Sun Fun Kits BMS vs Gorilla Lithium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sun Fun Kits BMS
Manage your smart batteries and kits effortlessly. View battery health, state of charge, and perform diagnostics. Supports all Sun Fun Kits products and devices using the BLE protocol.
- Manage smart batteries and kits
- View battery health
- Check state of charge
- Perform battery diagnostics
- Supports BLE protocol devices
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With the Sun Fun Kits BMS app, you can manage your smart batteries and kits with ease; it's completely free! Supports all Sun Fun Kits products & devices. You can view your battery health and state of charge as well as perform diagnostics on your battery. Supports the SFK-260, SFK-260HP, KIT BMS, and future products that use the BLE protocol. NOTE: BLE devices require location services, please ensure these are turned on.
Gorilla Lithium
Monitor your battery's performance directly from your phone via Bluetooth. View detailed operating information including charge percentage, voltage, current, temperature, and cycle time. Manage battery settings and connect to multiple devices.
- Real-time battery monitoring
- Detailed operating information
- Interactive battery functions
- Parameter settings
- Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity
- Device selection
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This is the exclusive Gorilla Bluetooth Battery Monitor APP. 1) Now you can monitor your battery on your phone directly from the BMS. 2) Displays detailed battery operating information on the Realtime tab including : State of Charge Percentage, Status, Voltage, Current, Residual capacity, Temperature and Cycle time. 3) Provides interactive functions on the Mine tab including: Info & Cells . 4) The Parameter tab include current Bluetooth name, some protection parameters and so on. 5) This APP functions through Bluetooth 5.0 6) Maximum distance of communication on a typical phone is 10 meters (30 feet) 7) APP will list batteries within signal distance on the Device page of Realtime tab, and you choose which one you want to view. You may disconnect and connect to another battery on the Device page. 8) Each battery will only allow one Bluetooth connection at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gorilla Lithium at 100% against Sun Fun Kits BMS's 25%. Gorilla Lithium also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.3). Sun Fun Kits BMS's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). 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.
Gorilla Lithium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sun Fun Kits BMS has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Sun Fun Kits BMS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gorilla Lithium's.
| Parameter | Sun Fun Kits BMS | Gorilla Lithium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sun Fun Kits LLC | Christopher Phillips |
Customer experience
Sun Fun Kits BMS
Gorilla Lithium
In-app purchases
Sun Fun Kits BMS
No in-app purchases
Gorilla Lithium
No in-app purchases
