Sunnova vs Pixel Progress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunnova
Take charge of your home's energy consumption. This app integrates solar, storage, and electric vehicle management into a single platform. Monitor performance, optimize usage, and gain insights into your energy ecosystem.
- Manage solar, storage, and EV devices
- View energy performance (hourly, daily, monthly)
- Optimize home energy usage
- Centralized energy ecosystem management
- Control Sunnova Adaptive Home™
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The Sunnova App puts homeowners in control of their home energy by combining modern energy appliances, including solar, storage, and electric vehicles, in one, convenient app. Users can manage their devices; view hourly, daily, and monthly performance; and discover new ways to optimize their home. As the central place for managing a new kind of home energy ecosystem, the Sunnova app enables homeowners to manage and optimize their Sunnova Adaptive Home™.
Pixel Progress
Transform your daily tasks into an engaging adventure. This app uses video game mechanics to help you track your to-dos, motivate friends, and earn rewards by defeating challenges.
- Gamified task tracking
- Friend encouragement
- Boss battles for loot
- Progress visualization
- To-do list management
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Pixel Progress is a to-do list with video game style! Track your tasks, encourage your friends, and defeat bosses for epic loot. Terms of Use: https://pixel-progress.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://pixel-progress.com/pixel-privacy
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Verdict
Sunnova and Pixel Progress both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pixel Progress's written reviews are positive against 6% of Sunnova's. Sunnova's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (844 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. Pixel Progress sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Sunnova asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Sunnova against 4.0 for Pixel Progress. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunnova has 844 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 6% of Sunnova's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixel Progress's.
Sunnova ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixel Progress monthly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Sunnova | Pixel Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (844 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 844 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sunnova Energy Corp | Travis Templeton |
Customer experience
Sunnova
Pixel Progress
Bugs and requests
Sunnova
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes on startup
- Incorrect or missing production data
- Billing information not updating properly
Requested features
3 requests- Custom date range for production data
- Real-time energy usage and generation data
- Ability to view individual panel performance
Pixel Progress
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sunnova
No in-app purchases
Pixel Progress
- Pixel Power-Up$2.991 Month
