EnergyTrak vs MySolArk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EnergyTrak
Monitor your standby generator and home battery storage system remotely. Get real-time status updates, proactive alerts for faults, and automatic software updates. Ideal for homeowners and professionals managing energy solutions.
- Real-time system status monitoring
- Proactive fault and warning alerts
- Automatic over-the-air software updates
- Remote diagnostics for professionals
- Optimized solar power integration insights
- Off-grid power setup monitoring
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Monitor your standby generator and battery storage system with EnergyTrak, the official application for Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions products. Instantly check crucial system status updates, including system status and overall performance. Whether your system is used to provide backup power, lower energy bills, optimize solar power integration, or live off-grid, EnergyTrak delivers detailed insights about your complete power setup. For Pros, EnergyTrak allows you to provide best-in-class support by viewing advanced system diagnostics and deploying automatic software updates remotely, ensuring your fleet of generators and batteries is optimized and healthy. EnergyTrak Features: View Real-Time Status: Remotely monitor your Briggs & Stratton standby generator and home battery from anywhere with the new EnergyTrak app. Get Proactive Alerts: Receive notifications for system faults or warnings. Receive Automatic Updates: Get the latest software and firmware over-the-air. Enabled for Expert Support: Allows your installer 24/7 monitoring and diagnostics.
MySolArk
This application allows users to remotely customize and monitor their photovoltaic energy storage systems. It provides 7-day-a-week support to help optimize the system based on user goals.
- Remote system customization
- Energy storage system monitoring
- PV system optimization
- 7-day-a-week support
- Anytime, anywhere access
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The MySolArk app lets you customize and monitor your PV building energy storage system from anywhere, anytime. Our support staff will help you optimize your system to your goals 7 days a week. Visit Sol-Ark.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EnergyTrak at 4.7 against MySolArk's 2.0. EnergyTrak also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 12%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). MySolArk's advantage is ratings volume (123 vs 13) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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.
EnergyTrak holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MySolArk has 123 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of EnergyTrak's written reviews are positive against 12% of MySolArk's.
EnergyTrak ships an update every 10 days, MySolArk every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EnergyTrak | MySolArk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better | 2.0 (123 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 12.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Briggs & Stratton, LLC | Sol-Ark |
Customer experience
EnergyTrak
MySolArk
Bugs and requests
EnergyTrak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MySolArk
Reported bugs
19 issues- Constant logout requiring repeated authentication
- Slow or delayed data updates from inverter
- App shows system offline when it's actually online
- Historical data (monthly/yearly) displays as zero or disappears
- Data inconsistencies between overview and detailed screens
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- Cannot save parameter changes (request timeout errors)
- White blank screens blocking access to settings
- Login page elements grayed out making input difficult
- Battery level and household usage showing zero incorrectly
- Graph colors too similar making data hard to distinguish
- Pop-up windows appearing outside visible screen area
- App hangs when loading historical data
- Notifications toggle on but alerts don't trigger
- Tab bar text hidden under system home indicator
- QR code scanning for plant setup unclear/non-functional
- Service errors preventing account setup
- Data not syncing between app and inverter display
- App incompatible with iPhone 16 Pro Max parameters section
- Request timeout when pulling daily data
Requested features
14 requests- Keep user logged in with biometric authentication (Face ID/fingerprint)
- Push notifications for grid outages and system status changes
- Ability to control/modify inverter settings from app
- Custom date range reporting (not just calendar months)
- Daily summary view showing aggregated metrics
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- 24-hour load graph display even without PV generation
- Weather information integration
- Data export functionality (CSV/PDF reports)
- Consistent color coding across all screens
- Automatic data refresh without manual pull-down
- Version number visibility in app settings
- Support for select/cut/paste functionality
- Subscription option for more frequent data updates
- Megawatt display for large production values
In-app purchases
EnergyTrak
No in-app purchases
MySolArk
No in-app purchases
