Comparison

Zap Panels vs LinnDAR

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

Head to head
About

Zap Panels

Features
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Zap Panels gives your Tesla Powerwall a simple, stylish, dedicated in-home display. A real-time dashboard showing exactly what your home energy system is doing right now. Ideal for wall or desk mounted displays. Monitor live power readings across solar generation, home consumption, battery charge and grid import/export. The home consumption breakdown shows exactly where your energy is coming from at any moment. Daily kWh totals, tariff cost tracking and a personalised solar generation forecast give you the full picture of your energy use. Octopus Agile customers can view live half-hourly import rates directly on the dashboard, updated automatically throughout the day. Intelligent Octopus Go users can view current tariff status, peak/off-peak and upcoming dispatch slots. Features • Live solar, home, battery and grid power readings • Home consumption breakdown by source: solar, battery and grid • Octopus Agile half-hourly import rates • Intelligent Octopus Go slots and rates • Daily kWh totals for all energy flows • Tariff cost tracking: import costs, export earnings and net daily spend • Solar generation forecast, auto-calibrated to your real system over time • Weather forecast • Full screen and landscape view for a dedicated energy display • Dark mode and light mode • Panel drag-to-reorder • Configurable poll speed, font size and display settings • Keep screen on mode for always-on display • Screen dimming scheduler • In-day charts • Historical charts with comparison tool • Data export • 14-day free trial, no subscription, one-time purchase to unlock premium features Not affiliated with or endorsed by Tesla, Inc. or Octopus Energy Ltd. Requires a Tesla Energy account.

About

LinnDAR

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LinnDAR is a standalone utility app designed to make setting up a room for Linn Space Optimisation quick, easy, and accurate. Using the LiDAR scanner and camera on compatible iPhone Pro and iPad Pro models, the app captures room dimensions and architectural features for use in the Space Optimisation room-design workflow. It provides a quick alternative to measuring and modelling a listening room manually, helping you create an accurate representation of the space for Space Optimisation on a Linn DSM network music player. Please note: LinnDAR is a setup utility compatible only with LiDAR-equipped iPhone Pro and iPad Pro models from 2020 onwards.

Screenshots

Zap Panels4 screens
LinnDAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LinnDAR at none against Zap Panels's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. Zap Panels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LinnDAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Zap Panels versus LinnDAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZap PanelsLinnDAR
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam LeeLinn Products Ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zap Panels

One-time1
  • Zap Panels Premium$4.99
None

LinnDAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zap Panels free?
Zap Panels is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LinnDAR free?
LinnDAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zap Panels or LinnDAR have ads?
Neither Zap Panels nor LinnDAR shows ads.

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