Comparison

XiaoXiangElectric vs MultiBMS

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

Head to head
About

XiaoXiangElectric

Monitor your lithium battery's real-time status, including voltage, current, and temperature. Control charging and discharging, view historical data graphs, and access battery instructions. This app provides comprehensive insights and management for your battery.

Highlights
  • Real-time battery monitoring
  • Historical data graphs
  • Charge/discharge control
  • Automatic equalization
  • Battery parameter settings
  • BMS instructions
Features
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Little Elephant Electric is an APP specially developed for lithium batteries independently developed by Dongguan Jiabaida Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., which can check the status of the battery in real time. 【History】 Display the historical dynamic graph of the battery: current, voltage, capacitance, and temperature. 【Control】 Charge and discharge switch control, automatic equalization, clear warning, reset capacity. 【Real Time】 You can switch the monitoring equipment to view battery data in real time: remaining capacity, charge and discharge status, balance status, protection status, voltage, current, temperature, and single string voltage information. 【Parameter】 Read the basic battery information, you can set and change the Bluetooth name. 【Mine】 Instructions for use of lithium batteries and BMS. Unbind device. If you have any comments or suggestions, you can contact us through our website: Official website: http://www.jiabaida.com Email: nycojie@gmail.com

About

MultiBMS

Monitor multiple Bluetooth-enabled battery management systems from your iPhone. View detailed pack voltage, cell voltages, current, power, state of charge, and temperature. Build custom battery groups and visualize charging activity.

Highlights
  • Connect to multiple BMS devices
  • Detailed pack and cell diagnostics
  • Build custom parallel/series battery groups
  • Visualize charging and discharging
  • Apple Watch companion preview
  • Supports JiKong and JBD/Xiaoxiang hardware
Features
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Most battery apps show you one pack. MultiBMS shows you the whole system. Connect every Bluetooth BMS you own, group them the way they're actually wired, and watch the entire bank behave as one — voltage, current, power, state of charge, temperature, capacity and every individual cell, live. SEE THE WHOLE BANK AT ONCE Build a group from any number of packs and MultiBMS aggregates it properly — parallel banks sum their current and capacity, series strings sum their voltage. One gauge for the bank, and every pack underneath it. Six batteries in an off-grid build read as one system instead of six apps you keep switching between. EVERY CELL, FOUR WAYS Bars, heat map, rows or grid. Minimum, maximum and delta across the whole bank or per pack, with the weak cell called out before it becomes a problem. Watch the balancer work in real time. RECORD WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Start a recording and MultiBMS logs the run at one-second resolution. Pick a Battery Bank preset for a house system or a Vehicle preset for a ride, choose exactly which metrics to capture, and add per-cell and per-pack detail when you want the full picture. A live dyno cockpit shows the run as it happens — speed, volts, amps, kilowatts, state of charge, G-force — with peak draw, peak power and energy pulled tracked as you go. REPLAY IT LIKE FOOTAGE Cinema Replay plays any recorded run back as a scrubbing timeline with every channel drawn together. Find the moment the voltage sagged, the moment the pack got hot, the moment you hit peak power. Then export it: CSV for a spreadsheet, a formatted PDF report, or a share card that fits in a message. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is a full second screen, not a notification relay. A live dyno cockpit that mirrors the run on your phone. Race Control with lap timing and per-lap energy. Ride profiles for e-bikes, karts and carts with GPS speed, distance and G-force. Fleet and cell views for the whole bank. Start and stop a recording from your wrist and the phone follows. ALERTS THAT MATTER Set your own limits for pack temperature, low pack voltage and low cell voltage. MultiBMS tells you the moment something crosses the line, whether you're looking at the app or not. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOUR RIG Thirteen interface skins, from an off-grid instrument bay to a racing cluster, marine, aviation, industrial and a retro terminal. Four dyno themes for the recorder. Four charge-flow animations — rail, orbit, mist and plasma — so charging and discharging read at a glance from across the room. WORKS WITH YOUR HARDWARE MultiBMS speaks 30 Bluetooth Low Energy BMS protocols covering drop-in lithium packs, server-rack storage, active balancers, shunt meters and portable power stations. Support varies by model and firmware — the full, current compatibility list lives at multibms.com. Not sure yours is covered? Email support@multibms.com with your battery and BMS model. We add protocols, and we're quick about it. READ-ONLY BY DESIGN MultiBMS reads telemetry. It does not write settings, change limits or reconfigure your BMS. Your battery keeps doing exactly what it was doing. NO ACCOUNT, NO SUBSCRIPTION No sign-up, no cloud, no recurring charge. Your data stays on your device. Premium skins are optional one-time purchases.

