Comparison

SolarGrade vs AineVue

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

Head to head
About

SolarGrade

Streamline solar installation and field service with specialized checklists, automated reporting, and issue tracking. This app replaces manual paperwork with georeferenced tagging, photo editing, and project documentation tools.

Highlights
  • Solar-specific checklists
  • Georeferenced issue tagging
  • Photo capture and editing
  • Automated report generation
  • Offline mode and syncing
  • Task management and scheduling
Features
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Solar installers and field service technicians work faster and smarter with SolarGrade. Replace paperwork and busywork with made-for-solar checklists, automated reports, and auto-generated punch lists. SolarGrade was invented by solar professionals who were frustrated by generic construction, O&M, and inspection software. It’s the platform they wanted for themselves. MUST-HAVE FEATURES • Ready-made solar specific construction QA/QC, O&M, and inspection templates • Georeferenced issue tagging • Photo capture and editing • Easy access to project information and drawings • Mark-up tools • Automated and customizable reports • Automatic punch lists and task management • Off-line mode and syncing • Scheduling and calendars • Data exports KEY BENEFITS Save Time and Standardize On-Site Work • Use solar and storage-specific workflows that you can edit for your company or team. • Document work in a few taps with pre-written descriptions for common tasks and issues. Know Where Issues Are • Location is everything – especially at large projects. • SolarGrade uses your device’s built-in GPS to locate issues. • Do corrective maintenance and finish punch lists faster by going to the pins on your SolarGrade map. Work Simultaneously at Sites • Divide and conquer – without missing a step. • Split up tasks while following the same workflow easily with SolarGrade. • Track progress across team members simultaneously. Easily Update As-Builts • Keep every plan in the palm of your hand. • Upload and geolocate project as-builts on-site and make mark-ups on mobile, even offline. Document Everything Easily • Take and edit photos with your device. • Scan barcodes with one tap. Create Great Reports Fast • Stop spending hours drafting reports and compiling photos after site visits. • Document your work quickly by auto-generating professional SolarGrade reports with one tap. • Customize reports with your company’s brand to share with clients. Elevate Your Asset Care • Every site visit can generate actionable asset care data for your clients. • Analyze fieldwork data from site visits to identify your team’s challenges and growth opportunities. • Compare teams and projects to inform resource allocation and training. • Generate actionable, geo-referenced punch lists along with fleet-wide analytics, and portfolio-level task lists that ensure problems are solved – not forgotten. WHO USES SOLARGRADE? EPCs, Integrators, & Installers • Standardize installation protocols, manage OSHA requirements, and conduct QAQC quickly and accurately. Leverage SolarGrade reports for easy hand-offs to O&M after commissioning. O&M Providers • Document preventative and correct maintenance, identify issues by severity level, conduct fast and comprehensive site walks, schedule timely corrective maintenance, generate punch lists for future site visits, and impress your customers with rigorous reports. ASSET Owners, Managers, and Off-Takers • Measure asset health from the ground-up with structured field data. Optimize asset operations from construction all the way to decommissioning with robust analytics. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER SolarGrade brings field and office teams together on one digital page for smarter, faster, more accurate fieldwork and proactive asset care. It all adds up to profitable projects that generate clean energy for the planet. What are you waiting for? Using SolarGrade levels up your fieldwork so you can achieve better results — at scale, on time, and on budget. Get started now so you can: • Work 30% more faster in the field • Do less rework on new builds • Stop wasting time on reports at the end of the day • Prevent safety events by standardizing fieldwork processes and quality control protocols • Improve your business operations with better data from better fieldwork

About

AineVue

Features
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AineVue helps solar installers and electrical contractors document their work and get project milestones approved. MILESTONE CHECKLISTS Each project follows the checklist its financier requires for the milestone. You can see what is complete, what is still missing and what has been sent back for correction. PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS Take photos on site or upload them from your library. Files are saved to secure cloud storage and matched to the right checklist item, so there is less sorting to do by hand. REVIEW AND APPROVAL Submit a completed milestone for review and follow it from submission through to funding. If a milestone is blocked, the reason is shown on the milestone so your crew knows what to fix. ALSO INCLUDED - Site surveys and inspection forms - Equipment details checked against the design documents - Electrical and solar calculators, including wire size, voltage drop, conduit fill and array sizing - An NEC code reference with plain-language explanations Your whole team works from the same projects, and your company administrator controls who can see what. An AineVue account is required. Accounts are created by your company administrator or by Aine Energy.

Screenshots

SolarGrade4 screens
AineVue4 screens

Verdict

The call

SolarGrade and AineVue are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SolarGrade ships an update fortnightly, AineVue every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SolarGrade versus AineVue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolarGradeAineVue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHelioVoltaGreg Martin

In-app purchases

None

SolarGrade

No in-app purchases

None

AineVue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SolarGrade free?
SolarGrade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AineVue free?
AineVue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SolarGrade or AineVue have ads?
Neither SolarGrade nor AineVue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SolarGrade or AineVue?
SolarGrade ships an update fortnightly, and AineVue every 3 weeks. Most recently, SolarGrade was updated on November 3, 2026 and AineVue on October 28, 2026.

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