Comparison

Chargee Sparky vs Ralph!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chargee Sparky

Features
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With the Sparky P1 meter and the Chargee app, you can take energy back into your own hands. We combine real-time insight with forecasts and automation so that you use energy at the ideal time. In this way, we bring energy supply and demand back into balance. Together, we make optimal use of sustainable energy. APP FEATURES Insight • Live insight into electricity and gas consumption and feed-in • Compare your historical consumption per day, week, month or year • Easy insight into your average, most and least consumption • Insight into your power consumption and feed-in every hour, down to the second • View the dynamic rates for electricity and gas • Easily share your Chargee account with friends and family • View the load per phase (ampere) in your home, per hour • View the voltage per phase in your home, per hour • Live phase load Forecast • Forecast of your expected electricity consumption and solar return • Forecast of your expected gas consumption • Forecast of your expected solar production Integrations • Connect to your solar inverter and see your solar consumption in your home (Beta) • Connect with your electric car and see the charge state and driving range (Beta) • Connect with your EV charger and see the charging capacity (Beta) • Connect with your heat pump, air conditioning or heating and see consumption rate and temperature (Beta) • Connect with your home battery and see charge state and battery level (Beta) You need Sparky P1 meter, our real-time energy meter, to use the Chargee app. You can easily connect this Sparky to your smart meter. Click, connect to WiFi and you're done.

About

Ralph!

Features
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Experience convenience and efficiency with Ralph, your ultimate mobile companion for managing sports facility lighting. Seamlessly plan and schedule events, and optimize energy use. Embrace sustainability and cost-effectiveness by effortlessly turning lights on and off. Ralph transforms your sports facility into a modern, energy-efficient technology.

Screenshots

Chargee Sparky4 screens
Ralph!3 screens

Verdict

The call

Chargee Sparky and Ralph! 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 Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chargee Sparky ships an update fortnightly, Ralph! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Chargee Sparky versus Ralph!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChargee SparkyRalph!
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChargee B.V.NINEFOLD EOOD

In-app purchases

None

Chargee Sparky

No in-app purchases

None

Ralph!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chargee Sparky free?
Chargee Sparky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ralph! free?
Ralph! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chargee Sparky or Ralph! have ads?
Neither Chargee Sparky nor Ralph! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chargee Sparky or Ralph!?
Chargee Sparky ships an update fortnightly, and Ralph! every 3 weeks. Most recently, Chargee Sparky was updated on September 23, 2026 and Ralph! on September 19, 2026.

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