SMART BMS vs ANCEL BM200
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;
ANCEL BM200
Monitor your car battery's health in real-time. This app tests the voltage of your starting and charging systems, providing detailed insights into your battery's condition. View all data on your phone via Bluetooth for easy car battery power management.
- Real-time voltage monitoring
- Starting system testing
- Charging system testing
- Record start/stop times
- Bluetooth data display
- Battery power management
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Battery Monitor BM200 is an application for testing car batteries. It allows the user to know the voltage of the car battery in real time. It helps users to fully understand the battery by testing the voltage of the starting and charging system. It can record exactly when the car starts and stops. All the data can be displayed on the phone via Bluetooth. Easy car battery power management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ANCEL BM200 at 3.3 against SMART BMS's 2.1. ANCEL BM200 also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 11%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). SMART BMS's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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.
ANCEL BM200 holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of SMART BMS's written reviews are positive against 45% of ANCEL BM200's.
SMART BMS ships an update every 6 weeks, ANCEL BM200 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMART BMS | ANCEL BM200 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (76 ratings) | 3.3 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 28 |
| 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 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 所兵 邱 | OBDSPACE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD |
Customer experience
SMART BMS
ANCEL BM200
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
ANCEL BM200
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SMART BMS
No in-app purchases
ANCEL BM200
No in-app purchases