Screenshots

XiaoXiangElectric4 screens
MultiBMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MultiBMS at 100% against XiaoXiangElectric's 17%. MultiBMS also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). XiaoXiangElectric's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

XiaoXiangElectric is free to download; MultiBMS costs $0.99 up front. MultiBMS sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. XiaoXiangElectric asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MultiBMS holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: XiaoXiangElectric has 141 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of XiaoXiangElectric's written reviews are positive against 100% of MultiBMS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XiaoXiangElectric ships an update fortnightly, MultiBMS every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
XiaoXiangElectric versus MultiBMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXiaoXiangElectricMultiBMS
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating2.5 (141 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings141 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongguan Jiabaida Electronic Science & Technology Co., Ltd.SJP Custom Solutions LLC

Customer experience

XiaoXiangElectric

All ratings141 ratings
Positive29.8%
Neutral12.8%
Negative57.4%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive17.1%
Neutral14.5%
Negative68.4%

MultiBMS

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

XiaoXiangElectric

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App locks users out after login attempts
  • Control tab shows 'No operation permission' error
  • Password recovery email not sending verification codes
  • App freezes with infinite loading spinner when battery unavailable
  • SOC percentage stuck at 100% or showing incorrect values
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  • Bluetooth QR code scanning not working
  • App crashes when adding second battery
  • Update notifications appear but no update available
  • Cannot bind phone number - malformed number error
  • Control features disappear after firmware updates
  • Battery not detected via Bluetooth despite being paired
  • App won't accept phone number in any format
  • History and Control tabs disappear randomly
  • Cell voltage information displays inconsistently
  • App crashes when accessing certain settings
  • Language settings revert to English after updates
  • Charge/discharge readings inaccurate below 1A
  • App performs unauthorized firmware updates
  • Battery parameters change without user action
  • Soft lock errors with no resolution path

Requested features

15 requests
  • Offline control capability without internet
  • History/logging of battery data and cycles
  • Remaining capacity display in Ah (not just percentage)
  • Password protection for battery access
  • Push notifications for charging status changes
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  • Temperature unit toggle (Celsius/Fahrenheit)
  • Multiple language support (Spanish, Russian, Chinese, German, etc.)
  • Ability to remove Bluetooth password
  • Advanced parameter customization for all BMS models
  • Balancing status and control indicators
  • Reset protection cycle counter
  • Improved cell voltage visualization
  • Better instructions and user manual
  • Support for managing multiple batteries simultaneously
  • Automatic connection to previously paired batteries

MultiBMS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

XiaoXiangElectric

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

MultiBMS

One-time11
  • E-Bike Rally$0.99
  • Bus Life$0.99
  • Off Grid$0.99
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  • Minimal White$0.99
  • Retro Terminal$0.99
  • Marine$0.99
  • Arctic Ice$0.99
  • Matrix Code$0.99
  • Emergency$0.99
  • CAT Equipment$0.99
  • Aviation$0.99

Questions

Is XiaoXiangElectric free?
XiaoXiangElectric is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MultiBMS free?
MultiBMS costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, XiaoXiangElectric or MultiBMS?
MultiBMS is rated higher. XiaoXiangElectric averages 2.5 out of 5 from 141 ratings, while MultiBMS averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do XiaoXiangElectric or MultiBMS have ads?
Neither XiaoXiangElectric nor MultiBMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XiaoXiangElectric or MultiBMS?
XiaoXiangElectric ships an update fortnightly, and MultiBMS every 4 days. Most recently, XiaoXiangElectric was updated on October 7, 2026 and MultiBMS on October 13, 2026.

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