SMART BMS vs BatteryMonitorBL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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;
BatteryMonitorBL
Monitor your device's battery health in real-time. View crucial metrics such as current, temperature, and voltage. Connect via Bluetooth for seamless data acquisition.
- Real-time battery health monitoring
- View current, temperature, and voltage
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Supports iPhone and iPad
- Free to use
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BatteryMonitorBL which monitor the battery health status like currency, temperature and voltage etc using bluetooth
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BatteryMonitorBL at 50% against SMART BMS's 17%. BatteryMonitorBL also leads on rating (2.3 vs 2.1). SMART BMS's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (76 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BatteryMonitorBL holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMART BMS has 76 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of SMART BMS's written reviews are positive against 50% of BatteryMonitorBL's.
SMART BMS ships an update every 6 weeks, BatteryMonitorBL every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMART BMS | BatteryMonitorBL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (76 ratings) | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 所兵 邱 | Shenzhen zetara power system Co.,LTD |
Customer experience
SMART BMS
BatteryMonitorBL
Bugs and 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
BatteryMonitorBL
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SMART BMS
No in-app purchases
BatteryMonitorBL
No in-app purchases
