Z vs TSUN Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Z
Manage and monitor your smart home energy devices remotely. Connect to EV chargers and microinverters via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi for real-time status updates and control. Compatible with BENY home chargers and balcony/garden PV equipment.
- Remote EV charger monitoring
- Microinverter status viewing
- Bluetooth direct connection
- Wi-Fi cloud registration
- Real-time device status
- BENY device compatibility
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Beny smart home energy management APP "Z-Box", allows connection and remote viewing of EV chargers and microinverter devices: -Near-field direct connection via Bluetooth, or register a cloud account via Wi-Fi connection for remote control. -Applicable to BENY home charger. -Applicable to BENY microinverter balcony/garden PV equipment. -Real-time monitoring of all device status.
TSUN Smart
Monitor your solar power plants and devices from your mobile. Track real-time and historical generation data, calculate yield, and visualize individual panel performance with a custom layout.
- Manage multiple solar plants
- Add and configure devices
- View real-time generation data
- Review historical generation data
- Calculate solar yield
- Build solar panel layouts
- Monitor individual panel performance
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TSUN Smart is a solar plant mornitoring application used by endusers or installers for TSUN products. You are able to manage different plants, add devices, configure the devices in batch, review real-time and historic generation data as well calculate your yield on your mobile phone. In addition, you are able to build a layout of your solar panels and mornitor the perfomance of each panel individually.
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Verdict
Z and TSUN Smart both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 33% of Z's written reviews are positive against 18% of TSUN Smart's. Z also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Z against 5.0 for TSUN Smart. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Z's written reviews are positive against 18% of TSUN Smart's.
Z ships an update monthly, TSUN Smart every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Z | TSUN Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 18.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | zhejiang benyi new energy technology co.,ltd. | TSUNESS Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Z
TSUN Smart
Bugs and requests
Z
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TSUN Smart
Reported bugs
15 issues- Server connection failures preventing data display
- Missing daily energy data in monthly summaries
- Incorrect total energy calculations
- Data frozen or not updating in real-time
- App crashes or fails to load
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- Verification code not sent during registration
- Inverter configuration mode issues
- Smart Meter integration causing system type changes
- Synchronization problems with multiple micro-inverters
- Daily counter resets losing historical data
- Inconsistent power readings between panels on same roof
- Connection drops between 12-13 hours daily
- Data not recorded after app updates
- Inverter shows offline despite active production
- Micro-inverter pairing failures
Requested features
12 requests- Display daily peak power values consistently
- Real-time data updates on demand (pull-to-refresh)
- Export data in CSV format
- Show maximum inverter capacity information
- Email and push notifications for alerts
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- Ability to adjust power limits directly in app
- Display current firmware version
- Monthly and yearly energy generation summaries
- Larger chart labels and improved layout
- Support for 5GHz WiFi networks
- Improved German language translation
- Better error messages and user guidance
In-app purchases
Z
No in-app purchases
TSUN Smart
No in-app purchases
