Can I monitor data from a different app than the Shinephone app?

Hi ​@Mick yes, as ​@BPLightlog says….if you’re not sure about the generation meter, your inverter should be able to give you a rough idea of the total that it thinks it’s generated.
 

Also, are you pulling your export figure from the smart meter or from your app?  Something definitely awry with such a small difference between generated and exported, it looks like you’re exporting practically everything, which is ridiculous! 13 kWh of your rooftop generation used by the house in six months, about 2 kWh per month?!  
 

If you haven’t seen any savings in your bought kWh from OVO (your import) since August, then this may indicate a problem with the way the system has been installed or configured, rather than just being a question of the metrics? For example, a CT clamp the wrong way around? If, on the other hand, you have seen reductions in your electricity bill, then this would point to a problem with the way the data are being presented in your app.

The very good news is that your panels and your inverter seem to be happily generating, which is one big worry less.

I'm "getting on a bit" and don't really want to clamber around in the loft to look at the inverter.

I queried the accuracy of the app with Ovo and the installer in October but never heard back. 

My circumstances have changed and I've been using more electric as a result, so it's difficult to compare, but looking at a day's data in the Ovo app it's very obvious that I'm generating most of the electric I use in daylight.

I am reading the export data from the same meter that I read to give the numbers to Ovo. 

I thought of turning all appliances off for an hour and comparing the generated and exported data, but the app gives the data in kwh and only one decimal place. 

Which comes back to the purpose of this thread, which was to try and find alternatives to the Shinephone app. 

Okay ​@Mick I understand now, it’s a frustrating situation you’ve got…I hope you get some advice re an alternative to the Shinephone app, and thank yiu for being so patient and full in your information.  I don’t suppose the Shine app customer support people have any light to shed on the problem?  In general, the technical support folk on these apps, I find, tend to be very good and very friendly.

All the very best….

Thanks for all the answers. 

I often think that bad data is better than no data at all. 

Searching a few other forums, there are some comments about users setting up Solar Assistant. 
I have not used that so not sure how easy or useful it is. 

That looks interesting. I wish there was an Android or Windows version.

I think that what I would like most is a phone app that could show, preferably in graph form, the current generated and the current used. I think I'd get the hang of when to turn things off and on.