Overkill Solar vs GoKWh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
GoKWh
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1. Connect the BMS Bluetooth module through mobile phone Bluetooth and read various status information of the lithium battery pack; 2. You can view the voltage, total voltage, SOC, real-time current, cycle times, temperature, voltage difference, equilibrium status, etc. of each string of the battery pack, and set protection parameters according to your own needs; 3. When the battery pack is abnormal, an alarm will be issued to facilitate user troubleshooting and maintenance, providing alarm data.
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Verdict
Overkill Solar and GoKWh are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 ships an update every 4 months, GoKWh every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overkill Solar | GoKWh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Overkill Solar LLC | Gokwh Inc. |
In-app purchases
Overkill Solar
No in-app purchases
GoKWh
No in-app purchases
