Comparison

Sunsynk Connect vs PivotDial

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

Head to head
About

Sunsynk Connect

Monitor and control your solar inverter system remotely from anywhere. View real-time energy generation, battery status, and grid/load statistics. Adjust inverter settings, share system access with installers, and receive event alerts.

Highlights
  • Real-time system monitoring
  • Remote inverter settings control
  • Plant connection sharing
  • Octopus Agile integration (UK)
  • Detailed reporting and export
  • Event and alert notifications
Features
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Sunsynk Logger App has been developed to help you get the most out of your Sunsynk inverter. It has been specially tailored for the customers and installers. Using the Sunsynk Logger app with your Sunsynk inverter gives you complete remote control of your system from anywhere in the world! Real-time Monitoring – The Sunsynk Logger App lets you monitor multiple stats such as energy generation, battery status, grid, and load statistics. Change Settings Remotely - You can control all settings on the inverter from your mobile phone or PC without having to visit the inverter in person. Sharing Plant Connection - Customers can share their connection with their installer, permanently or temporarily. If they need help with any settings or configuration on their system, or if the installer needs to run any diagnostic checks, there is no need to visit site. The customer can share their plant connection and the installer can run any diagnostics / make any configuration changes from their own account. Octopus Agile Intergration - UK users can use the Live Price feature, using this you can look at the live prices provided by Octopus Energy and amend your charge and discharge prices with those figures in mind. Reporting – Users can generate detailed reports and export them to a PDF file. You can generate reports an that day, week, month, and year, or you can create custom reports. Events / Alerts – The Sunsynk Logger app will notify you if there are any events such as any warnings or faults or if there is any sudden loss in power.

About

PivotDial

Features
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PivotDial shows you the rotation angle of a centre irrigation pivot on satellite imagery, so you can set end gun, wiper and stop angles by the number instead of by eye. A pivot circle has no marks on it. When you need the end gun to come on at a certain spot, or the wiper to shut off before a yard, you are left pacing it off, guessing from a fence line, or running the machine around and watching the panel tick over. Even machines with GPS and an app of their own tell you where the pivot is right now, not the degree of the bin yard corner, the approach, or the tree row you want to skip. PivotDial gives you the degree of any point in the circle before you touch the panel. SET UP IN TWO STEPS - Drop a pin on the pivot center on the satellite map - Enter the pivot length from the center to the last tower The app draws the pivot circle with degree markings. That is the whole setup. No walking, no calibration, nothing to install on the machine. READ THE ANGLE TWO WAYS - Where you stand, using your phone's GPS - Anywhere on the map, by dragging a pin, without leaving the truck SAVE THE ANGLES YOU KEEP COMING BACK TO - End gun on and off angles - Wiper forward and reverse stop angles - Obstacles: rock piles, sloughs, approaches, tree rows - Stop-in-slot parking positions Bookmarks are unlimited and named, and show on the circle as numbered pins that match the list, so you can read a degree off the list while standing at the panel. ABOUT SIGNAL The angle math runs on your phone. Once a pivot is set up, your reading keeps working with no signal, because it uses your device's GPS locally. Satellite imagery needs a data connection to load. Without one you still get the angle, just not the picture underneath it. CHECK IT AGAINST YOUR PANEL Pivot panels are normally referenced to north. Compare one reading against your panel the first time you use the app. If they differ by a consistent amount, enter that number as a manual offset in advanced settings and the readings line up. WORKS WITH ANY BRAND Nothing to connect and nothing to install on the machine. No subscription, no account, no sign-up. Your pivot profiles and bookmarks stay on your phone. Questions or problems: support@pivotdial.com

Screenshots

Sunsynk Connect4 screens
PivotDial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sunsynk Connect at 13.0 against PivotDial's 16.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Sunsynk Connect versus PivotDial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunsynk ConnectPivotDial
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews19.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSunsynkNathan Rhodes

In-app purchases

None

Sunsynk Connect

No in-app purchases

None

PivotDial

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sunsynk Connect free?
Sunsynk Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PivotDial free?
PivotDial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sunsynk Connect or PivotDial have ads?
Neither Sunsynk Connect nor PivotDial shows ads.

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