WatchPower vs Deye Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WatchPower
Monitor off-grid inverters remotely via Wi-Fi. View device status, configure settings, receive alerts for warnings or alarms, and record historical data.
- Monitor inverter status
- Configure device settings
- Receive warning/alarm notifications
- Record device data history
- Wi-Fi module integration
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WatchPower is an iOS monitoring application which can monitor off-grid inverters via Wi-Fi module. Here are the application uses: 1. Display device status during normal operation. 2. Configure device setting after installation. 3. Notify user when a warning or alarm happened. 4. Allow user record device data history.
Deye Cloud
This app facilitates the establishment, monitoring, and maintenance of new energy power stations. It offers transparent management through a big data platform, supporting various power station and equipment types for efficient operation and troubleshooting.
- Power station establishment
- Real-time data monitoring
- Operation and maintenance services
- After-sales support
- Transparent power station management
- Accurate alarm positioning
- Intelligent data analysis
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"Supporting the establishment, data acquisition, data monitoring, one-stop operation maintenance and after-sales service of all new energy power stations. Through the Deye Cloud big data platform, all types of power stations with transparent management which improves the value of power stations comprehensively. 【Rich Types of Power Stations】 Power stations can be built everywhere. Deye Cloud big data will help you to build your own photovoltaic power station in the shortest time. 【Rich Equipment Types】 breaking the traditional limitation, it can comprehensively monitor the operation of the system composed of photovoltaic, battery, fan, power grid, micro inverter, diesel generator, load, ups and smartload 【Rich Functions and Applications】 accurate alarm positioning and efficient troubleshooting；Intelligent data analysis reduces troubleshooting time；The energy flow map can grasp the direction of energy quickly; Multiple working modes to realize diversified power station management. 【Cooperate with the Merchant Version】 With power station authorization function, you can authorize the power station you created to the merchant and working together to ensure the safety and stability of the power station. Meanwhile, you can also recieve the power station from merchant which saves the operation of power station build and equipment configuration. "
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Deye Cloud at 69% against WatchPower's 17%. Deye Cloud also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). WatchPower's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Deye Cloud holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 282 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of WatchPower's written reviews are positive against 69% of Deye Cloud's.
WatchPower ships an update every 3 months, Deye Cloud every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | WatchPower | Deye Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (75 ratings) | 4.8 (282 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.2% of reviews | 69.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75 | 282 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 221 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 祥梯 孟 | 萃绩科技(上海)有限公司 |
Customer experience
WatchPower
Deye Cloud
User reviews
WatchPower
From 75 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Useful for monitoring and configuring solar/battery systems
- 🔧 Allows remote configuration of inverter settings
- 🤖 Reliable when it works
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connection issues and data delays
- 🕰️ Slow refresh rate and outdated information
- 🤔 Inconsistent and unreliable performance
- 📊 Lack of historical data and graphing features
- 🤯 Difficult setup and registration process
Deye Cloud
From 282 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Very good tool for monitoring
- 👍 Best Hybrid solar inverter
- 👍 Very high quality
- 👍 Nice beautiful service
- 👍 Extremely good
Room to improve
- 🐛 Data from inverter isn’t live
- 🐛 Latency issues
- 🐛 User friendly configuration needed
- 🐛 Copilot prioritizes earning over backup
- 🐛 Push notifications not working
Bugs and requests
WatchPower
Reported bugs
3 issues- Devices disappearing from the app
- Incorrect battery capacity and power readings
- Crashes and freezes when trying to access data
Requested features
5 requests- Add real-time monitoring and updates
- Improve user interface and add more visualizations
- Implement push notifications for important events
- Allow password recovery and account management
- Add support for Bluetooth connectivity
Deye Cloud
Reported bugs
21 issues- Data from inverter isn’t live
- Push notifications not working
- No push notifications alerts
- Copilot ended up costing us £150 extra every month
- App isn’t working on IOS
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- Data is not realtime
- App does not display true total capacity
- Disconnected from the grid it sends me push notifications every minute
- Internal feedback form doesn’t work
- Localization to Ukrainian language is poor
- Data polling time is really high at 5-6 mins
- Inexplicably long periods of no data logging/indication if being offline
- Always offline from 0600hrs to 1900 hrs
- Can’t log in for the past 2 weeks!
- Account does not exist, email does not exist!
- App is logging me out and i cant sign in for few days already!
- If i try to recover password, says email does no exist!
- Region switching is gone
- Unable to log-in, login info has changed
- APP not receiving data after last update
- Network unavailable
Requested features
8 requests- Add total yield
- Suggest a third option: Force Sell Mode
- Still see load usage when selling first
- Build more servers around the world
- Dedicated app server centre in Australia
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- Add Ukrainian language
- Include data from an EV charger
- Settings to control where power goes first
In-app purchases
WatchPower
No in-app purchases
Deye Cloud
No in-app purchases
