SolarMate vs Solar Guardian
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.
Solar Guardian
Monitor and control various solar energy systems, including inverters, chargers, and storage solutions. Adjust parameters and view data for optimal energy management.
- Data display for solar systems
- Parameter setting for inverters
- Supports grid-tie inverters
- Hybrid inverter management
- Energy storage system monitoring
- Home and mobile energy storage control
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Solar Guardian is a new application with the core function of data display and parameter setting for inverters, solar chargers, grid-tie inverters, hybrid inverters, energy storage systems, N+1 hybrid systems, home energy storage and mobile energy storage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solar Guardian at 2.4 against SolarMate's 2.1. SolarMate's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Solar Guardian holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of SolarMate's written reviews are positive against 17% of Solar Guardian's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SolarMate | Solar Guardian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (17 ratings) | 2.4 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 17.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 赵标 阙 | BEIJING EPSOLAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
SolarMate
Solar Guardian
In-app purchases
SolarMate
No in-app purchases
Solar Guardian
No in-app purchases
