Comparison

SolVisIQ vs MultiBMS

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

Head to head
About

SolVisIQ

Features
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SolVisIQ is an intelligent companion app for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations. Whether you own a rooftop solar system or manage a single site, SolVisIQ gives you complete visibility into your energy production and consumption. REAL-TIME MONITORING • Live production data from your inverter • Energy consumption and grid import/export tracking • Historical charts by day, week, month, and year • Interactive calendar view of daily production SMART INSIGHTS • Automatic self-consumption and self-sufficiency calculations • Energy cost analysis using real-time electricity prices (ENTSO-E) • Sensor-based orientation assistant for optimal panel positioning • Production trends and performance overview INVERTER SUPPORT • Solis inverters (via official cloud API) • Sungrow inverters (via official cloud API) • More brands coming soon REPORTS & EXPORT • Generate detailed PDF reports • Export raw data as CSV • Share reports directly from the app via any platform NOTIFICATIONS • Configurable local alerts • Daily production summaries AVAILABLE IN 26 LANGUAGES SolVisIQ is fully localized in 26 languages, making it the ideal companion for solar owners worldwide. Privacy-first: your data is stored securely on your device using encrypted local storage. No account required to get started. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MultiBMS

Monitor multiple Bluetooth-enabled battery management systems from your iPhone. View detailed pack voltage, cell voltages, current, power, state of charge, and temperature. Build custom battery groups and visualize charging activity.

Highlights
  • Connect to multiple BMS devices
  • Detailed pack and cell diagnostics
  • Build custom parallel/series battery groups
  • Visualize charging and discharging
  • Apple Watch companion preview
  • Supports JiKong and JBD/Xiaoxiang hardware
Features
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Most battery apps show you one pack. MultiBMS shows you the whole system. Connect every Bluetooth BMS you own, group them the way they're actually wired, and watch the entire bank behave as one — voltage, current, power, state of charge, temperature, capacity and every individual cell, live. SEE THE WHOLE BANK AT ONCE Build a group from any number of packs and MultiBMS aggregates it properly — parallel banks sum their current and capacity, series strings sum their voltage. One gauge for the bank, and every pack underneath it. Six batteries in an off-grid build read as one system instead of six apps you keep switching between. EVERY CELL, FOUR WAYS Bars, heat map, rows or grid. Minimum, maximum and delta across the whole bank or per pack, with the weak cell called out before it becomes a problem. Watch the balancer work in real time. RECORD WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Start a recording and MultiBMS logs the run at one-second resolution. Pick a Battery Bank preset for a house system or a Vehicle preset for a ride, choose exactly which metrics to capture, and add per-cell and per-pack detail when you want the full picture. A live dyno cockpit shows the run as it happens — speed, volts, amps, kilowatts, state of charge, G-force — with peak draw, peak power and energy pulled tracked as you go. REPLAY IT LIKE FOOTAGE Cinema Replay plays any recorded run back as a scrubbing timeline with every channel drawn together. Find the moment the voltage sagged, the moment the pack got hot, the moment you hit peak power. Then export it: CSV for a spreadsheet, a formatted PDF report, or a share card that fits in a message. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is a full second screen, not a notification relay. A live dyno cockpit that mirrors the run on your phone. Race Control with lap timing and per-lap energy. Ride profiles for e-bikes, karts and carts with GPS speed, distance and G-force. Fleet and cell views for the whole bank. Start and stop a recording from your wrist and the phone follows. ALERTS THAT MATTER Set your own limits for pack temperature, low pack voltage and low cell voltage. MultiBMS tells you the moment something crosses the line, whether you're looking at the app or not. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOUR RIG Thirteen interface skins, from an off-grid instrument bay to a racing cluster, marine, aviation, industrial and a retro terminal. Four dyno themes for the recorder. Four charge-flow animations — rail, orbit, mist and plasma — so charging and discharging read at a glance from across the room. WORKS WITH YOUR HARDWARE MultiBMS speaks 30 Bluetooth Low Energy BMS protocols covering drop-in lithium packs, server-rack storage, active balancers, shunt meters and portable power stations. Support varies by model and firmware — the full, current compatibility list lives at multibms.com. Not sure yours is covered? Email support@multibms.com with your battery and BMS model. We add protocols, and we're quick about it. READ-ONLY BY DESIGN MultiBMS reads telemetry. It does not write settings, change limits or reconfigure your BMS. Your battery keeps doing exactly what it was doing. NO ACCOUNT, NO SUBSCRIPTION No sign-up, no cloud, no recurring charge. Your data stays on your device. Premium skins are optional one-time purchases.

Screenshots

SolVisIQ4 screens
MultiBMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SolVisIQ at Free against MultiBMS's $0.99. SolVisIQ also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

SolVisIQ is free to download; MultiBMS costs $0.99 up front. SolVisIQ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and MultiBMS sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SolVisIQ versus MultiBMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolVisIQMultiBMS
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB36 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperMARIUS EROL PERCHIATAstefan peters

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SolVisIQ

Subscriptions2
  • SolVisIQ Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • SolVisIQ Pro Annual$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • SolVisIQ Pro Lifetime$59.99
11 purchases

MultiBMS

One-time11
  • E-Bike Rally$0.99
  • Bus Life$0.99
  • Off Grid$0.99
Show 8 more
  • Minimal White$0.99
  • Retro Terminal$0.99
  • Marine$0.99
  • Arctic Ice$0.99
  • Matrix Code$0.99
  • Emergency$0.99
  • CAT Equipment$0.99
  • Aviation$0.99

Questions

Is SolVisIQ free?
SolVisIQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MultiBMS free?
MultiBMS costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do SolVisIQ or MultiBMS have ads?
Neither SolVisIQ nor MultiBMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SolVisIQ or MultiBMS?
SolVisIQ ships an update every 4 days, and MultiBMS every 4 days. Most recently, SolVisIQ was updated on September 20, 2026 and MultiBMS on September 22, 2026.

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