SMART BMS vs vestwoods
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;
vestwoods
This utility helps users find compatible batteries for their devices. It simplifies the process of selecting the correct battery by providing matching software.
- Battery compatibility matching
- Device battery selection
- Matching software
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Vestwoods battery matching software
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMART BMS at 2.2 against vestwoods's 1.3. SMART BMS also leads on review sentiment (17% vs 3%). vestwoods's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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, 2.2 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of SMART BMS's written reviews are positive against 3% of vestwoods's.
SMART BMS ships an update every 6 weeks, vestwoods every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | SMART BMS | vestwoods |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (78 ratings) — better | 1.3 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.3% of reviews — better | 3.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 78 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 所兵 邱 | Hangzhou Weimu Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
SMART BMS
vestwoods
User reviews
SMART BMS
From 78 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Functional app
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔋 Works with lithium batteries
- 💡 Displays cell balance information
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Unreliable data
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with updates
- 🔋 Drains phone battery
vestwoods
From 36 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 App provides basic data
- 💡 Alternative app suggested (Pow Bank)
Room to improve
- 🐛 App not working at all
- 🐛 App not populating data
- 🐛 Individual cell voltage removed
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 App replaced old version
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
vestwoods
Reported bugs
32 issues- App does not show individual cell voltage
- App does not populate any data
- App does not work
- App does not connect to batteries
- App no longer works
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- App stops communicating with battery
- App shows zero telemetry
- App manually connects but data is zeros
- App is non-functional
- App shows capacity and voltage
- App shows no information
- App cannot find batteries
- App asks for login and location info
- App does not read battery data
- App has been unable to login
- App is unusable
- App shows 100% battery always
- App shows 'idle' status when discharging
- App killed features like cell voltages and cycle count
- App is just a basic voltage/amp meter
- App cannot scan barcode
- App does not pair via Bluetooth
- App circles as if trying to connect
- App only wants website permission for photos
- App removed cell voltage
- App removed cycle count
- App connectivity has not improved
- App does not automatically reconnect
- App does not show individual cell charges
- App shows overall surplus charge
- App does not show proper data
- App is basic
Requested features
12 requests- Fix the app
- Bring back old version
- Reestablish Bluetooth connection automatically
- Change from Celsius to Fahrenheit
- Low voltage alarm
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- Low temp alarm
- High temp alarm
- Add feature to remember battery
- Fix app to show cell voltage
- Fix app to show cycle count
- Fix app to show status feedback
- Fix app to show information
In-app purchases
SMART BMS
No in-app purchases
vestwoods
No in-app purchases
