Solar Shading for Android
Fine tool for the price. The compass seemed to work better after I removed phone from case. My single query to developer has not been answered, likely because there is no elegant solution to account for partial shading from deciduous trees.
Did get email support but app never provided any useful reporting. Compared this to Solmetrics Suneye, not even close regarding shading.
It keeps crashing, especially when I am up on the roof!
Would not map anything resembling a sun-path diagram.
Needs to be re invented. Like with your camera in panoramic mode you should sweep either west to east or visa versa. The noise it makes when mapping the horizon irritates me. Maybe generate a PDF report with an image of the horizon together with an over lay of the sun path. Come on, get creative and make it better.
Easy to use
Mapping feature is cool, but once the horizon was mapped, the phone failed to calculate the annual sun hour losses. Just a spinning progress indicator.
My only question is that the report shows decreasing shading during the summer but also decreased energy production.
It is not worth. Crash a lot , it gives wrong calculation
Simple but it does the job.
Took about a day of playing around to get it to work. Needs a southern hemisphere button. Not able to bring up a linked map. Takes a while to get used to just tilting and holding in landscape. Probably easier with a tripod holder to rotate and tilt. Good value when finally get it to work.
While my phone did crash when using the app and I wasn't able to use it, support was great! I think my problem was more an Android issue. Would have been great to use for my diy solar install if my phone didn't crash.
This app does have some useful features, like compass, tilt, winter and summer solstices, but the map horizon feature does not work well at all, at least with trees. Maybe it works better with solid obstacles. I wouldn't use these projections for anything, unfortunately. I would pay $50 for an app that truly works, but so far this is not it.
Compass Dosnt show correct direction shows south as east plus gritters all over the place, and can find a calibration button, not at all easy to use will be looking for my money back
It works very well hands down
The interface (GUI) is poorly done, the compass is off around 90 degrees, and cannot hold a steady heading.
Compass Dosnt show correct direction shows south as east plus gritters all over the place, and can find a calibration button, not at all easy to use will be looking for my money back
Slow to process the data collected
V6.0 does not work for different slopes. The basic curve in the app shows best performance at 90 degrees slope? Please correct the curve for different slopes in line with PV watts as requested. *Version 6.1 corrected this issue. Thank you.
I write as an ordinary consumer, not an installer. I was trying to calculate whether it is worth my while lopping some trees that shade my PV panels in the winter months. What I thought was going to a very complicated calculation no longer has to tax my brain cells: this does it all! Well done, Comoving!! Worth £10 many times over! Thank you.
This app saved my skin, made me look like a hero after being sent out to survey and area for solar powered camera on a construction site. Thanks Dev!
It's a solid little app, but takes a while to learn. I ended up using the advanced methods. I think the instructions could be made a bit clearer which could help. Nevertheless, I got there in the end. It shows what trees I need to chop down to prevent shading. It would be great if it could take a panorama photo and superimpose the solar paths on that.....maybe an idea for the future!
Very accurate. The developer was very helpful. I've tested against an industry standard shade analysis tool, and the results are very close.
Love it but was concerned when the last update said it wanted to make phone calls and record audio. Exiting update and going back in made it disappear
Nice app. Works well after reading manual...site assessment is complicated. Developer is very responsive.
Dev was fast to respond to my email. Gonna give the app another try with his recommendations and see what results I get.
Non intuitive. Doesn't work.
Pretty cool app, totally abusing it to plan out a garden location.
This app is user friendly and a good tool for PV design.
Great app...love the convenience
I love THIS APP. difficult to figure out, but the dev was super helpful.
Awesome!
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Error and shuts down every use. Accidently charged twice to boot. Would love a refund.