Solar Check Production vs PVstats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solar Check Production
Visualize your solar system's production data with home and lock screen widgets. This app integrates with the SOLARMAN Smart platform, requiring only your existing login credentials. It's designed for users of compatible solar systems to easily monitor performance.
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch integration
- SOLARMAN Smart platform compatibility
- Uses existing SOLARMAN Smart login
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Solar Check Production visualizes the production data of your solar system as widgets directly on the home screen or the lock screen of your iPhone, iPad or directly on the Apple Watch. The app is suitable for all solar systems managed via SOLARMAN Smart platform. Registration takes place exclusively with the login data of SOLARMAN Smart. No further access data or registrations are necessary. Attention: Solar Check obtains the data from the SOLARMAN Smart platform. If the operator of the platform makes changes to the data management, this can lead to malfunctions or failure of Solar Check.
PVstats
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Alle wichtigen Werte der Photovoltaik Anlage mit Fronius Gen24 Wechselrichter jederzeit direkt auf der Apple Watch einsehbar. Die App wurde speziell für "Fronius Gen24" mit aktivierter "Solar API" Schnittstelle entwickelt. Andere Schnittstellen bzw. Geräte werden aktuell nicht unterstützt. Die Anbindung über MQTT-Protokoll ist aktuell nur über die App "PVstats Pro" möglich. Angezeigt werden aktuelle Leistung der PV Anlage, Verbrauch, Status Batteriespeicher sowie Stromnetz Verbrauch oder Einspeisung. Bei Fragen oder Problemen bitte direkt an mich wenden - einfach kurze Mail oder Twitter DM - bitte NICHT Fronius kontaktieren.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PVstats at Free against Solar Check Production's $2.99. PVstats also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Solar Check Production's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (5 vs 2). On ads and iOS requirement 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
PVstats is free to download; Solar Check Production costs $2.99 up front. Solar Check Production sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PVstats asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solar Check Production ships an update every 2 weeks, PVstats every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Solar Check Production | PVstats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Huth | Tobias Stoger |
In-app purchases
Solar Check Production
- MQTT data usage$8.99
- Inverter data$8.99
PVstats
No in-app purchases
Questions
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