FE vs Grape Solar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FE
Monitor your battery's charging status, remaining time, and historical data with this Bluetooth-connected device. It provides a comprehensive overview of your battery's performance.
- 500 amp battery monitoring
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Real-time charging status
- Remaining time estimation
- Historical battery data
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FE-Shunt is a versatile and easy-to-use 500 amp battery monitor.Connect to the FE-Shunt device via Bluetooth, you can read out all monitored battery parameters-such as charging status, remaining time, historical information, etc.
Grape Solar
Monitor and control your solar charge controller remotely. View system status, historical data, and adjust parameters like battery type and load settings. Requires a compatible BT module.
- Remote display and operation
- PV, battery, and DC load status
- Historical data display
- Parameter settings
- Battery type adjustment
- Load mode settings
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GrapeSolar APP is used as a remote display and operation panel for the relevant solar charge controller (an external or inbuilt BT module is required for usage). By operation on this APP, you can check the status of PV, battery, DC load for the solar DC charge system with charge controller. We have 3 main pages of operations in ChargePro 2.0. The first page is for displaying the status of the system, the 2nd page is for displaying the historical data, the last page is for displaying the parameters for settings. Except for showing the present system information, we also can set the parameters for the charge controllers in the parameter setting pages, like for battery type, battery charge & discharge voltages, load mode settings and etc. For more information, please contact the solar charge controller providers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FE at 50% against Grape Solar's 0%. FE also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.7). Grape Solar's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
FE holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of FE's written reviews are positive against 0% of Grape Solar's.
| Parameter | FE | Grape Solar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (8 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Dashi Wisdom Technology Co., Ltd. | HNE |
Customer experience
FE
Grape Solar
In-app purchases
FE
No in-app purchases
Grape Solar
No in-app purchases
