PVChargePro vs VIRC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
VIRC
This utility app monitors and protects your device's battery health. It provides insights into battery operating data and helps maintain optimal performance.
- Battery monitoring
- Battery protection
- Operating status monitoring
- Battery data viewing
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"VIRC" is a product that provides monitoring for the battery, provides protection for the battery, monitors and protects the operating status of the battery, and users can view the content of the battery operating data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VIRC at 100% against PVChargePro's 20%. VIRC also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.4). PVChargePro's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VIRC holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of PVChargePro's written reviews are positive against 100% of VIRC's.
| Parameter | PVChargePro | VIRC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 雪松 高 | 深圳市雄韬电源科技股份有限公司 |
Customer experience
PVChargePro
VIRC
In-app purchases
PVChargePro
No in-app purchases
VIRC
No in-app purchases
