Comparison

SunStrong Connect vs Intermatic ABRA

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Monitor solar production
  • Track home consumption
  • View battery power flows
  • Control battery settings
  • Receive system alerts
  • View historical performance
Features
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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.

About

Intermatic ABRA

This app allows users to discover, connect, and manage a range of smart home devices. You can organize devices by room, control them remotely, create custom lighting scenes, and integrate with voice assistants for hands-free operation. It also supports scheduling and advanced automation with specific smart switches.

Highlights
  • Discover and connect smart devices
  • Organize devices by room
  • Remote device control
  • Customizable lighting scenes
  • Voice assistant integration
  • Scheduling and automation
  • Surface switch scene calling
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The Intermatic ABRA platform features a simple, intuitive app and a range of smart home products designed for reliability, convenience, and energy savings. • Quickly discover new ABRA devices and connect them to your account • Organize and manage ABRA smart bulbs, switches, and plugs room by room • Control ABRA devices within your home or remotely via the internet • Create custom lighting scenes • Connect to popular voice assistants, enabling control of your ABRA devices with verbal commands • Schedule your ABRA lights to turn on and off at specific times, or at sunrise/sunset with +/- timing offset • Easily program the ABRA Surface Switch to call up lighting scenes while maintaining standby power to your connected ABRA Smart Bulbs • For added versatility, use the ABRA Surface Switch with the Amazon Alexa app to trigger your favorite Alexa routines and control Alexa-compatible smart bulbs, smart plugs, and other smart devices

Screenshots

SunStrong Connect4 screens
Intermatic ABRA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Intermatic ABRA at 5.0 against SunStrong Connect's 4.4. Intermatic ABRA also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). SunStrong Connect's advantage is ratings volume (15K vs 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intermatic ABRA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SunStrong Connect has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SunStrong Connect versus Intermatic ABRA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunStrong ConnectIntermatic ABRA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (15K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings15K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB231 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSunStrong ManagementIntermatic LLC

Customer experience

SunStrong Connect

All ratings14,688 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews498 reviews
Positive11.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative84.3%

Intermatic ABRA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Intermatic ABRA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SunStrong Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Intermatic ABRA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SunStrong Connect free?
SunStrong Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intermatic ABRA free?
Intermatic ABRA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SunStrong Connect or Intermatic ABRA?
Intermatic ABRA is rated higher. SunStrong Connect averages 4.4 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Intermatic ABRA averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SunStrong Connect or Intermatic ABRA have ads?
Neither SunStrong Connect nor Intermatic ABRA shows ads.

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