Comparison

Duracell Energy vs iCertifi Cloud Pro

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

Head to head
About

Duracell Energy

Monitor your home's energy consumption and the status of your connected devices, including battery storage and EV chargers. Track solar generation, battery usage, and grid energy flow with historical data visualization.

Highlights
  • Monitor home energy status
  • View battery and EV charger status
  • Track household energy consumption
  • Analyze solar generation and grid usage
  • Access historical energy data
Features
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The Duracell app enables owners of Duracell batteries and EV Charger to monitor their homes’ energy on the go. With this app you can: View the status of your Duracell connected home, battery, and EV Charger View your household consumption and the power flowing through you Duracell connected devices, giving you a clear understanding of solar generation, battery usage and grid energy usage. Access your historical energy usage data in daily, weekly, and monthly time periods, so you can understand your household consumption behaviour over time and the benefits to the environment.

About

iCertifi Cloud Pro

Create, manage, and store BS 7671-compliant electrical certificates offline or with cloud sync. Streamline your workflow with smart tools, auto-calculations, and pre-filled templates. Securely back up your data with end-to-end encryption.

Highlights
  • Create BS 7671 electrical certificates
  • Offline and cloud sync capabilities
  • Generate secure PDF certificates
  • Auto-calculates Zs values and fuse requirements
  • Speech-to-text for dictating results
  • Includes pre-written EICR codes and observations
  • Remote QS monitoring and signing
Features
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Photograph the board β€” iCertifi Cloud Pro reads every circuit and fills the schedule for you. EICR, EIC and Minor Works certificates to BS 7671, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Start a certificate on your iPhone, continue on your iPad, finish on your Mac. Everything is backed up to the cloud with end-to-end encryption, so your work survives a lost, stolen or replaced device. BOARD VISION β€” POINT, SHOOT, DONE Take one photo of the distribution board. Board Vision detects the devices, circuit order and layout, and fills your circuit schedule in about 30 seconds. What used to be 20 to 45 minutes of typing out MCBs, ratings and labels is now a photo you check and confirm. TEST VISION β€” READINGS STRAIGHT OFF THE TESTER Photograph your test instrument's display and the readings are extracted and matched to the right circuit automatically. Any make, any model. No cables, no Bluetooth pairing, no transcription errors. SPARK AI β€” YOUR 24/7 TECHNICAL HELPLINE Instant answers on BS 7671, EICRs, testing procedure and observation coding, without leaving the certificate you are working on. COMPLIANCE CHECK Every certificate is checked automatically before you issue it, so mistakes are caught while you are still on site β€” not by the client, the assessor or your QS. WORKS COMPLETELY OFFLINE Certify with no signal, no laptop and no desktop software. Data uploads automatically the moment you reconnect. Built exclusively for Apple devices. CERTIFICATES INCLUDED - Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC) - Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) - Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate - Three Circuit Minor Works - Domestic Installation Certificate - Electric Vehicle Charging Installation Certificate - Landlord Interim Report - Visual Inspection Report - Earthing & Bonding Certificate - Isolation Certificate - Danger Notice …and more NEW β€” CLIENT HUB Every customer in one place: their jobs, certificates and upcoming retests, grouped by client. Due work and reminders appear on the Dashboard the moment you open the app, so recurring contracts come back to you. TESTING TOOLS THAT DO THE MATHS - Zs calculations β€” auto-calculated for MCBs and RCDs, 100% or 80% options - Fuse calculator β€” 0.4s and 5s fuse Zs - BS 7671 regulation checks as you enter results - Split load RCD testing with multiple recorded times - Electrician's Toolbox β€” lighting calculator, fuse kA, thermal imaging and more - FLIR ONE thermal imaging β€” find faults without isolating the supply SPEED ON SITE - Template boards β€” save and reuse board configurations - Copy and paste boards between certificates - Smart Duplicate β€” reuse any previous certificate, omitting dates, signatures and test results - Smart Fill and Quick Fill β€” sections and common circuit values in one tap - Speech-to-text β€” dictate test results - Notes history, pre-filled defaults and searchable certificate types EICRs DONE PROPERLY - The Vault β€” nearly 500 prewritten observations with BS 7671 codes - Add photographs to document faults and observations - Digital circuit schedules with QR-encoded layouts - Printable EICR covers - Calibration certificate attachments for your tester records QS MONITORING AND REMOTE SIGNING Qualified Supervisors can review, approve and sign remotely, and flag issues live β€” useful for multi-engineer contracts and scheme assessments. PROFESSIONAL OUTPUT Signed, secure PDFs ready to email, print or store. Add your logo, adjust colours and set your enrolment numbers. Unlimited certificates, no per-certificate charge. SUBSCRIPTION A subscription is required to send and save electrical certificates. Free unlimited 7-day trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your Apple Account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://icertifi.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201659279-iCertifi-s-Privacy-Policy-GDPR-Compliance

Screenshots

Duracell Energy4 screens
iCertifi Cloud Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Duracell Energy at none against iCertifi Cloud Pro's 9. Duracell Energy also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). iCertifi Cloud Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (14% vs 6%). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

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

Both are free to download. iCertifi Cloud Pro sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Duracell Energy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duracell Energy ships an update monthly, iCertifi Cloud Pro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences Β· 3 level
Duracell Energy versus iCertifi Cloud Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuracell EnergyiCertifi Cloud Pro
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews6.1% of reviews14.3% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFree β€” betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size29 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPuredrive Energy LtdiCertifi

