SOLARMAN Smart vs SofarCloud
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
SofarCloud
This platform offers intelligent monitoring and management for solar and energy storage power plants. It supports the entire plant lifecycle, providing tailored experiences for installers and owners to optimize revenue and reduce operational costs.
- Intelligent monitoring
- Operation and maintenance management
- Covers entire plant lifecycle
- Differentiated user experiences
- Maximizes plant revenue
- Reduces O&M costs
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SofarCloud is an intelligent monitoring, operation and maintenance management platform for photovoltaic and energy storage plants developed by SOFARSOLAR independently. It covers the whole life cycle of the power plant, provides differentiated service experience for different user groups such as installers and owners, and realizes the intelligent monitoring and convenient O&M of PV and energy storage power plants to maximize the revenue of the power plant and reduce the O&M cost.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SOLARMAN Smart at 4.6 against SofarCloud's 3.0. SOLARMAN Smart also leads on ratings volume (5.8K vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). SofarCloud's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOLARMAN Smart has 5.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SOLARMAN Smart ships an update every 2 weeks, SofarCloud every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SOLARMAN Smart | SofarCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.8K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 315 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IGEN Tech Co., Ltd. | Shenzhen Sofarsolar Company Limited |
Customer experience
SOLARMAN Smart
SofarCloud
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
SofarCloud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SOLARMAN Smart
No in-app purchases
SofarCloud
No in-app purchases
