Comparison

Active · vs Dahlke Solar

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

Head to head
About

Active ·

This app offers real-time situational awareness for first responders. It provides a live location view of team members, enhancing coordination and response efforts.

Highlights
  • Real-time location tracking
  • Situational awareness for teams
  • Enhanced coordination
  • First responder focused
Features
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Active provides a situational awareness for first responders, enabling a real-time location view of team members.

About

Dahlke Solar

Monitor and control your solar-powered boat dock system remotely. View battery status, manage appliances with on/off switches and schedules, and utilize battery-saving features. Access detailed battery information and share control with family.

Highlights
  • Real-time battery and solar status
  • Remote appliance control (on/off)
  • Customizable schedules for appliances
  • Automatic battery saver mode
  • Detailed battery performance metrics
  • Share access with up to 10 users
  • Offline access to last-known data
Features
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Dahlke Solar is the companion app for your Dahlke Solar boat dock system — the solar panel, LiFePO4 house battery, and controller installed on your dock. If your dock was set up by Dahlke Solar, this app is how you keep an eye on it and run it from your phone. YOUR DOCK AT A GLANCE Open the app and see what's happening right now: how charged the battery is, whether the sun is topping it up, and which appliances are on. The dock talks to the app over a long-range radio link, so it works even where the dock itself has no Wi-Fi. FLIP THINGS ON AND OFF FROM ANYWHERE Dock lights, boat lift, fridge, fan — every appliance wired into your dock gets its own switch in the app. Left the lights on? Turn them off from the house. Heading down for an evening boat ride? Turn them on before you walk out the door. SCHEDULES Set on and off times for any appliance, on the days you choose. Have the dock lights come on at dusk on weekends, or run the fan only during the afternoon. BATTERY SAVER Cloudy stretch? Battery saver watches your charge level and automatically turns off non-critical appliances when the battery gets low, so the important stuff — like the fridge — keeps running. You choose which appliances count as critical and where the threshold sits. When the sun brings the battery back up, everything comes back on. BATTERY DETAILS For those who like the numbers: voltage, current, remaining capacity, charge cycles, temperatures, per-cell voltages, and any protection alerts from the battery — all on one screen. SHARE WITH FAMILY AND GUESTS Give up to 10 family members or guests access to your dock by email. Everyone gets the same live view and controls. WORKS WHEN YOU'RE OFFLINE No signal at the lake? The app shows the last-known state of your dock so you still have the picture. TRY IT WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Curious what it's like? Tap "Look around the demo dock" on the sign-in screen to explore a fully interactive demo — no account needed. A NOTE ON HARDWARE This app requires a Dahlke Solar dock system, which is professionally installed. Your installer assigns the dock to your account email — there's nothing to pair or configure yourself. If you don't have a dock yet, the demo mode shows you everything the app can do. Questions? Email jared.dahlke@gmail.com — you'll get a reply from the person who built it.

Screenshots

Active ·3 screens
Dahlke Solar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dahlke Solar at 5.0 against Active ·'s 4.2. Active ·'s advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dahlke Solar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Active · has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Active · versus Dahlke Solar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive ·Dahlke Solar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB65 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMotorola Solutions, IncJared Dahlke

Customer experience

Active ·

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Dahlke Solar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Active ·

No in-app purchases

None

Dahlke Solar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Active · free?
Active · is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dahlke Solar free?
Dahlke Solar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Active · or Dahlke Solar?
Dahlke Solar is rated higher. Active · averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Dahlke Solar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Active · or Dahlke Solar have ads?
Neither Active · nor Dahlke Solar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Active · or Dahlke Solar?
Active · ships an update every 6 weeks, and Dahlke Solar every 6 weeks. Most recently, Active · was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dahlke Solar on October 31, 2026.

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