Comparison

POSTIDENT vs AlphaESS

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

Head to head
About

POSTIDENT

Verify your identity easily and securely using your smartphone. Choose from video chat, eID verification with your national ID, or automated image-based checks. Your data is processed by Deutsche Post AG employees for a compliant and quick process.

Highlights
  • Identity verification via smartphone
  • Video chat verification
  • eID verification with national ID
  • Automated ID document image verification
  • Digital POSTIDENT coupon retrieval
  • Secure data processing by Deutsche Post AG
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With the POSTIDENT app, you can verify your identity conveniently and simply by means of your smartphone. Depending on which of our partner companies you carry out this identification process, you can verify your identity either via POSTIDENT by videochat, POSTIDENT by eID (with your national identity card or the electronic residence title), or fully automatically by creating images of your ID document and profile. With the eID function or the automated verification of your ID document you can verify your identity quickly and securely at any time. Your data will be checked by call center employees of Deutsche Post AG in all further identification procedures. Our employees are available to you from Mondays to Sundays in the hours from 8 AM to 10 PM. In addition, you can retrieve the POSTIDENT coupon for identification in your post office directly via the POSTIDENT app and therefore do not need to print it out anymore. The identification procedures are compliant with the law, secure and completed in just a few steps. Simply enter the transaction number that you have received from either our partner company or us. The POSTIDENT app will then execute the procedure. At POSTIDENT by videochat, a Deutsche Post employee will explain additionally in detail how the procedure works. The POSTIDENT app is optimized for iPads and iPhones with iOS 17 or higher.

About

AlphaESS

Monitor and optimize your home energy system 24/7. Gain a comprehensive real-time view of your PV generation, energy consumption, and battery status. Set preferences for energy independence and cost savings.

Highlights
  • 24/7 energy monitoring
  • Real-time PV generation view
  • Energy consumption tracking
  • Battery energy status
  • Customizable energy optimization settings
Features
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This APP is a free platform allowing you to monitor and optimize your energy 24/7, once you own an AlphaESS system. It provides you with a comprehensive view of your energy ecosystem. It enables you to see in real-time the amount of your PV generation, your energy consumption, your battery energy and to set your preferences to optimize for energy independence and saving money.

Screenshots

POSTIDENT4 screens
AlphaESS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: POSTIDENT at 4.8 against AlphaESS's 2.9. POSTIDENT also leads on ratings volume (4.7K vs 7) and review sentiment (43% vs 26%). AlphaESS's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

POSTIDENT holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POSTIDENT has 4.7K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of POSTIDENT's written reviews are positive against 26% of AlphaESS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POSTIDENT ships an update monthly, AlphaESS weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
POSTIDENT versus AlphaESS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOSTIDENTAlphaESS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.7K ratings) — better2.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews — better25.7% of reviews
Number of ratings4.7K — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB245 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDeutsche Post AGAlpha ESS Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

POSTIDENT

All ratings4,685 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews168 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative53.6%

AlphaESS

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews214 reviews
Positive25.7%
Neutral15.9%
Negative58.4%

User reviews

POSTIDENT

From 4.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Convenient and fast
  • 💡 Helpful English support
  • 🔒 Secure identification process

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and glitches
  • 🤖 Rude and unhelpful customer service
  • 🇩🇪 Lack of English language support
  • 🤔 Unclear instructions and requirements

AlphaESS

From 7 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📊 Comprehensive real-time data display
  • ⚡ Useful energy monitoring capabilities
  • 🎨 Sleek and modern visual design
  • 📱 Generally functional core features
  • 🔧 Customizable charging/discharging settings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • 📉 Poor data accuracy and inconsistencies
  • 🔌 Constant connectivity and timeout issues
  • 📝 Font sizes too small to read comfortably
  • 🔄 Requires frequent re-login despite 'remember me' feature

Bugs and requests

POSTIDENT

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • QR code scanning not working
  • Identification process repeatedly failing
  • App freezing and crashing during use

Requested features

3 requests
  • Automatic data extraction from ID documents
  • More language options beyond German and English
  • Clearer instructions on ID document requirements

AlphaESS

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Login failures and account access issues
  • Data fails to load, showing zeros or errors
  • 'Something went wrong' error messages
  • App loses connection and goes offline randomly
Show 15 more
  • Widget displays blank or no data
  • Feed-in settings not saving properly
  • Settings revert to defaults after saving
  • Hotspot connection drops repeatedly
  • Graphs display incorrectly with missing navigation buttons
  • Home screen fails to refresh automatically
  • Bluetooth permission requests on every app open
  • NMI field character limit too restrictive
  • Statistics and profit calculations inaccurate
  • Device connection errors despite valid credentials
  • App freezes on overlay screens
  • Time zone displays incorrectly
  • Minute-level time settings revert to hourly
  • Data corruption in export/statistics
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions

Requested features

17 requests
  • Half-hour charging/discharging time increments (critical for UK tariffs)
  • Third charging period for optimized tariff structures
  • Dark mode option
  • Landscape/portrait orientation toggle for tablets
  • iOS widget with current state of charge and generation data
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  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Battery time remaining estimation
  • Ability to reset statistics
  • Notifications for system events and alerts
  • Improved widget functionality with larger fonts
  • Adjustable font sizes throughout app
  • Multi-language support (French, German, Italian, etc.)
  • Export data functionality
  • Zoom functionality for graphs
  • Ability to view multiple battery systems simultaneously
  • Manual refresh/pull-to-refresh capability
  • Fixed decimal place formatting for consistency

In-app purchases

None

POSTIDENT

No in-app purchases

None

AlphaESS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is POSTIDENT free?
POSTIDENT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlphaESS free?
AlphaESS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, POSTIDENT or AlphaESS?
POSTIDENT is rated higher. POSTIDENT averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while AlphaESS averages 2.9 from 7 ratings.
Do POSTIDENT or AlphaESS have ads?
Neither POSTIDENT nor AlphaESS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, POSTIDENT or AlphaESS?
POSTIDENT ships an update monthly, and AlphaESS weekly. Most recently, POSTIDENT was updated on October 20, 2026 and AlphaESS on October 19, 2026.

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