Comparison

Balkonizer vs TasmoShelf

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

Head to head
About

Balkonizer

Monitor your mini-PV system's electricity production in real-time. Track yields, analyze daily values, and optimize your self-consumption with detailed statistics and a savings calculator.

Highlights
  • Live electricity production monitoring
  • Detailed yield statistics (daily, monthly, yearly)
  • Savings calculator for solar power
  • CO2 emission savings tracking
  • Modern iOS design
Features
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Hol das Maximum aus deiner Mini-PV-Anlage heraus! Mit Balkonizer behältst du die Stromproduktion deines Balkonkraftwerks jederzeit übersichtlich und in Echtzeit im Auge. Egal ob auf dem Balkon, der Terrassenseite oder dem Garagendach: Balkonizer liefert dir alle wichtigen Daten deiner Solaranlage direkt auf dein iPhone. Verfolge deine Erträge, analysiere Tageswerte und optimiere deinen Eigenverbrauch nachhaltig. DIE HIGHLIGHTS AUF EINEN BLICK: • Live-Monitoring: Sieh auf einen Blick, wie viel Watt deine Solarmodule aktuell produzieren. • Ertrags-Analysen: Detaillierte Statistiken und Grafiken nach Tag, Monat und Jahr. • Ersparnis-Rechner: Sieh direkt, wie viel Geld du durch selbst erzeugten Solarstrom bereits gespart hast. • Umwelt-Impact: Verfolge deine CO₂-Einsparung live mit. • Modernes iOS-Design: Schlanke, performante Oberfläche – perfekt optimiert für Swift & iOS. WARUM BALKONIZER? Balkonkraftwerke sind der einfachste Weg zur eigenen Energiewende. Balkonizer hilft dir dabei, den erzeugten Strom optimal zu nutzen. Erkenne Sonnen-Peak-Zeiten auf einen Blick, um stromintensive Haushaltsgeräte zielgerichtet einzuschalten. Lade Balkonizer jetzt herunter und starte dein smartes Energiemanagement!

About

TasmoShelf

Control Tasmota devices directly over your local Wi-Fi network without cloud services. It automatically discovers devices and provides tailored controls for various hardware, including smart lights, sensors, and energy monitors. Integrates with Apple Home and Siri for seamless voice control.

Highlights
  • Local Wi-Fi control
  • Automatic device discovery
  • Customizable device controls
  • Apple Home and Siri integration
  • Offline functionality
  • Community template catalog
Features
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TasmoShelf controls your Tasmota devices over your own Wi-Fi. No account, no cloud, no MQTT broker, no Home Assistant — the app talks HTTP directly to each device, and nothing about you or your home leaves the phone. FINDS YOUR DEVICES Most Tasmota builds don't announce themselves on the network, so TasmoShelf searches by address. It sweeps your subnet twice: once quickly, then again over everything that stayed silent, because a device in power-saving mode answers a ping instantly but takes seconds to accept a connection. Devices on another subnet or VLAN? Set the range yourself, or add any device by IP. Password-protected devices are found too — unlock them in place, the password stays in your keychain. REAL CONTROLS, NOT A WEB PAGE IN A FRAME Every Tasmota device describes itself when asked, and TasmoShelf draws the matching control: • Relays: one switch per output, labelled with your own names • Dimmable lights: brightness slider plus precise steps • Colour bulbs: hue and saturation with live preview • Tunable whites: warm-to-cool in kelvin • RGBCCT: colour, colour temperature and the separate white channel • Shutters: open, stop, close and a live position slider • Fans: the fixed steps the hardware actually has • Energy plugs: live watts in the list, today/yesterday/total, voltage, current, an hour of history, counter resets • Sensors: every reading the device publishes, in the device's own units APPLE HOME AND SIRI Newer Tasmota firmware speaks Matter, and Apple Home understands Matter directly. TasmoShelf reads chip and firmware of every device and tells you which ones can join Apple Home right away (ESP32 with Tasmota 13 or newer), which need a Tasmota Matter bridge, and which want a firmware update first. One tap opens pairing and shows the QR code and setup code right in the app. From then on, Siri and your Home scenes switch the device. Apple marks Tasmota as an uncertified accessory once during setup; that is expected for community firmware. KNOWS WHAT YOU OWN A copy of the community template catalogue ships inside the app, so TasmoShelf can name about 2,600 products without asking the internet anything. Hardware nobody has catalogued still works — controls come from what the device reports, not from a list. HONEST ABOUT PRIVACY There is no server of ours. The app opens connections to exactly one kind of address: the devices on your own network. Your purchase is checked on the phone, offline. You never have to be online to keep the app working. FREE FOR THREE DEVICES The free version is not cut down: every control, the energy view and the whole catalogue are included. If you have more than three devices, a single 9.99 € purchase removes the limit forever. Nothing recurring, and nothing advertised. TasmoShelf is not affiliated with the Tasmota project. Device catalogue data comes from the community template repository (EPL-2.0).

Screenshots

Balkonizer4 screens
TasmoShelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TasmoShelf at daily against Balkonizer's every 10 days. TasmoShelf also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Balkonizer ships an update every 10 days, TasmoShelf daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Balkonizer versus TasmoShelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalkonizerTasmoShelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick RathjenChristof Müller

Customer experience

Balkonizer

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

TasmoShelf

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

In-app purchases

None

Balkonizer

No in-app purchases

None

TasmoShelf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Balkonizer free?
Balkonizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TasmoShelf free?
TasmoShelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Balkonizer or TasmoShelf have ads?
Neither Balkonizer nor TasmoShelf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Balkonizer or TasmoShelf?
Balkonizer ships an update every 10 days, and TasmoShelf daily. Most recently, Balkonizer was updated on October 24, 2026 and TasmoShelf on October 25, 2026.

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