Spruce It Up vs EMA Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spruce It Up
Report community issues like burnt-out streetlights or potholes directly to the city. Submit photos and precise GPS locations for quick resolution and track the progress of reported problems.
- Report community issues
- Submit photos of issues
- Use device GPS for location
- Monitor issue progress
- Notify city officials
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Spruce It Up is a great new way for the residents of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada to report issues in their community. Spruce It Up allows residents to report issues using their smart phone or tablet while they are out and about the city. Issues can be reported as soon as they are discovered. Residents can take photos of the issue and send them in with their report. They can also send in the exact location of the issue by using the GPS capabilities of their device. Whether it is a burnt out street light, an abandoned vehicle, unsightly graffiti or a gaping pothole, use Spruce It Up to notify the City and monitor the progress of the work!
EMA Manager
Manage APsystems microinverter system commissioning, monitoring, and troubleshooting remotely. Enhance customer service with real-time diagnostics and site management capabilities from your smartphone or tablet. Track installer statistics and energy production for valuable insights.
- System commissioning
- Remote monitoring
- Troubleshooting diagnostics
- Energy production tracking
- Site configuration
- Installer statistics
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APsystems introduces the EMA Manager app, a new app to manage APsystems microinverter system commissioning, monitoring and troubleshooting. Installers can now enhance their customers service capabilities anywhere, anytime via their smartphone or tablet. This app conveniently streamlines monitored system installation while providing installers with many new and improved features for remote site management. Benefit from all existing features available in the EMA web portal on your smartphone or tablet using a single sign-in. Real-time systems check, diagnostics capabilities and troubleshooting are now coming to your hands with the EMA Manager App. This new app, available on APP Store which also includes a revamped ECU_APP, provides additional features including, ECU and microinverter connectivity, energy production, system troubleshooting, and full site configuration and monitoring capability without the need to be on-site. Included in the new app are installer-specific statistics, including total number of customers, inverters installed, and total energy produced which provides installers with valuable information as well as a unique selling tool to showcase their environmental impact. The new app is being introduced as APsystems has recently surpassed 100,000 registered installations in more than 120 countries on its EMA platform. As APsystems’ footprint continues to grow worldwide, this app redefines ease of solar inverter installation just as APsystems has redefined simplicity and convenience in its easy-to-install inverter platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: EMA Manager at every 3 weeks against Spruce It Up's every 4 months. EMA Manager also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Spruce It Up's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 16%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spruce It Up ships an update every 4 months, EMA Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spruce It Up | EMA Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.1 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 15.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 286 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of St. Albert | Altenergy Power System,Inc. |
Customer experience
Spruce It Up
EMA Manager
In-app purchases
Spruce It Up
No in-app purchases
EMA Manager
No in-app purchases