Customer experience

Duracell Energy

Written reviews115 reviews
Positive6.1%
Neutral11.3%
Negative82.6%

iCertifi Cloud Pro

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

Bugs and requests

Duracell Energy

Reported bugs

71 issues
  • Live view updates with significant delay (5-12 minutes, or up to 2 hours)
  • Other views take hours to update
  • Charge/discharge scheduling never works or is unreliable
  • App keeps logging out
  • Data lag makes energy tracking useless
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  • App frozen, no way to know if panels are working
  • Login captcha process does not work
  • Scheduled discharge sessions cannot be stopped
  • Bug in interface causes inverter to discharge battery despite app stopping it
  • App lost connection to inverter after upgrade
  • Data of own consumption does not tie to smart meter
  • App shows battery at 18% and charging in darkness
  • Live usage monitoring isn't live
  • Refresh button does nothing
  • System overview doesn't align with monitoring
  • Data totals missing/wrong for weeks
  • Power cut mode failed to turn off
  • App doesn't stay logged in
  • Energy insight and summaries don't add up
  • Cannot set up Dura-i app
  • App doesn't update in a timely manner
  • App shows 0W house load when electricity is being used
  • App shows large amounts of energy being used when nothing is switched on
  • App shows battery at 100%, fed by solar, house load from grid
  • App can't tell what is being generated
  • App hasn't synced to equipment data for a week
  • App shows random data/values not in sync
  • Scheduling charging/discharges is hit and miss
  • Duration setting is unclear (length vs. end time)
  • App doesn't stop charging/discharging as instructed
  • Cannot accept terms and conditions on iPhone SE (won't scroll)
  • App not optimized for iPhone SE (power cut mode, current mode options)
  • App shows incorrect flow (battery powering grid, or vice versa)
  • App shows battery feeding house when charging
  • Cannot set discharge for times other than current time
  • Cannot set discharge duration (e.g., 20, 30 minutes)
  • New update is worse
  • Discharge settings can only be set in the past
  • Update doesn't work properly
  • Latest update means app cannot be used
  • App is broken, no choice to upgrade
  • Grid export figures are incorrect (less than daily export)
  • Battery section on input does not work
  • Lost all data acquired prior to app update
  • Live part shows 0 energy use most of the time
  • Calculations are incorrect, things don't add up
  • App updates cause historic data to be wiped
  • Numbers don't add up or reconcile with overall usage
  • Difficulty creating/amending schedules
  • App shows incorrect readings
  • Customer service doesn't understand issue/makes nonsensical suggestions
  • No response to emails
  • App is clunky and unintuitive
  • App doesn't work reliably
  • App doesn't follow schedules
  • System doesn't follow schedules
  • Scheduling page to charge/discharge doesn't work
  • App shows solar generation at 1 am in winter
  • App is slow to respond
  • App will not refresh, requires logout/login
  • Scheduling is unreliable, 50/50 chance of saving
  • App throws out random data
  • App has spells where it does not provide data
  • Lack of control over battery discharge
  • Cannot pause battery discharge easily
  • UI is terrible
  • Live readings are completely off
  • App is embarrassing bad
  • Inconsistent monitoring
  • Gaps of missing information for hours
  • App is not fit for purpose

Requested features

23 requests
  • Allow discharge based on available stored power as well as time
  • Discharge to grid any stored power >20% when grid needs energy
  • Biometric authentication (Face ID)
  • App scaling for iPad
  • Error/fault reporting
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  • Ability to turn off unneeded features (e.g., EV status)
  • Ability to update WiFi settings
  • Export data for analysis
  • Conditional schedules (e.g., export only if battery >50%)
  • Schedules based on % or kWh rather than wattage/time
  • Totals on main summary screen
  • More telemetry from inverter/batteries
  • Total daily/monthly/annual household consumption figure
  • Total daily/monthly/annual export
  • View of future charging/discharging plans
  • Hide unused functions (e.g., car chargers)
  • Warning/alert for optimal energy usage times
  • Face ID login
  • Widgets
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Zoom function/increase font size
  • Smart home support

iCertifi Cloud Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Duracell Energy

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

iCertifi Cloud Pro

Subscriptions5
  • 1 Month Subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • 1 Year Subscription7 Days trial$190.001 Year
  • Enterprise7 Days trial$599.991 Year
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  • Team 5 β€” Up to 5 Seats7 Days trial$699.001 Year
  • Team 10 β€” Up to 10 Seats$999.991 Year
One-time4
  • 50 Credits$4.99
  • 200 credits$14.99
  • 500 Credits$24.99
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  • 1000 AI Credits$29.99

Questions

Is Duracell Energy free?
Duracell Energy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iCertifi Cloud Pro free?
iCertifi Cloud Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Duracell Energy or iCertifi Cloud Pro have ads?
Neither Duracell Energy nor iCertifi Cloud Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duracell Energy or iCertifi Cloud Pro?
Duracell Energy ships an update monthly, and iCertifi Cloud Pro every 3 days. Most recently, Duracell Energy was updated on October 20, 2026 and iCertifi Cloud Pro on October 28, 2026.

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