Plant Viewer for Mobile vs CSI Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plant Viewer for Mobile
Monitor your solar power system's energy generation and performance from your mobile device. This app allows homeowners to track production and installers to offer remote assistance. It integrates with existing monitoring accounts for a comprehensive view of your solar assets.
- Track energy produced by solar power plants
- Verify plant health and past performance
- Understand energy performance variations
- Access production information for analysis
- Set up Wi-Fi enabled inverters
- Edit account information
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The Aurora Vision Plant Viewer for Mobile app empowers ABB monitored solar power system owners on-the-go access to energy generation information from their iPhone, iPad and iPod. Homeowners can track energy generation on their home while installers have the option to remotely assist homeowners. Plant Viewer for Mobile works with Plant Viewer and Plant Portfolio Manager login accounts to provide a simple and fully integrated solution to the full line of the Aurora Vision monitoring solution. Users with Plant Viewer for Mobile can: - Track the energy produced by their solar power plants - Verify plant health and past performance - Understand how their energy performance varies over time - Access production information for further analysis - Set up Wi-Fi enabled inverters right from the app - Edit account information
CSI Cloud
Monitor your Canadian Solar plant's performance remotely. Access real-time and historical data on energy production, revenue, and device status. Stay informed about your solar assets from anywhere.
- Real-time data access
- Historical data analysis
- Production energy tracking
- Revenue monitoring
- Device status checks
- Remote network access
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This is the software of client part for surveillance system for Canadian Solar plants, which enables obtain running parameters (production energy, production revenue, device status and etc,) from Canadian Solar Data Center. Furthermore, customers can check real-time data and historical data via remote network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plant Viewer for Mobile at 2.2 against CSI Cloud's 1.5. Plant Viewer for Mobile also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plant Viewer for Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of Plant Viewer for Mobile's written reviews are positive against 14% of CSI Cloud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plant Viewer for Mobile | CSI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (9 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.1% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fimer Spa | Canadian Solar Inc. |
Customer experience
Plant Viewer for Mobile
CSI Cloud
In-app purchases
Plant Viewer for Mobile
No in-app purchases
CSI Cloud
No in-app purchases
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