Comparison

Span Installer vs Aptos Installer

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

Head to head
About

Span Installer

This app streamlines the installation and servicing of new and existing SPAN panels. It offers enhanced navigation, an improved breaker labeling process, and integrated troubleshooting support. Users can also confirm communications with battery systems and program setpoints for energy management.

Highlights
  • Faster new SPAN Panel commissioning
  • Simplified user navigation
  • Improved breaker labeling
  • Integrated troubleshooting and support
  • Confirm hardware communications
  • Program setpoints with SPAN PowerUp
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The new and improved SPAN Installer App supports the seamless installation of new SPAN panels. The SPAN Installer App also allows for seamless service calls of existing SPAN Panel installations. - Set up and commission a new SPAN Panel faster than ever before - Enhanced and simplified user navigation and design - New and Improved breaker labelling process making it even easier to install SPAN - Seamless troubleshooting and support integrated into the app - Confirm communications with battery systems and other hardware like SPAN Drive - Program setpoints to help customers avoid service upgrades with SPAN PowerUpTM Shift to smarter, cleaner energy with SPAN and ensure quality installations for your customers. **You must be a SPAN Authorized Installer to login to the SPAN Installer App.**

About

Aptos Installer

Features
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Aptos Installer is a mobile application developed by aptossolar especially for installers of distributed PV power stations. It provides an easy-to-use procedure for monitoring accounts and a visual physical layout guide for the installation of microinverters, which helps installers configure monitoring accounts rapidly, and provides installers power generation data on both station-level & module-level as well as detailed alarm information about the power plant for commissioning & diagnostics.

Screenshots

Span Installer4 screens
Aptos Installer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Span Installer at fortnightly against Aptos Installer's monthly. Aptos Installer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Span Installer ships an update fortnightly, Aptos Installer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Span Installer versus Aptos Installer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpan InstallerAptos Installer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpan.io, IncAptos Solar Technology LLC

In-app purchases

None

Span Installer

No in-app purchases

None

Aptos Installer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Span Installer free?
Span Installer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aptos Installer free?
Aptos Installer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Span Installer or Aptos Installer have ads?
Neither Span Installer nor Aptos Installer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Span Installer or Aptos Installer?
Span Installer ships an update fortnightly, and Aptos Installer monthly. Most recently, Span Installer was updated on September 30, 2026 and Aptos Installer on October 7, 2026.

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