Comparison

Smart@Home vs Solar Check Production

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

Head to head
About

Smart@Home

Features
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Great features to make your everyday living cozy with a lot of fun and cost saving: - Fully compatible with Home App and Siri. - Add, management, remote monitoring and control paired Frontier Aura BLE Light Switches. - Supports custom HOMEs and ROOMs creating. - Supports implementation of scenes. - Supports renaming of all services. - Supports device sharing.

About

Solar Check Production

Visualize your solar system's production data with home and lock screen widgets. This app integrates with the SOLARMAN Smart platform, requiring only your existing login credentials. It's designed for users of compatible solar systems to easily monitor performance.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
  • SOLARMAN Smart platform compatibility
  • Uses existing SOLARMAN Smart login
Features
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Solar Check Production visualizes the production data of your solar system as widgets directly on the home screen or the lock screen of your iPhone, iPad or directly on the Apple Watch. The app is suitable for all solar systems managed via SOLARMAN Smart platform. Registration takes place exclusively with the login data of SOLARMAN Smart. No further access data or registrations are necessary. Attention: Solar Check obtains the data from the SOLARMAN Smart platform. If the operator of the platform makes changes to the data management, this can lead to malfunctions or failure of Solar Check.

Screenshots

Smart@Home4 screens
Solar Check Production3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart@Home at Free against Solar Check Production's $2.99. Smart@Home also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Solar Check Production's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and device support (5 vs 2). On ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Smart@Home is free to download; Solar Check Production costs $2.99 up front. Solar Check Production sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Smart@Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart@Home ships an update every 9 months, Solar Check Production every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences ยท 3 level
Smart@Home versus Solar Check Production: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart@HomeSolar Check Production
PriceFree โ€” better$2.99
Positive reviewsโ€”66.7% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Monetizationโ€”Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKing I Electronics Co., Ltd.Andreas Huth

In-app purchases

None

Smart@Home

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Solar Check Production

One-time2
  • MQTT data usage$8.99
  • Inverter data$8.99

Questions

Is Smart@Home free?
Smart@Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solar Check Production free?
Solar Check Production costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Smart@Home or Solar Check Production have ads?
Neither Smart@Home nor Solar Check Production shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart@Home or Solar Check Production?
Smart@Home ships an update every 9 months, and Solar Check Production every 2 weeks. Most recently, Smart@Home was updated on November 3, 2026 and Solar Check Production on November 3, 2026.

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