Grape Solar vs Overkill Solar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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 Grape Solar's 0%. Overkill Solar also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). Grape Solar's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overkill Solar has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Grape Solar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overkill Solar's.
| Parameter | Grape Solar | Overkill Solar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HNE | Overkill Solar LLC |
Customer experience
Grape Solar
Overkill Solar
In-app purchases
Grape Solar
No in-app purchases
Overkill Solar
No in-app purchases
