Comparison

PVChargePro vs SMART BMS

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

Head to head
About

PVChargePro

Monitor and control off-grid solar power systems. View real-time PV, battery, and load status, access historical data, and adjust charge controller settings remotely via Bluetooth.

Highlights
  • Real-time system status monitoring
  • Historical data display
  • Parameter settings for charge controllers
  • Battery type and voltage configuration
  • Load mode settings
  • Device information display
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PVChargePro is specialized designed for function of operation & monitoring on charge controller in solar off-grid power systems. This APP is used as a remote display and control panel for solar charge controller with a certain BT module device connected. In the APP, you can check the status of PV, battery, DC load for the relevant system with charge controller. We have 4 main pages for this APP. The first page is for displaying the status of the system, the 2nd page is for displaying the historical data, the 3rd page is for displaying the parameters for settings, and the last one is for displaying the device information. Except for showing the present system information, we also can set the parameters for the charge controllers in the parameter setting pages, like for battery type, battery charge & discharge voltages, load mode settings and etc. The default password for setting page is 123456. This APP is only capable of setting and monitoring parameters for charge controller provided by the APP supplier. To be specific, the bluetooth chip module built in the charge controller provided by the APP supplier for "mobile phone - charge controller" communication has been designed and programmed only and limited to match with this APP exclusively, so no other charge controllers or similar products provided by any other 3rd parties can be paired or operated by this specific APP. For more information, please contact the solar charge controller providers.

About

SMART BMS

Connect to and manage your lithium battery via Bluetooth. Monitor battery status, query information, and set safety parameters. Receive alerts for battery faults and track their occurrences.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth battery connection
  • Battery status query
  • Fault alarm monitoring
  • Safety parameter settings
  • Password protection for settings
Features
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1. The uniqueness of the Bluetooth name ensures that users can accurately connect and manage the corresponding lithium battery; 2. Information query management can be performed on the battery, the user can query the relevant status of each string of batteries, and replace or maintain the abnormal battery; 3. Safety setting and reading battery protection parameters, user setting parameters, you need to enter a password to modify the parameters; 4. Monitor battery fault alarms and display the current faults,and the number of faults in the battery;

Screenshots

PVChargePro4 screens
SMART BMS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PVChargePro at 3.4 against SMART BMS's 2.1. PVChargePro also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 11%). SMART BMS's advantage is ratings volume (76 vs 7). 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

PVChargePro holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMART BMS has 76 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of PVChargePro's written reviews are positive against 11% of SMART BMS's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PVChargePro versus SMART BMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPVChargeProSMART BMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (7 ratings) — better2.1 (76 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews — better11.1% of reviews
Number of ratings776 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪松 高所兵 邱

Customer experience

PVChargePro

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral42.9%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%

SMART BMS

All ratings76 ratings
Positive19.7%
Neutral13.2%
Negative67.1%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive11.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative81.2%

Bugs and requests

PVChargePro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SMART BMS

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Bluetooth connectivity problems
  • Incorrect series/parallel configuration display
  • Firmware update issues
  • Inconsistent data readings
  • Inability to change settings

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Logging and historical data
  • Better parameter customization
  • Improved battery monitoring metrics
  • Apple Watch support

In-app purchases

None

PVChargePro

No in-app purchases

None

SMART BMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PVChargePro free?
PVChargePro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SMART BMS free?
SMART BMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PVChargePro or SMART BMS?
PVChargePro is rated higher. PVChargePro averages 3.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while SMART BMS averages 2.1 from 76 ratings.
Do PVChargePro or SMART BMS have ads?
Neither PVChargePro nor SMART BMS shows ads.

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