SunStrong Connect vs FranklinWH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SunStrong Connect
Monitor and control your home solar power system with this app. View solar production, home consumption, and battery power flows. Manage battery settings and receive system alerts for informed energy decisions.
- Monitor solar production
- Track home consumption
- View battery power flows
- Control battery settings
- Receive system alerts
- View historical performance
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mySunPower is now SunStrong Connect! SunStrong Connect™ offers convenient information about and control over your home solar power system. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your solar and battery storage solutions, SunStrong Connect puts the power to monitor system performance and control battery settings in the palm of your hand. Features include: • Views of solar production, home consumption, and battery power flows. • Historical system performance, including energy consumption data for homes equipped with energy consumption meters. • SunVault™ Storage controls to change battery settings and view battery status. • Live weather data and system alerts to inform energy decisions. Copyright © 2025 SunStrong Management. All rights reserved. An official SunStrong Connect app.
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: SunStrong Connect at 4.4 against FranklinWH's 3.4. SunStrong Connect also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 95). FranklinWH's advantage is review sentiment (36% vs 12%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SunStrong Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SunStrong Connect has 15K ratings behind it against 95, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 12% of SunStrong Connect's written reviews are positive against 36% of FranklinWH's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SunStrong Connect ships an update every 2 weeks, FranklinWH fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SunStrong Connect | FranklinWH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (15K ratings) — better | 3.4 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | 36.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 95 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SunStrong Management | FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc |
Customer experience
SunStrong Connect
FranklinWH
User reviews
SunStrong Connect
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good app for monitoring solar production
- 🚀 Provides real-time and historical data
- 🔍 Useful analytics and reporting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent data and inaccurate readings
- 🔍 Lacks detailed panel-level information
- 🔁 Frequent app crashes and login issues
- ⏱️ Slow data updates and refresh times
- 📱 Poor user interface and navigation
FranklinWH
From 95 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
SunStrong Connect
Reported bugs
3 issues- App displaying incorrect power flow information
- Historical data disappearing or not updating
- Connectivity issues causing data loss
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view individual panel performance
- Integration with home energy consumption data
- Customizable data views and comparison tools
- Improved notification and alert system
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
SunStrong Connect
No in-app purchases
FranklinWH
No in-app purchases
Questions
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