HiPortal vs SofarCloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HiPortal
Monitor your smart photovoltaic plants with this app. It offers a new user interface for easier control and seamless data migration from older versions. Stay updated on your plant's performance with this utility.
- Smart PV monitoring
- New UI design
- Easy overview control
- Seamless data migration
- Plant performance tracking
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HiPortal is a smart PV monitoring App presented to you by Hypontech. The App is now released with a 2nd Generation platform, integrating a brand new UI and much easier overview control of your plants. If you are using an older version of HiPortal, your stats and information would be seamlessly transformed onto the new version (2.0+).
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: SofarCloud at 3.0 against HiPortal's 1.0. On price, ratings volume, 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.
SofarCloud holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
HiPortal ships an update monthly, SofarCloud every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HiPortal | SofarCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 315 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Suzhou Hypontech Co.,Ltd | Shenzhen Sofarsolar Company Limited |
Customer experience
HiPortal
SofarCloud
In-app purchases
HiPortal
No in-app purchases
SofarCloud
No in-app purchases
