SolarMate vs SRNE
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.
SRNE
Monitor your solar devices in real-time and configure settings via Bluetooth. Access historical data for solar yield and consumption, and explore product information. A demo mode allows testing device functions without hardware.
- Real-time device data
- Bluetooth configuration
- Historical data tracking
- Demo mode for testing
- Product information access
- Feedback function
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With SRNE Monitoring you can see the real-time data of your devices and configure the settings via Bluetooth. You will also get the insight into our product range and you can test the devices in a DEMO version. Demo Mode: Select a device from the demo library and get an insight of the functions. Real-time data: Keep track of the real-time data of your solar devices. History: With the history you can keep an overview of the values of the past days: Solar yield, consumption and other, technical data and values. (Data records may differ from device to device). Feedback function: If you have improvements or comments about the app or devices, you can use the feedback function. Our service team will be happy to respond to your concerns within 72 hrs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SRNE at 4.2 against SolarMate's 2.1. SRNE also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 14%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). SolarMate's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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.
SRNE holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of SolarMate's written reviews are positive against 40% of SRNE's.
SolarMate ships an update every 2 months, SRNE fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SolarMate | SRNE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (17 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 赵标 阙 | SRNE Solar Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
SolarMate
SRNE
In-app purchases
SolarMate
No in-app purchases
SRNE
No in-app purchases
