SmartCraft Manager vs Abyss Battery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartCraft Manager
This app allows authorized Mercury dealers and boat builders to remotely configure SmartCraft-powered vessels. It offers an intuitive dashboard for setup, cloud-integrated IoT features, and over-the-air updates, streamlining the configuration process.
- Remote vessel configuration
- Intuitive dashboard
- Cloud-integrated IoT features
- Over-the-air firmware updates
- Repeatable configurations
- CAN H functionality control
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The Mercury Marine SmartCraft Manager is a one-stop solution available exclusively for authorized Mercury dealers and boat builders to configure SmartCraft-powered vessels using a mobile device. The app unlocks many industry-first features, including … - An intuitive dashboard that helps set up vessels remotely without the need for interacting with multi-function displays on the vessels, saving setup time and resources for boat builders, dealers and consumers - Industry-leading cloud-integrated IoT-type features along with easy over-the-air firmware and software updates - Easily repeatable configurations that save time and resources while configuring vessels - Ability to turn off CAN H functionality through the app on vessels equipped with SmartCraft Connect SmartCraft Manager serves as a central connection point to devices that link into the growing Mercury SmartCraft ecosystem.
Abyss Battery
Monitor your battery's live status, including voltage and amp consumption, via a wireless app interface. Diagnose battery health with Bluetooth reports and track charging habits and usage history, such as completed life cycles.
- Live battery status monitoring
- Bluetooth diagnostic reports
- Charging control and monitoring
- Battery history and life cycle tracking
- Wireless app interface
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Abyss Battery® Monitor lets you get live status info from your battery with built-in bluetooth support. -LIVE DATA: Connect to your Abyss Battery through our wireless app interface and let the phone act as a fuel gauge, monitor voltage, amp consumption and more all on the palm of your hand. -BATTERY HEALTH: Check health statuses such as faults or error codes with Bluetooth Diagnostic Reports. -CHARGING: Take Control, monitor when and how you charge your battery. -LIFE CYCLES: Record Battery History usage patterns like cycles completed and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Abyss Battery at 5.0 against SmartCraft Manager's 1.2. SmartCraft Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (26 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.
Abyss Battery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartCraft Manager has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SmartCraft Manager ships an update every 3 months, Abyss Battery every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | SmartCraft Manager | Abyss Battery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mercury Marine LLC | Abyss Battery, Inc. |
Customer experience
SmartCraft Manager
Abyss Battery
In-app purchases
SmartCraft Manager
No in-app purchases
Abyss Battery
No in-app purchases
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