SolarEdge is moving from their long standing v1 API to their new v2 API in November, 2026. There is no significant technical difference between these two APIs, however the v2 API imposes a paywall model that would make it impossible for us to provide a free app, or a perpetual license app, and would necessarily increase the price of the subscription app for all users. 

Your existing app, free or paid, will continue to work unless SolarEdge decides to discontinue the v1 API, which may happen at any time after November 1st, 2026. If SolarEdge decides to allow the v1 API to continue as usual, then we will continue to support SolarView for existing users. However, SolarEdge has made it impossible for new users to obtain an API Key either directly (in their own SolarEdge account) or through their installer. New API Key access now must be done programmatically through the v2 API, which means we would have to move SolarView to v2. This resides behind a paywall, and therefore we would need to impose a new and ongoing expense to “free” users, paid subscribers, and "lifetime" license users alike.

We appreciate your understanding, and we thank our thousands of users across 39 countries for your many years of support of SolarView.

What does this mean for "lifetime" licenses?  You retain a license to use our app (software), but license to access your solar data (data) can only be granted by SolarEdge, and their actions are outside of our control. We will continue to monitor the actions of SolarEdge and will adapt the app if they return to using a business model that is feasible.

For customers who purchased a lifetime license directly from us (via Paypal). we are offering a full refund for purchases made after September 1st, 2026, and a 50% refund for purchases made after July 1st, 2026. (Purchases made via the  Apple App Store are fully controlled by Apple policy, and are generally non-refundable.)