LiFeBlue vs Overkill Solar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiFeBlue
Connect to and monitor your LiFeBlue Lithium Ion batteries wirelessly. Track cycle life, state of charge, voltage, current, and temperature with easy-to-read gauges and clear text event displays. Save money by using your phone as a battery monitor.
- Wireless connection to batteries
- Independent BMS access
- Track cycle life
- Display State Of Charge (SOC)
- Monitor voltage, current, and temperature
- View battery events
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This app allows you to connect to all of your LiFeBlue Lithium Ion batteries. This application is only for LiFeBlue batteries. FEATURES * No need for a separate battery monitor⋯save hundreds of dollars! * Wirelessly connect to each battery from your phone. * Access each BMS independently with multiple batteries. * Track Cycle Life on each battery. * Displays State Of Charge (SOC) percentage with circle graphic. * Display voltage, charging or discharging current, and temperature. * Easy to read gauges. * Battery Events displayed in easy to understand text. * Works up to 15 feet away. * Displays each battery signal level. * Uses Bluetooth BLE 4.0 or later CONNECTION * Compatible with iPhones with IOS 7.0 or later * Only one device connects at a time.
Overkill Solar
This app connects to a solar battery management system to provide detailed monitoring and control. Users can track cell voltage, capacity, current, and manage charging/discharging ports. It also offers advanced configuration options for calibration, balancing, and protection settings.
- Monitor cell voltage and capacity
- Control charging and discharging ports
- Calibrate voltage and current
- Configure balancer and protection values
- Log voltage, current, and power
- Monitor BMS alarms and temperature
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Overkill Solar iOS App allows users to connect with the Overkill Solar Battery Management System (BMS). It can monitor voltage of the cells, total capacity, charging and discharging current, and switch the charging and discharging ports on or off. Features: - change bluetooth advertising name - unlock hardware protected BMS - save or load BMS configurations - calibrate cells voltage and charging or discharging current - log maximum or minimum voltage, current and power - enable and configure the balancer - modify the capacity settings - monitor temperature - monitor BMS alarms - import and export .fig files - set level 2 and 3 advanced protection values
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Overkill Solar at 4.8 against LiFeBlue's 3.9. Overkill Solar also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). LiFeBlue's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overkill Solar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of LiFeBlue's written reviews are positive against 100% of Overkill Solar's.
LiFeBlue ships an update every 2 months, Overkill Solar every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | LiFeBlue | Overkill Solar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Larry Crutcher | Overkill Solar LLC |
Customer experience
LiFeBlue
Overkill Solar
In-app purchases
LiFeBlue
No in-app purchases
Overkill Solar
No in-app purchases
