Comparison

PureDrive vs Spruce Energy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PureDrive

Monitor your home's energy usage and battery status remotely. Track solar generation, grid consumption, and household power flow to understand your energy behavior and environmental impact.

Highlights
  • Monitor battery charge and behavior
  • View home and battery status
  • Track household consumption
  • Analyze solar and grid energy usage
  • Access historical energy data
  • Understand environmental benefits
Features
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The PureDrive app enables owners of PureDrive batteries to monitor their homes’ energy on the go. With this app you can: Check how much charge your battery has and how it is behaving View the status of your PureDrive connected home and battery View your household consumption and the power flowing through you PureDrive connected devices, giving you a clear understanding of solar generation, battery usage and grid energy usage Access your historical energy usage data in daily, weekly and monthly time periods, so you can understand your household consumption behaviour over time and the benefits to the environment

About

Spruce Energy

Features
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With Spruce, we're building tools to help ambitious heat pump installers run their business without all the pain, hassle, and manual process that they have to deal with at the moment. We believe the only way to seriously accelerate the roll out of heat pumps, let alone hit 600,000 a year by 2028, is to put the needs of heating engineers and installation businesses front and centre. We’re building tools for installers, based on what engineers and business owners tell us are their biggest problems and frustrations. Our Estimate Tool helps handle enquiries – allowing installers to respond in minutes not days, and separating the serious enquiries from the time-wasters. Our Survey & Design Tool then manages the heat loss survey, system design, and report creation. It means everything can be handled in one, seamless system, eliminating the need for manual data transfers and enabling detailed heat loss and design reports to be sent out on the same day as the survey is done. Using Spruce means installers can use their skills, experience and expertise where it really counts: providing great customer service, doing high-quality installations, and building their business.

Screenshots

PureDrive4 screens
Spruce Energy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spruce Energy at monthly against PureDrive's every 3 months. PureDrive's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PureDrive ships an update every 3 months, Spruce Energy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
PureDrive versus Spruce Energy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPureDriveSpruce Energy
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews11.8% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 β€” better15.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPuredrive Energy LtdSpruce Energy Limited

In-app purchases

None

PureDrive

No in-app purchases

None

Spruce Energy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PureDrive free?
PureDrive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spruce Energy free?
Spruce Energy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PureDrive or Spruce Energy have ads?
Neither PureDrive nor Spruce Energy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PureDrive or Spruce Energy?
PureDrive ships an update every 3 months, and Spruce Energy monthly. Most recently, PureDrive was updated on October 15, 2026 and Spruce Energy on October 3, 2026.

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