mySolarEdge vs FranklinWH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mySolarEdge
Monitor and control your SolarEdge smart energy devices remotely. Track energy production and consumption in real-time, identify efficiency improvements, and manage smart home devices and EV charging. Troubleshoot inverter issues with guided instructions.
- Real-time energy tracking
- Energy efficiency identification
- Smart home device control
- Remote EV charging management
- Inverter status and troubleshooting
- Network setting configuration
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Manage your SolarEdge smart energy devices – anytime, anywhere Use mySolarEdge to maximize your SolarEdge experience as well as your electricity savings: · Track your energy use and production in real-time, with mobile-optimized features · Identify ways to become more energy efficient · Control your smart home devices and manage SolarEdge EV charging remotely · View solar inverter status for quick troubleshooting using step-by-step instructions and easy to read menus in SetApp-enabled inverters only · Set-up inverter communication and network settings in SetApp-enabled inverters only * To get monitoring permissions, contact your installer. ** For energy usage monitoring, a consumption meter is required.
FranklinWH
Monitor and control your home energy system remotely. Track solar, grid, battery, and generator supply, alongside home electricity consumption. Optimize usage patterns and manage smart devices for energy savings.
- Remote system management
- 24/7 energy monitoring
- Usage statistics (year, month, day)
- Remote control of consumption patterns
- Smart Circuit management (AC, EV chargers)
- Installer management tools
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With the FranklinWH app, homeowners can manage your Franklin Home Power (FHP) system anytime, anywhere. The FranklinWH app monitors your home electricity consumption 24 hours a day, tracking solar, grid, battery and generator supply and home consumption. It provides usage statistics for time periods including year, month and day. You can remotely control your home electricity consumption pattern and the energy equipment while choosing an economical and energy-saving home electricity consumption plan. With the app, you can control the three optional Smart Circuits, managing unique devices such as air conditioners and EV chargers manually or through automatic schedules. The FranklinWH app also provides installers management of installation, operations and maintenance. Through the direct communication between app and the FHP, problems can quickly be resolved. The FranklinWH app is under constant development and we would love to receive your feedback and suggestions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mySolarEdge at 4.5 against FranklinWH's 3.5. mySolarEdge also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 92). 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.
mySolarEdge holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mySolarEdge has 19K ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of mySolarEdge's written reviews are positive against 38% of FranklinWH's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
mySolarEdge ships an update every 3 weeks, FranklinWH fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mySolarEdge | FranklinWH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19K ratings) — better | 3.5 (92 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.2% of reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 92 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SolarEdge Technologies | FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc |
Customer experience
mySolarEdge
FranklinWH
User reviews
mySolarEdge
From 19K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Much better functionality
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 🚀 Reliable and stable
- 👍 Helpful information and monitoring
- 🚀 Graphical improvements
Room to improve
- 🔋 Limited battery control options
- 🐛 Widget graph often wrong
- 🐛 Inaccurate production readings
- 🐛 Stopped working/updating
- 🐛 Inconsistent data and performance
FranklinWH
From 92 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good reporting and information
- 👍 App works well overall
- 👍 System works great
- 👍 Beautiful, intuitive and insightful
- 👍 Flexible and reliable
Room to improve
- 😠 Loss of homeowner control
- 😠 Features locked out
- 😠 Requires payment for installer
- 😠 App requires constant refresh
- 😠 Data not accurate
Bugs and requests
mySolarEdge
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and password reset problems
- Incorrect daily production units
- Delayed or missing data updates
- Incompatibility with newer devices
- Inability to edit account information
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to set charging/discharging limits
- Add ability to control charging current
- Add production vs time of day graph
- Add ability to view individual panel production
- Add ability to set alerts/notifications for issues
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- Add ability to customize electricity rates and costs
FranklinWH
Reported bugs
23 issues- Refresh problem, requires constant refresh
- Download function not working after update
- Duplicates in event list
- App takes a long time to load data
- Issues tracking savings, they disappear
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- Analysis part is useless, shows 0kwh
- Shows 0 solar, analysis confusing
- Errors in software
- App has issues connecting to Agate
- Grid outage and restoration notifications no longer work
- Cannot connect to equipment without internet
- App shows outages that are not occurring
- Constant disconnect between SOC value and aPower
- Message 'operation without permission' on access
- App thinks temperature is Celsius, cannot change
- Cannot update site name
- TOU tariff data erased/changed
- Reporting is not accurate, daily production sums incorrectly
- Does not register weather correctly
- Does not give correct FV panel production
- Does not give correct unit consumption
- App reports problems that self-correct but doesn't indicate it
- Asks consumer to take actions without instructions or authorization
Requested features
23 requests- Add widget for basic information
- Allow custom notification sounds
- Add iPad layout/landscape mode
- Add FaceID/biometric login
- Break down months into weeks for Tariff Seasons
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- Add Mac app or web app access
- Integrate with HomeKit for automations
- Make analytics available on PC or tablet
- Ability to schedule smart circuits by day of week
- Ability to use different SOC levels for different time periods
- Add NEM3 profile update
- Display individual battery percentages
- More granular control over mode settings
- Option to revert to previous dashboard/version
- Manual hardware option for app support loss
- Add push notification option for user-set SOC
- Allow direct connection to Agate hotspot
- Divert power from grid to charge battery
- Improve TOU tariff data and Edison integration
- Option to change temperature units (Celsius/Fahrenheit)
- Allow updating site name without issues
- Provide State of Health (SOH) data
- Add true offline mode
In-app purchases
mySolarEdge
No in-app purchases
FranklinWH
No in-app purchases
Questions
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