Plant Viewer for Mobile vs CSI CloudPro
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 CloudPro
Access real-time and historical operational data for Canadian Solar plants. Monitor production energy, revenue, and device status remotely via a network connection.
- Monitor running parameters
- View production energy
- Track production revenue
- Check device status
- Access real-time data
- View historical data
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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: CSI CloudPro at 5.0 against Plant Viewer for Mobile's 2.2. Plant Viewer for Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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.
CSI CloudPro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plant Viewer for Mobile has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Plant Viewer for Mobile's written reviews are positive against 11% of CSI CloudPro's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plant Viewer for Mobile | CSI CloudPro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.1% of reviews | 11.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| 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 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fimer Spa | Canadian Solar Inc. |
Customer experience
Plant Viewer for Mobile
CSI CloudPro
In-app purchases
Plant Viewer for Mobile
No in-app purchases
CSI CloudPro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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