myStrom Mobile vs eCarUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myStrom Mobile
Monitor solar power generation, manage energy consumption, and control smart home devices. Automate your home with custom scenes and actions, and enhance security with smart alerts. Integrates with popular third-party smart home products.
- Solar power generation metering
- Electricity consumption monitoring
- Smart device control
- Scene and action automation
- Device organization by room
- Home security monitoring
- Third-party device integration
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The app for solar power metering, energy management, smart home and security from myStrom. For myStrom Smart Home devices and myStrom-compatible devices. To use the myStrom app, you must own at least one myStrom or myStrom-compatible device, e.g. a myStrom WiFi Switch or a SONOS Speaker. The app and cloud are basically free to use, but an in-app subscription will be required for certain functions. The myStrom app allows you to * Measure and display electricity generation from mini-PV systems, including cost and yield * Measure and display the power consumption of connected devices, including cost and yield * Control myStrom and myStrom-compatible devices * Automate with myStrom Scenes and Actions * Organise devices in rooms * Use clever automations that automatically save electricity * Use clever functions that provide more convenience * Use sophisticated Actions for home automation * Use third-party devices such as SONOS, Philips Hue, IKEA TRÅDFRI and Shelly via the myStrom Home Hub * Protect your home with myStrom Home Guard * Receive a wide range of situation-specific notifications and alarms Overview of myStrom Plans and Options: https://mystrom.ch/plans Terms of Use: https://mystrom.ch/gtc/ Privacy Policy: https://mystrom.ch/privacy-policy/
eCarUp
Easily find, monitor, and pay for electric vehicle charging. Offers real-time availability and pricing for drivers, and allows charging point operators to rent out their stations and manage payments.
- Find and navigate to charge points
- Real-time availability and pricing
- Start and stop charging sessions
- View charging history and costs
- Rent out your EV charger
- Manage charger availability and pricing
- Receive payments for hosting
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Find, monitor, and pay for charging of your electric car with just a few clicks. Whether you’re at home, at work, running errands or on vacation, eCarUp helps you connect with reliable charging and is fully transparent. The eCarUp mobile app features: EV-Drivers ▸ Search, find and navigate to available charge points ▸ Up-to-date information on charging rates on every charge point ▸ Live information on availability of charge points ▸ Start and stop charging sessions directly from the app ▸ View the history of your previous charge sessions, including costs of the charge session, location details and amount of volume charged. "At any destination, I open the eCarUp mobile app to locate the nearest charge point. The app is fully transparent and gives me live data on how much I’ve already charged. " - Mr. Fischer. EV-Driver Charging point operators ▸ Rent out your EV charger for a price you can control ▸ Update your listing, availability, and pricing for parking (per hour) and charging (per kWh) ▸ Get paid for hosting your station ▸ Manage your charger's public versus private availability ▸ Receive payments through secure payment processing system “We were looking for a practical, simple and hardware-agnostic backend for our electric car charging stations. With eCarUp, we have found a system that can be flexibly and scalably adapted to our properties” Mr. Müller, Charging Point Operator The eCarUp mobile app is completed by the eCarUp web portal, which was designed to make charging station management even easier. Operators configure the access rights of their stations, get detailed information on the charging histories and add additional functions such as load management, maintenance and reporting. Find out more on www.ecarup.com Feel free to give us feedback!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myStrom Mobile at 5.0 against eCarUp's 3.5. myStrom Mobile also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). eCarUp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price 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. myStrom Mobile sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. eCarUp asks for nothing beyond the download.
myStrom Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of myStrom Mobile's written reviews are positive against 20% of eCarUp's.
myStrom Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, eCarUp every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myStrom Mobile | eCarUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | myStrom AG | smart-me AG |
Customer experience
myStrom Mobile
eCarUp
In-app purchases
myStrom Mobile
- myStrom Plus3 Months trial$2.991 Year
- myStrom Plus1 Year trial$2.991 Year
- myStrom Plus6 Months trial$2.991 Year
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- Home Guard – Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Data Option$3.991 Year
- myStrom Pro3 Months trial$9.991 Year
- myStrom Pro1 Year trial$9.991 Year
- Data Option$9.991 Year
- Home$24.991 Year
- Home Guard – Yearly7 Days trial$37.991 Year
eCarUp
No in-app purchases








