Zen Battery vs GloriousBattery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zen Battery
This app provides detailed battery information for your iPhone and iPad, including remaining hours for various activities. Customize the visual display with fluid animations and color options. Receive alerts when your device is fully charged.
- Battery life estimation for music, video, calls, and internet
- Customizable 'Zen' display modes
- Interactive fluid battery animation
- Adjustable liquid color and battery design
- Full charge warning sound
- Widgets for quick battery status
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Here you have the definitive battery application for your iPhone and iPad from Shinobit! A quick glance will let you know how many hours you have left for listening to music, watching videos, talking on the phone and surfing the Internet. If you want your battery to be even more "Zen", touching the screen once will hide the icons, leaving only the time and the battery charge percentage on the screen. Touching the screen a second time will only leave the battery. Touching a third time brings back all the data you had at the start. Move the device to see how the fluid moves around inside the battery, tilt it and you will see how it moves from one side to the other. You can change the color of the liquid inside the battery and the battery design that best suits your personality. Once the battery is charged, the application will make a warning sound. A subscription is required to unlock the full features of Zen Battery. Subscription Details: * Monthly Subscription * Annual Subscription with a 3-day free trial. All plans offer all premium features with the flexibility to cancel anytime. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. The times and percentages are displayed with 5-percent increases. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
GloriousBattery
Monitor the battery levels of up to four devices with a clean, easy-to-read interface. Get notifications for low battery and customize alerts. View charging status and historical battery data.
- Monitor up to 4 devices
- Display battery percentage
- Show charging status
- Low battery notifications
- Customizable notification sounds
- Hourly battery status display
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Easy-to-see battery status displayed in percentage and background colors for up to 4 devices ► Clean interface ‣ Display battery level and charging status on the screen ► Invite a device that you want to check its battery status ‣ Registeration of the device will be completed, by just opening the app and scan the QR code from the inviter device. ‣ You can register up to 4 devices and check their battery levels on one screen. ► Other features ‣ Notify when battery is low ‣ Customize the notification sounds ‣ Display hourly battery status ‣ Choose either portrait or landscape view.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: GloriousBattery at free with in-app purchases against Zen Battery's subscription. GloriousBattery also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Zen Battery's advantage is ratings volume (8.1K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Zen Battery sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and GloriousBattery sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GloriousBattery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zen Battery has 8.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Zen Battery's written reviews are positive against 100% of GloriousBattery's.
Zen Battery ships an update every 18 months, GloriousBattery every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zen Battery | GloriousBattery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shinobit LLC | Kaname Noto |
Customer experience
Zen Battery
GloriousBattery
Bugs and requests
Zen Battery
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezes or crashes
- Ads break app functionality
Requested features
4 requests- 12-hour clock option
- Battery saver mode
- Widget support
- Ability to disable ads
GloriousBattery
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zen Battery
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
GloriousBattery
- Unlock 3rd monitor$0.99
- Themes$0.99
- Unlock 4th monitor + Ad Free$4.99
Questions
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