Batteries vs EarthWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Batteries
Display your iPhone and Apple Watch battery levels directly on your Lock Screen and watch face. Choose from various widget styles for easy at-a-glance monitoring without unlocking your device.
- Lock Screen battery widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Multiple widget styles
- Always-on display
- iPhone battery monitoring
- Watch face complications
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Batteries Lock Screen Widgets Always keep an eye on your iPhone battery level — directly on your Lock Screen and even on your Apple Watch. With Batteries Lock Screen Widgets, you can add clean and practical battery indicators to your Lock Screen and check your battery level without unlocking your iPhone. iPhone Features Customize your Lock Screen with different battery widgets: • Rectangular battery progress bar • Circular battery indicator • Compact text display • Extra large battery widgets for the Lock Screen All widgets are designed to make your battery level easy to read at a glance. Apple Watch Features Keep track of your iPhone battery directly from your Apple Watch: • See your iPhone battery level on your Apple Watch • Additional battery complications for your watch face • Additional iPhone status complications Know exactly how much battery your iPhone has left — right from your wrist. Always Shows the iPhone Battery The app always displays your iPhone battery level on the Lock Screen — even when other devices like AirPods, Apple Watch, or other Apple devices are connected. iOS 17 Notice: Apple changed how battery information can be accessed. Since iOS 17, third-party apps can only read battery levels in 5% increments.
EarthWatch
Get live satellite imagery of Earth for your iPhone's Lock and Home screens. The background updates automatically with the latest views from around the world approximately every 30 minutes.
- Live satellite imagery
- Lock Screen customization
- Home Screen customization
- Automatic background updates
- Global and regional views
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Bring Planet Earth to your Lock Screen and Home Screen with EarthWatch! We bring current images from the world's greatest weather satellites to your iPhone Lock Screen and Home Screen background. As the satellites send us new images, we update your background to the latest view, approximately every 30 min. Choose from 2 of our best views of North & South America and the Good ol' US of A, or enjoy views from around the world of Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EarthWatch at Free against Batteries's $3.99. EarthWatch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9). Batteries's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
EarthWatch is free to download; Batteries costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EarthWatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Batteries has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Batteries ships an update every 2 days, EarthWatch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Batteries | EarthWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tobias Hauss | Michael Galliers |
In-app purchases
Batteries
No in-app purchases
EarthWatch
No in-app purchases
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