ShineTools vs AUXSOL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShineTools
This professional tool streamlines the setup, diagnostics, and commissioning of local sites for authorized installers. It offers quick site deployment, automatic anomaly detection with troubleshooting, and real-time device status checks via WiFi and Bluetooth.
- Quick site setup and deployment
- Automatic installation diagnostics
- Precise troubleshooting guidance
- Device commissioning via WiFi/Bluetooth
- Real-time device status checks
- Parameter configuration
- Firmware updates
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ShineTools is a professional local commissioning tool for authorized Growatt installers, integrating core functions such as quick site setup, installation diagnostics, and device commissioning, improving operational efficiency. Quick Site Setup: Deliver one-stop site deployment solutions, streamline workflows, and cut down site commissioning time. Installation Diagnostics: Automaticly detect system anomalies and provide precise troubleshooting guidance, enabling efficient plant setup and maintenance. Device Commissioning: Connect via WiFi and Bluetooth to enable real-time device status checks, parameter configuration, and firmware updates.
AUXSOL
Monitor PV inverters and devices in real-time with accurate messaging and intelligent alarms. This app calculates energy and efficiency, quickly locating faults to assist with efficient operation and maintenance.
- Real-time PV inverter monitoring
- Accurate message push
- Intelligent alarm system
- Efficient operation and maintenance
- Remote upgrade control
- Statistical analysis
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AUXSOL App is a PV monitoring product that integrates real-time monitoring, accurate message push, intelligent alarm, efficient operation and maintenance, remote upgrade control, large visual screen, and statistical analysis. It can monitor the operating status of PV inverters and other device in real time. Automatically calculate the energy and efficiency of device and plant dimensions, and quickly locate faulty plants, assisting operation and maintenance personnel to quickly complete on-site defect elimination work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AUXSOL at 5.0 against ShineTools's 2.1. ShineTools's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
AUXSOL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShineTools has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ShineTools ships an update every 2 weeks, AUXSOL fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShineTools | AUXSOL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Growatt New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd | NINGBO AUX SOLAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
Customer experience
ShineTools
AUXSOL
In-app purchases
ShineTools
No in-app purchases
AUXSOL
No in-app purchases
