Comparison

SPAN Home vs Cogworks

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

Head to head
About

SPAN Home

This app provides smart control over your home's electrical panel, allowing you to monitor energy usage, manage individual rooms and appliances, and uncover cost-saving insights. It enhances home energy management and offers advanced features when paired with solar and battery systems, including EV charging.

Highlights
  • Real-time energy dashboard
  • Room and appliance level control
  • Cost saving insights
  • Power outage protection
  • EV charging integration
  • Over-the-air updates
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For SPAN Panel MAIN 32 “This thing is a game changer. This is how you save money” - Jon Dawson, Next-gen builder “A long-overdue, borderline genius product that puts much-needed control back into the hands of homeowners.” - Wired Magazine “SPAN is now the center of my smart home. I’ve been waiting most of my life for this product” - A SPAN customer SPAN reinvented the 100-year-old electrical panel with smarter controls for smarter savings. It replaces your existing electrical panel and gives you complete control over every room and appliance in your home right from your phone. From anywhere in the world, the SPAN Home® App allows you to: Centralize your home’s energy data into one real-time dashboard, giving you a 360° view of your home’s energy performance Make real-time energy changes at the room and appliance level to suit your needs and lower your energy bill Uncover cost-saving insights designed to lower your energy bill and save you money When paired with solar panels and a home battery system, SPAN gives you the best protection against power outages by extending battery life by 40%, providing whole-home backup on a single battery system, and the unmatched flexibility to change what your battery system powers in an outage. Your SPAN Home can include SPAN Drive, a universal EV charger that delivers up to 41 miles of range per hour (48A, 11.52kW) of charging for the fastest charging speeds available - all without a service upgrade to install. The SPAN Home App is constantly improving with free, over-the-air updates designed to improve your experience and unlock greater savings.

About

Cogworks

Features
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Cogworks is your garage's brain — a single home for tracking maintenance across every bike you own. Built for cyclists with more than one bike: the commuter and the weekend MTB, the road bike and the gravel rig, or the whole quiver of trail bikes you'd rather not admit to owning. WHAT COGWORKS DOES • Track wear — Live progress bars per component, calibrated to km, hours (suspension), or calendar months (tires, bar tape). See at a glance what's good, what's due, and what's overdue. • Log every service — Replacement, service, inspection, cleaning. Full history per component, never lost. • Get reminded — Daily reminder when anything crosses the threshold. No spam, just a heads-up before something breaks. • Bundled templates — Pre-built MTB, road, gravel, and commuter templates with sensible service intervals out of the box. Tweak freely or start blank. • Parts inventory — Track components across installs. A chain you pulled off the road bike keeps its lifetime km when you fit it to the gravel build. • iCloud sync — Your garage follows you across devices. End-to-end encrypted, on Apple's infrastructure. No accounts, no servers we control. DESIGN PRINCIPLES • Premium, not pushy — No ads, no nags, no fake urgency. The paywall triggers exactly once: when you add a second bike. • Privacy by default — Bike names, photos, costs, and notes never leave your device. Anonymous usage analytics only (off in Settings if you prefer). • Built native — SwiftUI, SwiftData, CloudKit. No webviews, no cross-platform tax. Loads fast, feels fast. FREE TIER 1 bike, full feature access. No time limit. PREMIUM Unlimited bikes. $2.99/month or $19.99/year (save 44%). Made by a solo developer in the Netherlands. Feedback is read by a human. Terms of Use: https://et026.github.io/Cogworks/terms Privacy Policy: https://et026.github.io/Cogworks/privacy

Screenshots

SPAN Home4 screens
Cogworks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SPAN Home at none against Cogworks's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cogworks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SPAN Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SPAN Home ships an update fortnightly, Cogworks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SPAN Home versus Cogworks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSPAN HomeCogworks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (104 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings104 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpan.io, IncErenay Tozun

Bugs and requests

SPAN Home

Reported bugs

34 issues
  • App freezes on iPad
  • Circuit switching sometimes fails
  • App shows ads for other products
  • Energy usage data is inaccurate or delayed
  • PowerUp feature control is hidden
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  • App needs force quit to work
  • Data fails to load or stalls
  • App loses connectivity with batteries
  • System does not function as intended during power outages
  • Estimated battery hours/minutes are incorrect
  • App shows panel offline when it's online
  • App recently deleted backup instructions
  • App displays data hours old
  • App crashes or encounters problems constantly
  • App is slow to load
  • App is sluggish and chunky
  • App shows solar production at night
  • App does not support Powerwall 2
  • Responsiveness for switching breakers is poor
  • Circuit monitoring breaks frequently
  • Panel does not function offline
  • Password change process is difficult
  • App does not integrate multiple panels correctly
  • Setup was a pain
  • App in a cycle of constant loading
  • App does not have native iPad support
  • App UI looks dated
  • App crashes and takes a while to launch
  • App loses connection to battery system frequently
  • App disconnects way too often
  • App is seriously dumbed down from v1
  • App has basic inconsistencies in real-time stats
  • App data does not match Tesla App
  • App only supports Alexa and it doesn't work

Requested features

23 requests
  • Unified view for multiple panels
  • Improved app customization
  • More robust connectivity
  • Better Tesla battery integration support
  • Easier labeling of breakers
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  • Darker, more readable app interface
  • Desktop dashboard/web app
  • Smaller SPAN sub-panel option
  • Modular sub-panel breaker monitoring
  • Public API for Home Assistant integration
  • Native iPad support (split screen, hover)
  • More smart home integration (Apple HomeKit)
  • Ability to toggle between panels with swipe
  • Increased character limit for circuit names
  • iOS Widget for at-a-glance data
  • Schedule breakers to turn on/off automatically
  • Better daily data view for breaker level changes
  • 2FA for account security
  • Historical usage per circuit
  • SPAN Drive mode for solar-only charging
  • Basic voltage readouts for grid diagnostics
  • Improved Time of Day Plans functionality
  • Fix for 'areas' feature for multi-panel setups

Cogworks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SPAN Home

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cogworks

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is SPAN Home free?
SPAN Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cogworks free?
Cogworks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SPAN Home or Cogworks have ads?
Neither SPAN Home nor Cogworks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SPAN Home or Cogworks?
SPAN Home ships an update fortnightly, and Cogworks every 3 weeks. Most recently, SPAN Home was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cogworks on October 31, 2026.

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