SMARTg Home vs Shiner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMARTg Home
Take full command of your Greenworks SMARTg home products, including robotic vacuums. Schedule, customize, and monitor your devices with ease. Share access with family members for seamless control.
- Full command of SMARTg products
- Control robotic vacuum
- Schedule and customize devices
- Monitor device status
- Share devices with family
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SMARTg living at home with Greenworks 1. Full command of your in home Greenworks SMARTg products 2. Control your Greenworks robotic vacuum and other upcoming SMARTg home products 3. Schedule, customize and monitor all from your SMARTg app 4. Easily share devices with family members 5. Easy to connect and program your Greenworks SMARTg home products
Shiner
This monitoring application simplifies inverter setup and configuration for installers. End customers can easily track device performance and operational status in real-time through a user-friendly interface. It offers a comprehensive solution for managing energy systems.
- Quick inverter setup
- Easy activation and debugging
- Efficient configuration
- Real-time device monitoring
- Operational status updates
- User-friendly interface
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Shiner APP - One-Stop Monitoring Solution Shiner APP is the latest monitoring application developed by Growatt, currently supporting the North American MIN-XH-US series models and available in a trial phase. Whether you are an installer or an end customer, Shiner APP offers a convenient user experience. For Installers: · Quick Setup: Simplifies the installation and configuration process of inverters. · Easy Activation: Activate, upgrade, and debug inverters effortlessly through the app. · Efficient Configuration: Intuitive configuration process enhances installation efficiency. For End Customers: · Real-Time Monitoring: Directly monitor the operational status of your devices through the app. · Status Updates: Always stay updated with the latest operational information of your devices to ensure system stability. · User-Friendly Interface: Easily understand and manage the performance of your devices with an intuitive interface. Shiner APP provides a one-stop solution for installers and end customers, ensuring a seamless experience from installation to daily monitoring.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMARTg Home at 4.5 against Shiner's 1.7. SMARTg Home also leads on ratings volume (185 vs 21) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Shiner's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (18% vs 0%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
SMARTg Home holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMARTg Home has 185 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of SMARTg Home's written reviews are positive against 18% of Shiner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SMARTg Home ships an update every 6 months, Shiner every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMARTg Home | Shiner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (185 ratings) — better | 1.7 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 176 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Changzhou Greenworks Investment Co.,Ltd. | Shenzhen Growatt New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
SMARTg Home
Shiner
In-app purchases
SMARTg Home
No in-app purchases
Shiner
No in-app purchases
