Overkill Solar vs Gorilla Lithium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Overkill Solar
This app connects to a solar battery management system to provide detailed monitoring and control. Users can track cell voltage, capacity, current, and manage charging/discharging ports. It also offers advanced configuration options for calibration, balancing, and protection settings.
- Monitor cell voltage and capacity
- Control charging and discharging ports
- Calibrate voltage and current
- Configure balancer and protection values
- Log voltage, current, and power
- Monitor BMS alarms and temperature
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Overkill Solar iOS App allows users to connect with the Overkill Solar Battery Management System (BMS). It can monitor voltage of the cells, total capacity, charging and discharging current, and switch the charging and discharging ports on or off. Features: - change bluetooth advertising name - unlock hardware protected BMS - save or load BMS configurations - calibrate cells voltage and charging or discharging current - log maximum or minimum voltage, current and power - enable and configure the balancer - modify the capacity settings - monitor temperature - monitor BMS alarms - import and export .fig files - set level 2 and 3 advanced protection values
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 rating: Gorilla Lithium at 5.0 against Overkill Solar's 4.7. Gorilla Lithium also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.4). Overkill Solar's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gorilla Lithium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overkill Solar has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Overkill Solar | Gorilla Lithium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Overkill Solar LLC | Christopher Phillips |
Customer experience
Overkill Solar
Gorilla Lithium
In-app purchases
Overkill Solar
No in-app purchases
Gorilla Lithium
No in-app purchases
