SMA Energy
57
Quality Score
Solid
SMA Energy
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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SMA Energy is an iOS app from SMA Solar Technology AG in the Utilities category, currently rated 3.7★ across 1,206 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.
Quality Score is 57: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities app, that means established niche player. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$346/mo · 418 ratings · 2.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$75K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $55K – $100K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.9y at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (168 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-13575 |
Total estimate
$75K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$20K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $15K – $25K · 12× MRR multiple
💸
~0.3× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
12× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
240K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
48K
Daily active
9.6K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 41/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Product Quality
5.1
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
4.7
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.1
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.69★ across 1,206 reviews — below category median.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — rating drift -0.85 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| Low install base (1,206 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (12 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (4y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v1.32
Added:
+ Electricity and feed-in tariffs can now be configured even more easily
+ Set a consumer as a favorite
Fixed:
+ Minor bug fixes and improvements
+ Electricity and feed-in tariffs can now be configured even more easily
+ Set a consumer as a favorite
Fixed:
+ Minor bug fixes and improvements
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- SMA Energy
- Developer
- SMA Solar Technology AG
- Bundle ID
- de.appsfactory.Consumer
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- CS, NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, PL, PT, ES, SV, TR
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- SMA Solar Technology AG
- Description
- Entdecken Sie den globalen Spezialisten für Wechselrichter, Photovoltaik- & Solartechnik von der privaten Solaranlage bis zum Megawatt PV-Kraftwerk.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $1.6K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/SMASolarTechnology · instagram instagram.com/sma.solar · linkedin linkedin.com/company/sma-solar-techno… · youtube youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoiOll7F4i…
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- sma.de/support
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth1,249 ratings+86% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (56 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Thanks to the SMA Energy app, you can see all the most important data relating to your SMA Energy System in a clearly structured format. You can intelligently manage energy flows in your household or charge your electric vehicle – sustainably with your own solar power or at high speed if you’re in a hurry. Thanks to the SMA Energy app, you can have your own personal energy transition in your pocket.
* Energy system at a glance, wherever you are *
In the visualization area, you can find all the most important energy and power data for your SMA Energy System.… View full description on the official store →
* Energy system at a glance, wherever you are *
In the visualization area, you can find all the most important energy and power data for your SMA Energy System.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 168 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v1.32🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, NL, EN, FR, DE +7📂 Utilities💰 Free
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.30 → 3.69 (dropped 0.61★)
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.57 → 4.30 (improved 2.73★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2022-11
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-10
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2021-09
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.00 → 2.40 (improved 0.40★)
2021-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 2.33 → 2.00 (dropped 0.33★)
2021-09
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.00 → 2.00 (dropped 1.00★)
2021-09
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 415 reviews across 8 markets● 38% positive · ● 20% neutral · ● 42% negative · Rating drift: -0.85★ (declining — recent 50: 2.84★ vs lifetime: 3.69★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇮🇳 IN
+0.14
🇫🇷 FR
+0.11
🇯🇵 JP
+0.09
🇬🇧 GB
+0.04
🇦🇺 AU
+0.02
🇺🇸 US
-0.00
🇨🇦 CA
-0.23
🇩🇪 DE
-0.39
Top praise themes
sunny portal ×9 mise jour ×5 version précédente ×4 kann man ×3 les données ×3 des panneaux ×3 und ×23 application ×16
Top complaint themes
sunny portal ×65 doesn work ×23 old sunny ×11 please fix ×8 historical data ×7 sunny boy ×7 please bring ×7 stopped working ×6
Risk signals
Bug mentions: 4%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.63488★ | 860 | 3.63488★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.41844★ | 141 | 4.41844★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.16049★ | 81 | 4.16049★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.35759★ | 39,255 | 4.35759★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.47885★ | 1,182 | 4.47885★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.11871★ | 278 | 4.11871★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 3.76471★ | 34 | 3.76471★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 2.9★ | 30 | 2.9★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 3.70281★ | 1,245 | 3.70281★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for SMA Energy: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 1,206 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does SMA Energy make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SMA Energy earns approximately $1.6K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes SMA Energy?▴
SMA Energy is published by SMA Solar Technology AG on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is SMA Energy's BU Score?▴
SMA Energy has a BU Score of 57/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.