Comparison

PVChargePro vs SolarStats

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

SolarStats

Monitor your SolarEdge photovoltaic system's performance with this app. It offers home screen widgets for iOS and macOS, plus a watchOS extension for convenient access and complications.

Highlights
  • SolarEdge PV system monitoring
  • iOS home screen widgets
  • macOS widgets
  • watchOS extension
  • Watch complications
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SolarStats is a monitoring tool for SolarEdge photovoltaic arrays. Once you're logged in you can easily add a Widget to your home screen both on iOS and macOS as well as using the watchOS extension for both monitoring and watch complications. App is fully available also on Macs equipped with M1 Chip running macOS BigSur. ** SolarStats is in any way related, sponsored neither endorsed by SolarEdge Inc.

Screenshots

PVChargePro4 screens
SolarStats2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SolarStats at 5 against PVChargePro's 3. PVChargePro's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PVChargePro versus SolarStats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPVChargeProSolarStats
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer雪松 高Costantino Pistagna

Customer experience

PVChargePro

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

SolarStats

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

PVChargePro

No in-app purchases

None

SolarStats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PVChargePro free?
PVChargePro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SolarStats free?
SolarStats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PVChargePro or SolarStats have ads?
Neither PVChargePro nor SolarStats shows ads.

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