SolarMate vs FutureLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SolarMate
Monitor your photovoltaic (PV) system's performance with this intelligent app. Connect wirelessly to your devices to view real-time work information, historical data, and equipment parameters. Adjust device settings and gain insights into your PV system's overall health.
- Wireless PV device monitoring
- Real-time work information
- Historical data tracking
- Equipment parameter display
- PV system information
- Device parameter settings
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SolarMate is an intelligent PV monitoring APP software. It works with wireless module(Cloud-Box-M2 or BT-02), SolarMate APP can monitor the PV devices by connecting wireless module. Users can obtain work information, historical data, equipment parameters, information of PV system and set device parameters.
FutureLink
Manage and analyze your solar energy system with real-time diagnostics. Configure settings, monitor power generation from solar panels and batteries, and view historical harvest statistics. Connect via Bluetooth for seamless control and customization of your devices.
- Real-time system diagnostics
- Configure settings with custom profiles
- Device identification and customization
- Solar panel and battery power monitoring
- Lifetime solar harvest statistics
- Bluetooth connectivity
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This application is designed to enable communication with your Future Solutions Solar Controller. This tool allows system owners to manage and perform operational analysis via real time system diagnostics. With BT connectivity, this application will allow users to: • Configure settings according to system specifications using preset or custom profiles. • Identify and customize each device in your system for easy access • Power Monitoring including: o Solar panel charging state & voltage o Battery Charging state & voltage • View lifetime solar harvest statistics which show an in-depth history of your renewable power generator
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FutureLink at 3.1 against SolarMate's 2.1. SolarMate's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
FutureLink holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of SolarMate's written reviews are positive against 0% of FutureLink's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SolarMate ships an update every 2 months, FutureLink every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SolarMate | FutureLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (17 ratings) | 3.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 赵标 阙 | Future Sales LLC |
Customer experience
SolarMate
FutureLink
In-app purchases
SolarMate
No in-app purchases
FutureLink
No in-app purchases
