SMART BMS vs VESC Tool
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;
VESC Tool
Configure your VESC hardware remotely via WiFi or BLE. Log ride data, update firmware, switch profiles, and monitor battery status on the go.
- Configure VESC hardware
- Connect via WiFi or BLE
- Log ride data
- Update firmware
- Switch ride profiles
- View battery status
- Edit settings
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This is the mobile version of VESC Tool, which can be used to configure VESC hardware over WiFi or BLE. It can also be used to log ride data, update the firmware, switch ride profiles, view battery status, and edit settings on the go! For details, visit https://vesc-project.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VESC Tool at 57% against SMART BMS's 11%. VESC Tool also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.1) and chart position (#36 vs unranked). SMART BMS's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). On ratings volume, 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
SMART BMS is free to download; VESC Tool costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VESC Tool holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of SMART BMS's written reviews are positive against 57% of VESC Tool's.
SMART BMS ships an update every 6 weeks, VESC Tool every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMART BMS | VESC Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.1 (76 ratings) | 3.8 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 56.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #36 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 所兵 邱 | Jeffrey Friesen |
Customer experience
SMART BMS
VESC Tool
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
VESC Tool
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SMART BMS
No in-app purchases
VESC Tool
No in-app purchases
