Comparison

SOLARMAN Smart vs SmartLite

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

SmartLite

Features
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SmartLite is a one-stop monitoring system designed for smart devices, allowing you to enjoy seamless and real-time device status updates no matter where you are Lightweight data: Monitoring data is lightweight to ensure efficient and efficient data transmission. Proactive reporting: The device will proactively send important data to the application without frequent queries. Data classification: Adopt different monitoring strategies for different types of data to make monitoring more accurate and effective. Trigger monitoring: Data reporting will only be triggered when changes occur, reducing unnecessary data traffic. Timely push: When the device status changes or an alarm occurs, push it to the user as soon as possible to ensure that you can respond in a timely manner. Second level monitoring: Data is updated at a second level refresh rate, ensuring real-time performance even in remote monitoring scenarios.

Screenshots

SOLARMAN Smart4 screens
SmartLite3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SmartLite at 13 against SOLARMAN Smart's 15.1. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SOLARMAN Smart ships an update every 2 weeks, SmartLite every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SOLARMAN Smart versus SmartLite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSOLARMAN SmartSmartLite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIGEN Tech Co., Ltd.祥梯 孟

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

SmartLite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SOLARMAN Smart

No in-app purchases

None

SmartLite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SOLARMAN Smart free?
SOLARMAN Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartLite free?
SmartLite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SOLARMAN Smart or SmartLite have ads?
Neither SOLARMAN Smart nor SmartLite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SOLARMAN Smart or SmartLite?
SOLARMAN Smart ships an update every 2 weeks, and SmartLite every 3 weeks. Most recently, SOLARMAN Smart was updated on October 18, 2026 and SmartLite on October 7, 2026.

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