Comparison

BatteryPhone vs Ian’s Awesome Counter

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

Head to head
About

BatteryPhone

Monitor your phone and watch battery levels directly from your wrist. Receive timely notifications for low or full charge status, and view historical battery data with convenient graph displays. Supports automatic updates via complications for seamless monitoring.

Highlights
  • Check phone and watch battery status
  • Receive low and full charge notifications
  • View battery level graphs
  • Complication support for automatic updates
  • Tap complication to manually update status
Features
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You can check the battery status of your phone and watch with your watch. Compatible with complications (automatic update). You can check the charging amount and charging status of the phone in a timely manner from the clock face. We will notify you by a notification when the charge amount of the phone or watch becomes less than the specified% or becomes full charge. The graph also displays the change in charge level for your phone and watch. - Set up complications with the watch app on your watch or phone. - The battery status displayed in the complication is automatically updated approximately every 12 to 60 minutes.  The reason why the update interval has a range is that it depends on Watch OS.  If the automatic update has stopped (for example, there is no update for more than 1.5 hour), tap the complication to restart it.  In the iPhone app, the latest update time is displayed under the watch's charge status display. - Tap the complication to update to the latest status. - A circular complication can be assigned to the outer circle and the inner number to indicate the battery level of the phone and watch, respectively. -- I am a Japanese developer. The support site can be translated into various languages with the "Translate" option on the right side of the site.

About

Ian’s Awesome Counter

This utility app helps users improve focus and self-awareness with customizable prompts. Set intervals, start/end times, and track your progress over time to stay on task. Ideal for individuals or parents assisting with attention management.

Highlights
  • Customizable prompt intervals
  • Set daily start and end times
  • Track successful focus periods
  • View historical performance
  • Optional notification alerts
Features
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Ian's Awesome Counter is a utility designed to help you be more focused and aware of yourself. My son, Ian, can sometimes have difficulty with regulation and management of his attention. We’ve tried several different strategies for helping him with this. One of the strategies that we found most successful was giving him regular prompts throughout the day and ask whether he thought he was on task and staying focused. Initially this took the form of a repeating countdown timer and a hand clicker, but after a while this became rather onerous to keep up with, so instead he and I worked together to design an Apple Watch app that would make this easier to do. The result is this app. You configure how often you want to be prompted, when the prompts should begin and end each day, and what your goal for successful periods is. Then Ian’s Awesome Counter does the rest. If you turn on notifications you’ll get an alert at the end of every period asking how you did and the values are recorded in the app. You can see your last week’s performance in the History view. This app is provided completely free of charge. I’ve found it really helpful for my family and my hope is that by sharing it, other families will find similar help from it. It can be worn either by the person working on their focus or by a parent/carer who can then relay the prompts.

Screenshots

BatteryPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ian’s Awesome Counter at 4.8 against BatteryPhone's 3.6. Ian’s Awesome Counter also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 54%) and ads (none vs shown). BatteryPhone's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 33 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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

Ian’s Awesome Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 156 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of BatteryPhone's written reviews are positive against 90% of Ian’s Awesome Counter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BatteryPhone ships an update every 2 months, Ian’s Awesome Counter every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BatteryPhone versus Ian’s Awesome Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBatteryPhoneIan’s Awesome Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (156 ratings)4.8 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings156 — better55
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 33 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeietsu YasuharaCross Forward Consulting, LLC

Customer experience

BatteryPhone

All ratings156 ratings
Positive60.9%
Neutral14.1%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral14.2%
Negative32.1%

Ian’s Awesome Counter

All ratings55 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

Bugs and requests

BatteryPhone

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Complication not updating
  • App crashing on launch
  • Incorrect battery percentage displayed

Requested features

4 requests
  • Customizable update frequency
  • Support for AirPods/Bluetooth device battery monitoring
  • Notification when device is fully charged
  • Ability to select which device's battery is displayed on complication

Ian’s Awesome Counter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BatteryPhone

No in-app purchases

None

Ian’s Awesome Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BatteryPhone free?
BatteryPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ian’s Awesome Counter free?
Ian’s Awesome Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BatteryPhone or Ian’s Awesome Counter?
Ian’s Awesome Counter is rated higher. BatteryPhone averages 3.6 out of 5 from 156 ratings, while Ian’s Awesome Counter averages 4.8 from 55 ratings.
Do BatteryPhone or Ian’s Awesome Counter have ads?
BatteryPhone shows ads; Ian’s Awesome Counter does not.
Which is updated more often, BatteryPhone or Ian’s Awesome Counter?
BatteryPhone ships an update every 2 months, and Ian’s Awesome Counter every 33 months. Most recently, BatteryPhone was updated on November 2, 2026 and Ian’s Awesome Counter on November 3, 2026.

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