RdPower vs SMART BMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RdPower
Control and monitor your RD Series digital power supply via Wi-Fi. View real-time data, display operational curves, switch languages, and save curve data for analysis.
- Wi-Fi connection
- Data display and operation
- Curve display
- Language switching
- Curve data saving
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RD Series digital control power Wi-Fi connection APP, the main functions are data display operation, curve display, language switching, curve data saving
SMART BMS
Connect to and manage your lithium battery via Bluetooth. Monitor battery status, query information, and set safety parameters. Receive alerts for battery faults and track their occurrences.
- Bluetooth battery connection
- Battery status query
- Fault alarm monitoring
- Safety parameter settings
- Password protection for settings
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1. The uniqueness of the Bluetooth name ensures that users can accurately connect and manage the corresponding lithium battery; 2. Information query management can be performed on the battery, the user can query the relevant status of each string of batteries, and replace or maintain the abnormal battery; 3. Safety setting and reading battery protection parameters, user setting parameters, you need to enter a password to modify the parameters; 4. Monitor battery fault alarms and display the current faults,and the number of faults in the battery;
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMART BMS at 2.1 against RdPower's 1.7. SMART BMS also leads on ratings volume (76 vs 13). RdPower's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
SMART BMS holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMART BMS has 76 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 17% and 17% positive.
RdPower ships an update every 2 weeks, SMART BMS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RdPower | SMART BMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (13 ratings) | 2.1 (76 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 17.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 亮亮 刘 | 所兵 邱 |
Customer experience
RdPower
SMART BMS
Bugs and requests
RdPower
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SMART BMS
Reported bugs
5 issues- Bluetooth connectivity problems
- Incorrect series/parallel configuration display
- Firmware update issues
- Inconsistent data readings
- Inability to change settings
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Logging and historical data
- Better parameter customization
- Improved battery monitoring metrics
- Apple Watch support
In-app purchases
RdPower
No in-app purchases
SMART BMS
No in-app purchases
