ChargePro 2.0 vs Overkill Solar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChargePro 2.0
Remotely monitor and control solar DC charge systems. View real-time PV, battery, and load status, access historical data, and adjust charge controller parameters like battery type and load modes.
- Remote operation and monitoring
- PV, battery, and DC load status display
- Historical data viewing
- Parameter settings for charge controllers
- Device information display
- Bluetooth connection management
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ChargePro 2.0 is designed for remote operation & monitoring on solar charge controller in any solar DC charge systems. This 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 this APP. 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, and we also have 2 slide menus for displaying the device information and BT connection. 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.
Overkill Solar
This app connects to a solar battery management system to provide detailed monitoring and control. Users can track cell voltage, capacity, current, and manage charging/discharging ports. It also offers advanced configuration options for calibration, balancing, and protection settings.
- Monitor cell voltage and capacity
- Control charging and discharging ports
- Calibrate voltage and current
- Configure balancer and protection values
- Log voltage, current, and power
- Monitor BMS alarms and temperature
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Overkill Solar iOS App allows users to connect with the Overkill Solar Battery Management System (BMS). It can monitor voltage of the cells, total capacity, charging and discharging current, and switch the charging and discharging ports on or off. Features: - change bluetooth advertising name - unlock hardware protected BMS - save or load BMS configurations - calibrate cells voltage and charging or discharging current - log maximum or minimum voltage, current and power - enable and configure the balancer - modify the capacity settings - monitor temperature - monitor BMS alarms - import and export .fig files - set level 2 and 3 advanced protection values
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Overkill Solar at 100% against ChargePro 2.0's 0%. Overkill Solar also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.2). ChargePro 2.0's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.4). 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.
Overkill Solar holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ChargePro 2.0's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overkill Solar's.
ChargePro 2.0 ships an update every 3 weeks, Overkill Solar every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChargePro 2.0 | Overkill Solar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (25 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HNE | Overkill Solar LLC |
Customer experience
ChargePro 2.0
Overkill Solar
In-app purchases
ChargePro 2.0
No in-app purchases
Overkill Solar
No in-app purchases
