Cloud Battery vs iFramix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloud Battery
This app centralizes battery levels from all your Apple devices into one view. Monitor battery status across iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches, with notifications and widgets for easy access. Seamlessly integrates with iCloud for a hassle-free experience.
- Centralized battery monitoring
- Real-time battery tracking
- Today, Home Screen, and Lock Screen Widgets
- Watch Complications
- Low battery and unplug notifications
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Cloud Battery keeps your device, accessory, and shared device battery levels in one place. Use Cloud Battery on supported devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro, Apple TV. Cloud Battery is available on supported Apple platforms. Use iCloud to sync supported battery levels across your devices, view synced batteries on Apple TV, and share individual battery status for devices you own with people you choose. Cloud Battery includes: - At-a-glance battery levels - iCloud battery sync - iCloud sharing for battery status from devices you own - Synced battery viewing on Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro - Battery levels for Mac AirPods and compatible Bluetooth accessories - Home Screen, Lock Screen, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro widgets - Apple Watch battery rings - Low-battery and ready-to-unplug alerts for devices you own on supported platforms - App Shortcuts and Siri actions for battery level lookup and sync Cloud Battery works best with iCloud enabled on each device.
iFramix
Transform an old iPad into a dynamic digital photo frame. Seamlessly sync and manage your photos from your iPhone to display them interactively. Breathe new life into your retired tablet.
- Turns old iPad into digital photo frame
- Interactive photo display
- Syncs with iPhone for photo management
- Easy photo updates
- Gives old devices a second life
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iFramix is an app that turns your old iPad into an interactive digital photo frame. By syncing with your iPhone, you can easily update and manage photos displayed on the iPad, giving a second life to your old device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cloud Battery at 4.0 against iFramix's 2.2. Cloud Battery also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 8%) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 17). iFramix's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Cloud Battery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iFramix asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cloud Battery holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cloud Battery has 1.5K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Cloud Battery's written reviews are positive against 8% of iFramix's.
Cloud Battery ships an update every 2 months, iFramix every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloud Battery | iFramix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1.5K ratings) — better | 2.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.8% of reviews — better | 8.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alan Yan | pengxiang zhou |
Customer experience
Cloud Battery
iFramix
User reviews
Cloud Battery
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Useful for tracking multiple devices
- 👍 Clean and simple design
- 💡 Innovative concept
- 🚀 Works across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
- 👍 Customizable widget options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate battery readings
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🐛 Syncing issues and delays
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer devices
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
iFramix
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Good concept for repurposing old iPads
- 👍 Basic functions like screen saver, weather, album work
- 🚀 Picture upload working again (recent positive feedback)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Very buggy and primitive app
- 👎 Many promised features not materialized
- 👎 Poor user experience and usability
- 👎 Limited photo upload capacity and count
- 👎 Photos cropped incorrectly
Bugs and requests
Cloud Battery
Reported bugs
5 issues- Devices disappearing from the app
- Widget not updating correctly
- Crashes when trying to share device status
- Incorrect battery percentages displayed
- Inability to add certain devices like older MacBooks
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for AirPods and other Bluetooth devices
- Improve Apple Watch integration and complication options
- Allow customization of device order in the app and widget
- Provide more detailed battery health information
- Implement a background refresh mode to keep data up-to-date
iFramix
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot upload any pictures
- Thumbnail gets sent, expands, and crops incorrectly
- App crashes when uploading photos
- Pairing doesn't work
- Error notifications in Chinese
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- Gallery section shows a white screen after first upload
- Night mode not working
- Menu badly translated
- App reverts to main menu after 15 minutes
- App fails to load properly
- App won't upload pictures
- Green buttons in English language have another language
- Error message 'Please do not upload too large pictures'
- iPad resets back to home page after a few seconds
- App goes back to the main screen, doesn't loop pictures
- Connection issues with iChargeguard
- App takes forever to open photo library
- Cannot register an account (verification number issues)
- Time, power, and connection status icons always visible in photo frame mode
- App freezes after original setup
- App policy restricts older iPad owners
- Password creation issues initially
Requested features
52 requests- User-friendly interface
- Larger photo capacity and upload count
- Cycling through clock, pictures, weather automatically
- Pull content from RSS feed
- Crop/zoom features for pictures
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- Shuffle function for pictures
- Automatic shut-off at night
- Day of the week in weather overview
- Dark mode for weather
- Additional languages (e.g., Dutch, French)
- City and state for accurate US city location
- Option to rotate through widgets automatically
- Calendar event display
- Music function
- Zoom/crop features in album
- Degrees F in weather app
- Ability to update iCharguard firmware
- Automatic switching from photo album to screensaver at night
- Animated transition feature during slideshow
- Seconds flip in 80's flick clock
- Automatic brightness dimming in dark rooms
- Turn screen off when no motion detected
- Show forecasts every X photos
- Music function
- More functions for iPad 1
- Translate to more languages
- Enrich weather info (wind, humidity)
- Mimic Apple Watch modular faces
- Citation carousel
- RSS pages selection
- Send message or picture to frames
- Point-to-point video calls
- Clock between 24/12 hour mode
- Temperature between C and F
- City lookup including state
- Way to blank screen at night
- Audio or camera capabilities
- Speed up picture reading
- Translate Chinese buttons
- Charge level in monitoring app
- Activate bound devices from monitoring app
- Activate iPad setup accessibility option
- Easier setup for iChargeguards
- Clarify choice between iFramix and iFramix HD
- Full screen mode for older iPads
- Time transition within photos
- Weather and time in the same widget
- Carousel time setting beyond 60s
- Access to calendars
- See whole picture with black bars instead of cropped
- Support for English metrics
- Support for 12-hour clock
In-app purchases
Cloud Battery
- Remove Ads & Customization$4.99
iFramix
No in-app purchases
