Comparison

Smart Battery Widget vs Batteries

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

Head to head
About

Smart Battery Widget

Monitor your device's battery, storage, and network activity with real-time data and smart estimations. View key metrics and usage predictions directly on your home screen with customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Battery monitoring and usage estimations
  • Storage monitoring and capacity estimations
  • Network activity and speed monitoring
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Real-time data display
Features
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Smart Battery Widget is an extraordinary well designed application to monitor your device’s Battery, Storage and Network activity and also have an eye on them on the Home Screen thanks to brilliant Widgets. Not only monitor your device activity but it can also estimate your capability of usage based on your current battery state and device storage remaining due to smart algorithms. A modern, lightweight and fully interactive application interwoven with state-of-art functionality and revolutionary user experience like no others. —- Features —- ■ Battery: Monitor Battery state and percentage and also provides four different realtime estimations for Audio playback, Video playback, Talk time and Gaming time remaining hours base on battery percentage and capacity. Keep an eye on new daily graph of battery usage. ■ Storage: Monitor device storage states like total volume, free space and used space and also provides four different realtime estimations for download/import Audio, download/import Video, number of photos can shoot and Podcasts can save base on your device free space. ■ Network: 
Monitor your device network/internet activity data for both cellular and wifi. It can precisely determine your current network usage volume and speed for sending and receiving data live on the app. ■ Home Screen Widgets: Smart Battery Widget has reinvented widget design and functionality. It provides many different widgets with different sizes for all three features and their estimations:
 - 3 Widgets for battery state and its estimations - 3 Widgets for storage state and its estimations - 4 Graph Widgets for network activity - 2 Widgets for network package management - 2 Fusion Widgets, combining all three main features all in one - 2 Sets of Lock screen widgets for Battery level and 24h history also Storage remaining and graph Please note: Our team is always working on estimations and enhancing smart algorithms for make them more precise but they are not ideal and error free. Due to iPhone power efficiency Home Screen widgets will not always update instantly. iOS itself refresh widgets data and it depends on user interactions with app and place of the widget in the home screen. —- Contact —-
 We always put user suggestions first and we are greatly appreciated if you send us feedbacks and reviews. 
Email:
 smartbattery@smartbits-studio.com Privacy Policy: http://smartbits-studio.com/SmartBattery/privacy.html

About

Batteries

Display your iPhone and Apple Watch battery levels directly on your Lock Screen and watch face. Choose from various widget styles for easy at-a-glance monitoring without unlocking your device.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen battery widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Multiple widget styles
  • Always-on display
  • iPhone battery monitoring
  • Watch face complications
Features
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Batteries Lock Screen Widgets Always keep an eye on your iPhone battery level — directly on your Lock Screen and even on your Apple Watch. With Batteries Lock Screen Widgets, you can add clean and practical battery indicators to your Lock Screen and check your battery level without unlocking your iPhone. iPhone Features Customize your Lock Screen with different battery widgets: • Rectangular battery progress bar • Circular battery indicator • Compact text display • Extra large battery widgets for the Lock Screen All widgets are designed to make your battery level easy to read at a glance. Apple Watch Features Keep track of your iPhone battery directly from your Apple Watch: • See your iPhone battery level on your Apple Watch • Additional battery complications for your watch face • Additional iPhone status complications Know exactly how much battery your iPhone has left — right from your wrist. Always Shows the iPhone Battery The app always displays your iPhone battery level on the Lock Screen — even when other devices like AirPods, Apple Watch, or other Apple devices are connected. iOS 17 Notice: Apple changed how battery information can be accessed. Since iOS 17, third-party apps can only read battery levels in 5% increments.

Screenshots

Smart Battery Widget4 screens
Batteries4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Battery Widget at Free against Batteries's $3.99. Smart Battery Widget also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (58% vs 38%). Batteries's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Smart Battery Widget is free to download; Batteries costs $3.99 up front. Smart Battery Widget sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Batteries asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Battery Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Battery Widget has 188 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Smart Battery Widget's written reviews are positive against 38% of Batteries's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Battery Widget ships an update every 2 months, Batteries every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Smart Battery Widget versus Batteries: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Battery WidgetBatteries
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.3 (188 ratings) — better2.9 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings188 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElham Madh FarimaniTobias Hauss

Customer experience

Smart Battery Widget

All ratings188 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral15.4%
Negative26.9%

Batteries

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative56.3%

Bugs and requests

Smart Battery Widget

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Battery consumption estimations showing zero or stuck values
  • Widgets not appearing in widget menu or home screen
  • Fusion widget displaying as blank white block
  • Widget not updating in real-time without opening app
  • Storage widget showing incorrect capacity values
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  • Data widget not resetting after manual reset
  • Cellular data percentage meter glitched
  • Game category mislabeled as 'Call' in battery widget
  • iPad version showing blank boxes or no values
  • App freezing or unable to navigate between pages
  • Widget showing previous data plus new data combined
  • Battery percentage not updating on widget
  • Inaccurate data usage compared to system stats
  • App crashing or not loading after recent updates

Requested features

11 requests
  • Clear mode support for iOS 26 widgets
  • Apple Watch app support
  • Auto-reset of data package on fixed monthly date
  • Real-time network speed monitoring widgets
  • Show which apps/processes are using network
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  • Customizable widget colors to match home screen theme
  • Daily data limit option in addition to monthly
  • Permanent dark theme option
  • Notification alerts for data package limits
  • Continuous real-time updates during charging
  • Better iPad compatibility and functionality

Batteries

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Smart Battery Widget

One-time2
  • Lock screen widgets$1.99
  • Fusion Widget$1.99
None

Batteries

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Battery Widget free?
Smart Battery Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Batteries free?
Batteries costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Battery Widget or Batteries?
Smart Battery Widget is rated higher. Smart Battery Widget averages 4.3 out of 5 from 188 ratings, while Batteries averages 2.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Smart Battery Widget or Batteries have ads?
Neither Smart Battery Widget nor Batteries shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Battery Widget or Batteries?
Smart Battery Widget ships an update every 2 months, and Batteries every 2 days. Most recently, Smart Battery Widget was updated on September 19, 2026 and Batteries on September 22, 2026.

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