Netzero for Powerwall vs PG&E Toolkit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Netzero for Powerwall
Automate your home energy system to maximize savings and monitor your Powerwall's health. Integrate with utility providers for dynamic pricing and receive alerts for solar or battery issues. Gain insights into energy production and use your device as a home energy dashboard.
- Powerwall automation and scheduling
- Utility tariff integration
- Solar production monitoring
- Powerwall health alerts
- Home energy dashboard
- Advanced diagnostics
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Increase savings with Powerwall automation and utility integrations. Connect your energy devices, monitor Powerwall health, and detect solar issues early. Advanced features require a subscription after a 30-day free trial. - Take charge of your Powerwall. Schedule charging, discharging, and backup settings. Export stored energy to the grid when export prices are highest, or before a period of cheap or free electricity. Prevent unnecessary discharge during EV charging and improve efficiency. Automate your home energy with device integrations. - Connect your EV charger, EV, and heating/cooling devices. Pre-heat or pre-cool your home when electricity is cheap, or pause EV charging and heating/cooling during outages. Supports 500+ devices across 50+ brands. - Octopus Energy users benefit from automatic Powerwall charging during Intelligent Octopus Go sessions. Supports Agile Octopus, Tibber, Amber Electric, ComEd Hourly Pricing, and Ameren Power Smart Pricing. Netzero configures Powerwall with live pricing to help cut your bills. - Receive automatic alerts for solar or battery issues. Track Powerwall capacity and degradation to stay within warranty limits. - Get daily, monthly, and yearly production estimates. Spot solar performance issues early. Use the app on your tablet or phone as an always-on home energy dashboard. - Download detailed data, view string-level solar performance, access weather data and developer tools, and enjoy ongoing feature updates. Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PG&E Toolkit
Monitor your electricity usage and compare costs across different PG&E rate schedules to find the best plan for your home. Ideal for EV and solar owners looking to reduce their energy bills.
- Monitor PG&E energy usage
- Compare PG&E rate schedules
- Find best rate plan
- View energy usage histories
- Generate usage charts and plots
- Supports EV and solar owners
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Save $$$ on your electricity bills! My PG&E Toolkit enables you to monitor your PG&E energy usage and compare costs across the various PG&E rate schedules using your actual usage data. Using this app you can find your best rate schedule based on your actual energy usage data. By switching to a better PG&E rate schedule you can save lots of money on your electricity bill! Excellent app for electric vehicle (EV) owners, solar array (PV) owners, and home owners seeking to lower their energy bills! Features include: • View your real energy usage histories over days, months, years • Compare costs across various PG&E rate schedules, including schedules E1, E6, E7, E9 and the newer EV and ETOU rate schedules. • Great companion app for Solar Array/PV owners and electric vehicle/EV owners. • Excellent tool for electric vehicle owners to determine the best rate plans • View energy and cost analyses for multiple rate schedules based on your live data • Easily generate charts and plots of your energy usage across the day, month, year or lifetime • Includes multiple time-scale options: perform analyses over various ranges of time • Tip-of-the-finger quick access to your PG&E energy usage history • Universal app - access from nearly all mobile devices, including tablets and phones My PG&E Toolkit stores your energy data in the cloud in near-real-time to provide you rapid up-to-date most-current data analyses. To use this app, you need to have electricity service via PG&E infrastructure, and have access to your PG&E online account account. For details on how to sign up for your free PG&E account please see: https://pge.com Notes Regarding the Subscription: • Title of service: My PG&E Toolkit Data Access • Length of subscription: 1 month • Price of subscription: $4.99/month. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period • No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. • Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by the user • Privacy policy: https://ndilitechnologies.com/privacy.html • Terms of use/EULA: https://ndilitechnologies.com/termsofuse.html Ndili Technologies, Inc. other than being an official PG&E Approved 'Share My Data' (Green Button) Vendor, has no other affiliation to, and is not otherwise associated or sponsored by PG&E.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Netzero for Powerwall at 90% against PG&E Toolkit's 38%. Netzero for Powerwall also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (753 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Netzero for Powerwall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and PG&E Toolkit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Netzero for Powerwall holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Netzero for Powerwall has 753 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Netzero for Powerwall's written reviews are positive against 38% of PG&E Toolkit's.
Netzero for Powerwall ships an update weekly, PG&E Toolkit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Netzero for Powerwall | PG&E Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (753 ratings) — better | 3.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 753 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Netzero Labs, Inc | Ndili Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Netzero for Powerwall
PG&E Toolkit
Bugs and requests
Netzero for Powerwall
Reported bugs
2 issues- May not be compatible with PW3
- Diagnostic screen stays black
Requested features
2 requests- stop battery charging?
- AND function on the conditionality
PG&E Toolkit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Netzero for Powerwall
- Netzero Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
- Netzero Pro - Annual$69.991 Year
PG&E Toolkit
- PG&E Real Meter Data Analyses14 Days trial$4.991 Month
Questions
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