Comparison

ene vs BMS Pal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ene

Features
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ene-arch lets you check the electric used and information of storage batteries & PV in real time. γ€ˆServices Provided〉 Smart Meter Report "ene-arch" can let you easily check the electricity used and electricity sold by daily, weekly and monthly basis. Solar panels Report "ene-arch" can not only let you easily figure out the electricity generated by PV by daily, weekly and monthly basis, but also let you compare history data of them. Battery Report "ene-arch" can let you confirm the working status of battery in real time. γ€ˆThings you can do with "Cube"〉 Control your home appliances anywhere "ene-arch" can let you turn on the air conditioner and water heater remotely from outside before returning home, which make you enjoy comfort from the moment you enter home. Provide you home security service "ene-arch" can recognize the physical movement with motion sensors, and notify you in real time. β€»Cube is sold separately

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BMS Pal

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All your batteries. One app. A JBD pack in the garage, a Victron in the van, a power station on the table - and a different vendor app for each one. BMS Pal ends the app-hopping: every pack you own in one live list, with state of charge, voltage, current, watts, and time remaining. Device detail pages have tools for a deep dive into your devices. Up to eight connected at once. EIGHT FAMILIES AT LAUNCH BMS boards get the deep treatment - per-cell voltages with live balancing indicators, protection alerts, chemistry detection, configuration reads, and confirmation-gated FET control: - JBD (including XiaoXiang and legacy variants) - JK - Daly Battery monitors and power stations get their essentials, with the same charts and history: - Victron (including encrypted advertising) - Junctek KL-F shunt monitors - Bluetti, Jackery, and EcoFlow power stations Coverage varies by family - the full who-reports-what table is at bmspal.app. WHAT IT DOES - Live telemetry: voltage, current, power, temperature, and state of charge stream in as your BMS reports them. Charts hold the last week, so you can see what happened while you slept. - Per-cell detail: every cell gets its own bar, down to the millivolt. Cells the BMS is balancing light up, so you can watch the spread tighten in real time. - Alerts, plainly stated: protection events appear in plain language. No sirens, no red flashing. Just the facts. - Groups: packs that work as one bank read as one battery. Group them series, parallel, or series-parallel and get combined voltage, current, and state of charge. - Capacity tests: run a real discharge test on any pack that reports current. BMS Pal integrates it over time against your cutoff and files the result in the pack's history, so "how many amp-hours, really?" gets a measured answer. - Chemistry detection: BMS Pal reads your protection thresholds and works out whether the pack is LiFePO4 or Li-ion. You can override it - you know your pack best. - Sanity Checks: not sure those numbers are fine? Send a snapshot of your pack for an AI review across six dimensions and get a written verdict back - findings graded by severity, with the reasoning and trade-offs spelled out. You see exactly what is sent before anything leaves your phone, and nothing is sent until you tap. BMS boards only, where the setup can actually be changed. - Write mode, off by default: toggling charge or discharge FETs is serious business on a high-energy pack. Writes sit behind a master switch plus a per-command confirmation, and every attempt is logged. LOCAL-FIRST. ACTUALLY LOCAL. No account, ever. No analytics, no trackers, no background traffic. Your telemetry history lives on your device; delete the app and it is gone. The only network calls are the ones you explicitly ask for (a Sanity Check or a problem report), and you see the exact payload first. THE DEAL Free download, and everything works for 7 days - every protocol, every feature, no card up front. Then $5 unlocks it for good: one purchase, no subscription, no "premium tier" holding features hostage. Sanity Checks run in the cloud and cost real server money, so the app includes 25 and $2 adds 25 more. Everything else runs entirely on your device. ONE DEVELOPER, ONE BENCH Every supported family sits on my bench: 92 wire-protocol variants documented, 1,100+ automated tests in the suite. Got a pack that will not identify, a value that reads wrong, or a feature idea? Report a Problem, Confirm Device Support, and Send Feedback are built in, replies land in your Support inbox, and none of it is ever paywalled. Your reports steer the roadmap. Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Macs. JBD, XiaoXiang, JK, Daly, Victron, Junctek, Bluetti, Jackery, and EcoFlow are trademarks of their respective owners. BMS Pal is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by any battery vendor. BMS Pal shows you what your BMS reports; it is not a substitute for proper fusing, wiring, and common sense.

Screenshots

ene3 screens
BMS Pal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ene at none against BMS Pal's 2. ene also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). BMS Pal's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. BMS Pal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ene asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ene ships an update fortnightly, BMS Pal every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
ene versus BMS Pal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereneBMS Pal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better26.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size84 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNextDrive Co.Inquiring Minds, Inc

In-app purchases

None

ene

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BMS Pal

One-time2
  • 25 Additional Sanity Checks$2.00
  • BMS Pal Unlock (Lifetime)$5.00

Questions

Is ene free?
ene is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BMS Pal free?
BMS Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ene or BMS Pal have ads?
Neither ene nor BMS Pal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ene or BMS Pal?
ene ships an update fortnightly, and BMS Pal every 3 days. Most recently, ene was updated on October 4, 2026 and BMS Pal on October 15, 2026.

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