FranklinWH vs MySolArk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FranklinWH
Monitor and control your home energy system remotely. Track solar, grid, battery, and generator supply, alongside home electricity consumption. Optimize usage patterns and manage smart devices for energy savings.
- Remote system management
- 24/7 energy monitoring
- Usage statistics (year, month, day)
- Remote control of consumption patterns
- Smart Circuit management (AC, EV chargers)
- Installer management tools
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With the FranklinWH app, homeowners can manage your Franklin Home Power (FHP) system anytime, anywhere. The FranklinWH app monitors your home electricity consumption 24 hours a day, tracking solar, grid, battery and generator supply and home consumption. It provides usage statistics for time periods including year, month and day. You can remotely control your home electricity consumption pattern and the energy equipment while choosing an economical and energy-saving home electricity consumption plan. With the app, you can control the three optional Smart Circuits, managing unique devices such as air conditioners and EV chargers manually or through automatic schedules. The FranklinWH app also provides installers management of installation, operations and maintenance. Through the direct communication between app and the FHP, problems can quickly be resolved. The FranklinWH app is under constant development and we would love to receive your feedback and suggestions.
MySolArk
This application allows users to remotely customize and monitor their photovoltaic energy storage systems. It provides 7-day-a-week support to help optimize the system based on user goals.
- Remote system customization
- Energy storage system monitoring
- PV system optimization
- 7-day-a-week support
- Anytime, anywhere access
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The MySolArk app lets you customize and monitor your PV building energy storage system from anywhere, anytime. Our support staff will help you optimize your system to your goals 7 days a week. Visit Sol-Ark.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FranklinWH at 3.5 against MySolArk's 2.0. FranklinWH also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 12%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). MySolArk's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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.
FranklinWH holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 92 and 123 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of FranklinWH's written reviews are positive against 12% of MySolArk's.
FranklinWH ships an update fortnightly, MySolArk every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FranklinWH | MySolArk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (92 ratings) — better | 2.0 (123 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better | 12.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 92 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc | Sol-Ark |
Customer experience
FranklinWH
MySolArk
User reviews
FranklinWH
From 92 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good reporting and information
- 👍 App works well overall
- 👍 System works great
- 👍 Beautiful, intuitive and insightful
- 👍 Flexible and reliable
Room to improve
- 😠 Loss of homeowner control
- 😠 Features locked out
- 😠 Requires payment for installer
- 😠 App requires constant refresh
- 😠 Data not accurate
MySolArk
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📊 Good data visualization with graphs
- 👁️ Ability to view historical data across days/weeks/months
- 🌐 Remote access from anywhere
- 🎨 Dark mode option available
- ⚡ Real-time system status monitoring
Room to improve
- 🚪 Constant forced logout requiring repeated logins
- 🐢 Slow data updates and status reporting
- ⚠️ Unreliable connection showing system offline incorrectly
- 📉 Missing historical ROI and carbon savings data after updates
- 🔔 Notifications not working or missing entirely
Bugs and requests
FranklinWH
Reported bugs
23 issues- Refresh problem, requires constant refresh
- Download function not working after update
- Duplicates in event list
- App takes a long time to load data
- Issues tracking savings, they disappear
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- Analysis part is useless, shows 0kwh
- Shows 0 solar, analysis confusing
- Errors in software
- App has issues connecting to Agate
- Grid outage and restoration notifications no longer work
- Cannot connect to equipment without internet
- App shows outages that are not occurring
- Constant disconnect between SOC value and aPower
- Message 'operation without permission' on access
- App thinks temperature is Celsius, cannot change
- Cannot update site name
- TOU tariff data erased/changed
- Reporting is not accurate, daily production sums incorrectly
- Does not register weather correctly
- Does not give correct FV panel production
- Does not give correct unit consumption
- App reports problems that self-correct but doesn't indicate it
- Asks consumer to take actions without instructions or authorization
Requested features
23 requests- Add widget for basic information
- Allow custom notification sounds
- Add iPad layout/landscape mode
- Add FaceID/biometric login
- Break down months into weeks for Tariff Seasons
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- Add Mac app or web app access
- Integrate with HomeKit for automations
- Make analytics available on PC or tablet
- Ability to schedule smart circuits by day of week
- Ability to use different SOC levels for different time periods
- Add NEM3 profile update
- Display individual battery percentages
- More granular control over mode settings
- Option to revert to previous dashboard/version
- Manual hardware option for app support loss
- Add push notification option for user-set SOC
- Allow direct connection to Agate hotspot
- Divert power from grid to charge battery
- Improve TOU tariff data and Edison integration
- Option to change temperature units (Celsius/Fahrenheit)
- Allow updating site name without issues
- Provide State of Health (SOH) data
- Add true offline mode
MySolArk
Reported bugs
19 issues- Constant logout requiring repeated authentication
- Slow or delayed data updates from inverter
- App shows system offline when it's actually online
- Historical data (monthly/yearly) displays as zero or disappears
- Data inconsistencies between overview and detailed screens
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- Cannot save parameter changes (request timeout errors)
- White blank screens blocking access to settings
- Login page elements grayed out making input difficult
- Battery level and household usage showing zero incorrectly
- Graph colors too similar making data hard to distinguish
- Pop-up windows appearing outside visible screen area
- App hangs when loading historical data
- Notifications toggle on but alerts don't trigger
- Tab bar text hidden under system home indicator
- QR code scanning for plant setup unclear/non-functional
- Service errors preventing account setup
- Data not syncing between app and inverter display
- App incompatible with iPhone 16 Pro Max parameters section
- Request timeout when pulling daily data
Requested features
14 requests- Keep user logged in with biometric authentication (Face ID/fingerprint)
- Push notifications for grid outages and system status changes
- Ability to control/modify inverter settings from app
- Custom date range reporting (not just calendar months)
- Daily summary view showing aggregated metrics
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- 24-hour load graph display even without PV generation
- Weather information integration
- Data export functionality (CSV/PDF reports)
- Consistent color coding across all screens
- Automatic data refresh without manual pull-down
- Version number visibility in app settings
- Support for select/cut/paste functionality
- Subscription option for more frequent data updates
- Megawatt display for large production values
In-app purchases
FranklinWH
No in-app purchases
MySolArk
No in-app purchases
