BMS Tool vs ECO Battery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BMS Tool
Monitor your battery management systems via Bluetooth. Supports multiple BMS types including Liontron, XiaoXiang, ANT, and Wattstunde. Offers a screen always-on mode and macOS compatibility.
- Screen Always ON mode
- Multiple BMS support
- Liontron BMS read-only
- XiaoXiang BMS read-only
- ANT BMS read-only
- Wattstunde LiFePo4 read-only
- macOS support
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BMS Tool shows the state of your battery from its battery management system (BMS) over Bluetooth, on the iPhone, the iPad, the Mac and the Apple Watch. Supported BMS: - JBD / XiaoXiang smart BMS, also in Liontron batteries - JK BMS (Jikong) - ANT BMS, the older boards and the newer ANT-BLE boards - Seplos V2 and V3 - Redodo, LiTime, PowerQueen and Starry Sea batteries - WattCycle batteries - Wattstunde LiFePO4 and Wattstunde Nova Core batteries - Ective, LiFeBlue, KiloVault, Enerdrive, Noovi and StartCraft batteries Features: - Charge, voltage, current and power at a glance - Time until full while charging and until empty while discharging, estimated from the present current - Every cell voltage with minimum, maximum, difference and balancing - Temperature sensors, alarms and BMS information - Several batteries in one list, each with its own name - Search for new devices can be switched off: only your own batteries stay in the list - Session values and a CSV log of the readings - Home screen widget - Apple Watch app with complications: charge, cells, temperatures and alarms of the battery open on the iPhone - The display can stay on while the app is open The app reads the values of the BMS and does not change its settings. Ideas and requests are welcome at web.e77code.com/bms-tool.
ECO Battery
Monitor and manage your lithium battery's health and performance. Optimize charging and discharging cycles to extend battery lifespan. Get detailed insights into your battery's status.
- Lithium battery management
- BMS monitoring
- Performance optimization
- Charging cycle control
- Discharging cycle control
- Battery health insights
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Eco Battery lithium BMS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ECO Battery at none against BMS Tool's 1. ECO Battery also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. BMS Tool sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ECO Battery asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for BMS Tool against 4.0 for ECO Battery. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 22 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of BMS Tool's written reviews are positive against 64% of ECO Battery's.
BMS Tool ships an update every 2 months, ECO Battery fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BMS Tool | ECO Battery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 63.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — 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, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | e77code GmbH | Eco Capital, Inc. |
Customer experience
BMS Tool
ECO Battery
In-app purchases
BMS Tool
- Remove Ads$3.99
ECO Battery
No in-app purchases
