloud big data platform, all types of power stations with transparent management which improves the value of power stations comprehensively. 【Rich Types of Power Stations】 Power stations can be built everywhere. Deye Cloud big data will help you to build your own photovoltaic power station in the shortest time. 【Rich Equipment Types】 breaking the traditional limitation, it can comprehensively monitor the operation of the system composed of photovoltaic, battery, fan, power grid, micro inverter, diesel generator, load, ups and smartload 【Rich Functions and Applications】 accurate alarm positioning and efficient troubleshooting;Intelligent data analysis reduces troubleshooting time;The energy flow map can grasp the direction of energy quickly; Multiple working modes to realize diversified power station management. 【Cooperate with the Merchant Version】 With power station authorization function, you can authorize the power station you created to the merchant and working together to ensure the safety and stability of the power station. Meanwhile, you can also recieve the power station from merchant which saves the operation of power station build and equipment configuration. "

Screenshots

SOLARMAN Smart4 screens
Deye Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Deye Cloud at 70% against SOLARMAN Smart's 45%. Deye Cloud also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). SOLARMAN Smart's advantage is ratings volume (5.8K vs 272). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deye Cloud holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOLARMAN Smart has 5.8K ratings behind it against 272, 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 70% of Deye Cloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SOLARMAN Smart versus Deye Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSOLARMAN SmartDeye Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.8K ratings)4.8 (272 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews69.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.8K — better272
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB214 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIGEN Tech Co., Ltd.萃绩科技(上海)有限公司

Customer experience

SOLARMAN Smart

All ratings5,771 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral4.6%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews524 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral13.7%
Negative41.4%

Deye Cloud

All ratings272 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral1.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative28.9%

User reviews

SOLARMAN Smart

From 5.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Reliable app
  • 💡 Helpful for monitoring solar system
  • 🔒 Secure app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate data and metrics
  • ⏱️ Slow updates and real-time issues
  • 🔌 Lack of integration with smart home devices
  • 🤔 Confusing UI and navigation

Deye Cloud

From 272 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Very good tool for monitoring
  • 👍 Best Hybrid solar inverter
  • 👍 Very high quality
  • 👍 Nice beautiful service
  • 👍 Extremely good

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Data from inverter isn’t live
  • 🐛 Latency issues
  • 🐛 User friendly configuration needed
  • 🐛 Copilot prioritizes earning over backup
  • 🐛 Push notifications not working

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

Deye Cloud

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Data from inverter isn’t live
  • Push notifications not working
  • No push notifications alerts
  • Copilot ended up costing us £150 extra every month
  • App isn’t working on IOS
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  • Data is not realtime
  • App does not display true total capacity
  • Disconnected from the grid it sends me push notifications every minute
  • Internal feedback form doesn’t work
  • Localization to Ukrainian language is poor
  • Data polling time is really high at 5-6 mins
  • Inexplicably long periods of no data logging/indication if being offline
  • Always offline from 0600hrs to 1900 hrs
  • Can’t log in for the past 2 weeks!
  • Account does not exist, email does not exist!
  • App is logging me out and i cant sign in for few days already!
  • If i try to recover password, says email does no exist!
  • Region switching is gone
  • Unable to log-in, login info has changed
  • APP not receiving data after last update
  • Network unavailable

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add total yield
  • Suggest a third option: Force Sell Mode
  • Still see load usage when selling first
  • Build more servers around the world
  • Dedicated app server centre in Australia
Show 3 more
  • Add Ukrainian language
  • Include data from an EV charger
  • Settings to control where power goes first

In-app purchases

None

SOLARMAN Smart

No in-app purchases

None

Deye Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SOLARMAN Smart free?
SOLARMAN Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deye Cloud free?
Deye Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SOLARMAN Smart or Deye Cloud?
Deye Cloud is rated higher. SOLARMAN Smart averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.8K ratings, while Deye Cloud averages 4.8 from 272 ratings.
Do SOLARMAN Smart or Deye Cloud have ads?
Neither SOLARMAN Smart nor Deye Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SOLARMAN Smart or Deye Cloud?
SOLARMAN Smart ships an update every 2 weeks, and Deye Cloud every 2 weeks. Most recently, SOLARMAN Smart was updated on October 15, 2026 and Deye Cloud on October 13, 2026.

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