SOLARMAN Business vs SofarCloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SOLARMAN Business
This platform offers comprehensive management for plant operations and maintenance, including personnel, monitoring, and intelligent analysis. It also provides device-specific services like firmware upgrades and command control for after-sales support.
- Personnel management
- Multi-scene monitoring
- Intelligent analysis
- Work order management
- Device after-sales service
- Firmware upgrade
- Command control
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SOLARMAN Business is a new generation of Business Edition SAAS software launched by SOLARMAN, which is specially designed for businesses who provide various services in the life cycle of plants. In the scenario of plant operation and maintenance, it will not only provide monitoring functions, but also complete the closed loop of the whole process of plant operation and maintenance based on "personnel management, multi-scene monitoring, intelligent analysis application, work order spare parts management". In the scenario of device after-sales service, multiple management modules such as product protocol, alert code, firmware upgrade, and command control will be provided based on the device. The real digital mobile work platform for businesses.
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 Business at 4.2 against SofarCloud's 3.0. SOLARMAN Business also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). SofarCloud's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SOLARMAN Business holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SOLARMAN Business | SofarCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | 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 | 94 MB | 315 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IGEN Tech Co., Ltd. | Shenzhen Sofarsolar Company Limited |
Customer experience
SOLARMAN Business
SofarCloud
In-app purchases
SOLARMAN Business
No in-app purchases
SofarCloud
No in-app purchases
