Battery HD+ vs Charged?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Battery HD+
This app provides a detailed battery monitoring experience for your phone or tablet. It offers calibration features for increased accuracy and displays estimated usage times for various activities, from listening to music to GPS navigation. It also includes charge alerts and a widget for quick access to information.
- Battery calibration
- Usage time estimates
- Charge alerts
- Widget support
- Detailed usage charts
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This is the perfect battery monitor for your phone or tablet. It is simple, beautiful and can be calibrated specially for your device. - Widget - Charge Alerts - Usage chart Instantly know how many hours you have left for: - Listening to music - Watching video - Talking on the phone - Internet Browsing ( WiFi / Edge / 3G / 4G ) - Standby - Time left to recharge - Time to use LED Flashlight - 2D and 3D Games - Reading books - GPS navigation - Video chat - Taking photos - Recording videos If you have a new or rare device, please run calibration tests to share your results with the community and make this app even more precise ! Try it now ! It's simply the best at what it does.
Charged?
Monitor the battery levels of your Apple devices through iCloud. The app offers a free tier with a banner ad, which can be removed with an in-app purchase that also unlocks a widget. Easily manage which devices are displayed.
- Monitor iOS and macOS device battery
- iCloud synchronization
- Bluetooth proximity sync
- Hide/unhide devices
- Widget support (paid)
- In-app purchase to remove ads
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“Charged?” is a small app that allows you to check the charge level of your iOS and macOS devices via iCloud. “Charged?” is free on both iOS and macOS. The iOS version has a small banner at the bottom of your screen which you can remove via the in-app purchase, which also unlocks the widget. Your devices sync their battery statusses via iCloud and uses bluetooth if they are nearby. Using iCloud, Mac’s update nearly instantly as long as they are connected to a power source or awake when on battery power. iOS devices will experience a slight to long delay due to the nature of how iOS background execution works. You can easily hide devices you don’t care about or unhide them at a later date. If you have problems with remote syncing please make sure you are signed in to your iCloud account and have iCloud drive enabled on the device in question.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Battery HD+ at none against Charged?'s 1. Battery HD+ also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 41) and review sentiment (74% vs 56%). Charged?'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Charged? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Battery HD+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Battery HD+ against 4.6 for Charged?. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battery HD+ has 2.7K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Battery HD+'s written reviews are positive against 56% of Charged?'s.
Battery HD+ ships an update every 2 months, Charged? fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Battery HD+ | Charged? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.7K ratings) | 4.6 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | smalltech sarl | Daan van de Westelaken |
Customer experience
Battery HD+
Charged?
Bugs and requests
Battery HD+
Reported bugs
3 issues- Calibration never completes
- Battery level not detected
- Incorrect battery percentage displayed
Requested features
4 requests- Battery health monitoring
- Battery usage by app breakdown
- Improved charging notifications
- Apple Watch support
Charged?
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Battery HD+
No in-app purchases
Charged?
- Remove ads$0.99
Questions
Is Battery HD+ free?
Is Charged? free?
Which has better reviews, Battery HD+ or Charged??
Do Battery HD+ or Charged? have ads?
Which is updated more often, Battery HD+ or Charged??
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