Battery HD+ vs BAST
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.
BAST
This app provides in-depth battery diagnostics for Apple devices. It analyzes analytics logs to reveal battery health, charge cycles, and capacity details, offering insights beyond standard system information.
- Battery health analysis
- Charge cycle count
- Battery capacity details
- Device and OS information
- Apple Watch support
- Analytics log import
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BAST – Your Battery Diagnostics Companion BAST is a powerful and easy-to-use battery diagnostics tool that gives you deep insights into the condition of your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch battery. Using Apple’s own analytics log files, BAST extracts and analyzes key data to provide detailed information, including: - Device and operating system details - Battery health (even values above 100%) - Charge cycle count - Current, maximum and minimum battery capacity Apple Watch is supported automatically if paired with the same iPhone. Simply import the analytics file — BAST will guide you through every step. A built-in manual explains the process clearly and helps you get started right away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BAST at none against Battery HD+'s shown. BAST also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Battery HD+'s advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 339) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Battery HD+ against 4.6 for BAST. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battery HD+ has 2.7K ratings behind it against 339, 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 76% of BAST's.
Battery HD+ ships an update every 2 months, BAST every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Battery HD+ | BAST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.7K ratings) | 4.6 (339 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews | 76.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 339 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | smalltech sarl | Patrick Fezer |
Customer experience
Battery HD+
BAST
User reviews
Battery HD+
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate battery information
- 👍 Helpful for devices without battery percentage
- 🔋 Provides battery usage estimates
- 👍 Easy to understand interface
- 👍 Customizable battery display
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate battery level notifications
- 🐛 Calibration issues and bugs
- 🔋 Battery drain issues after using the app
- 💸 Ads in free version
- 🐛 Widget not working as expected
BAST
From 339 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Provides battery health and cycle count
- 👍 No ads or data collection
- 👍 Fills the gap for iPad battery health feature
- 👍 Useful for checking used iPads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Requires importing analytics file
- 🐛 File import can be difficult/confusing
- 🐛 Inaccurate results reported by some users
- 🐛 App may lock privacy/analysis file
- 🐛 Incompatible with some older models/OS versions
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
BAST
Reported bugs
9 issues- Tasks to import non-existent file
- App locks privacy/analysis file
- Incorrect variable used for battery capacity
- Analytics data does not contain battery health stats
- Analytics data is impossible to share/export
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- App told user their iPad was an iPhone
- Import button does nothing
- App does not work on iPad mini gen 5 with iOS 17.x
- No longer works with iPad/iOS 16
Requested features
3 requests- Clarify instructions for file import
- Explain why privacy/analysis file gets locked
- Ensure compatibility with all iPad models and OS versions
In-app purchases
Battery HD+
No in-app purchases
BAST
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Battery HD+ free?
Is BAST free?
Which has better reviews, Battery HD+ or BAST?
Do Battery HD+ or BAST have ads?
Which is updated more often, Battery HD+ or BAST?
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