Comparison

JBD BMS vs MultiBMS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

JBD BMS

Monitor and control lithium batteries in real-time via Bluetooth or WiFi. View historical data, manage charge/discharge, and update device firmware. Device sharing and language switching are also available.

Highlights
  • Real-time battery status monitoring
  • Historical data graphs
  • Charge and discharge control
  • Device management
  • Firmware upgrades
  • Bluetooth/WiFi connectivity
Features
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JBD BMS is a special APP for lithium batteries independently developed by Dongguan Jiabaida Electronic Technology Co., LTD., which can view the battery status in real time. 【 Home 】 Add device: Display the device that can be added, select the device and connect the device via Bluetooth or WiFi. Displays historical dynamic graphs of the battery: current, voltage, capacitance, temperature. 【 Equipment 】 Control: Charge and discharge switch control, automatic equalization, clear alarm, capacity reset. Real-time: You can view the battery data in real time: remaining capacity, charge and discharge status, balance status, protection status, voltage, current, temperature, and single string voltage information. Parameters: Read basic battery information, you can set and change the Bluetooth name. Info: Device sharing, firmware upgrades, help feedback. 【 mine 】 Device management, version updates, language switching If you have any comments or suggestions, you can contact us through our website: Official website :http://www.jiabaida.com E-mail :lzznext@foxmail.com

About

MultiBMS

Monitor multiple Bluetooth-enabled battery management systems from your iPhone. View detailed pack voltage, cell voltages, current, power, state of charge, and temperature. Build custom battery groups and visualize charging activity.

Highlights
  • Connect to multiple BMS devices
  • Detailed pack and cell diagnostics
  • Build custom parallel/series battery groups
  • Visualize charging and discharging
  • Apple Watch companion preview
  • Supports JiKong and JBD/Xiaoxiang hardware
Features
Currently charting
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Most battery apps show you one pack. MultiBMS shows you the whole system. Connect every Bluetooth BMS you own, group them the way they're actually wired, and watch the entire bank behave as one — voltage, current, power, state of charge, temperature, capacity and every individual cell, live. SEE THE WHOLE BANK AT ONCE Build a group from any number of packs and MultiBMS aggregates it properly — parallel banks sum their current and capacity, series strings sum their voltage. One gauge for the bank, and every pack underneath it. Six batteries in an off-grid build read as one system instead of six apps you keep switching between. EVERY CELL, FOUR WAYS Bars, heat map, rows or grid. Minimum, maximum and delta across the whole bank or per pack, with the weak cell called out before it becomes a problem. Watch the balancer work in real time. RECORD WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED Start a recording and MultiBMS logs the run at one-second resolution. Pick a Battery Bank preset for a house system or a Vehicle preset for a ride, choose exactly which metrics to capture, and add per-cell and per-pack detail when you want the full picture. A live dyno cockpit shows the run as it happens — speed, volts, amps, kilowatts, state of charge, G-force — with peak draw, peak power and energy pulled tracked as you go. REPLAY IT LIKE FOOTAGE Cinema Replay plays any recorded run back as a scrubbing timeline with every channel drawn together. Find the moment the voltage sagged, the moment the pack got hot, the moment you hit peak power. Then export it: CSV for a spreadsheet, a formatted PDF report, or a share card that fits in a message. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is a full second screen, not a notification relay. A live dyno cockpit that mirrors the run on your phone. Race Control with lap timing and per-lap energy. Ride profiles for e-bikes, karts and carts with GPS speed, distance and G-force. Fleet and cell views for the whole bank. Start and stop a recording from your wrist and the phone follows. ALERTS THAT MATTER Set your own limits for pack temperature, low pack voltage and low cell voltage. MultiBMS tells you the moment something crosses the line, whether you're looking at the app or not. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOUR RIG Thirteen interface skins, from an off-grid instrument bay to a racing cluster, marine, aviation, industrial and a retro terminal. Four dyno themes for the recorder. Four charge-flow animations — rail, orbit, mist and plasma — so charging and discharging read at a glance from across the room. WORKS WITH YOUR HARDWARE MultiBMS speaks 30 Bluetooth Low Energy BMS protocols covering drop-in lithium packs, server-rack storage, active balancers, shunt meters and portable power stations. Support varies by model and firmware — the full, current compatibility list lives at multibms.com. Not sure yours is covered? Email support@multibms.com with your battery and BMS model. We add protocols, and we're quick about it. READ-ONLY BY DESIGN MultiBMS reads telemetry. It does not write settings, change limits or reconfigure your BMS. Your battery keeps doing exactly what it was doing. NO ACCOUNT, NO SUBSCRIPTION No sign-up, no cloud, no recurring charge. Your data stays on your device. Premium skins are optional one-time purchases.

Screenshots

JBD BMS4 screens
MultiBMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MultiBMS at 100% against JBD BMS's 23%. MultiBMS also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). JBD BMS's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

JBD BMS is free to download; MultiBMS costs $0.99 up front. MultiBMS sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. JBD BMS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MultiBMS holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JBD BMS has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of JBD BMS's written reviews are positive against 100% of MultiBMS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JBD BMS ships an update every 3 weeks, MultiBMS every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
JBD BMS versus MultiBMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJBD BMSMultiBMS
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.1 (26 ratings)4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#174 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB36 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperDongguan Jiabaida Electronic Science & Technology Co., Ltd.stefan peters

Customer experience

JBD BMS

All ratings26 ratings
Positive42.3%
Neutral11.5%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative69.2%

MultiBMS

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

JBD BMS

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

MultiBMS

One-time11
  • E-Bike Rally$0.99
  • Bus Life$0.99
  • Off Grid$0.99
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  • Minimal White$0.99
  • Retro Terminal$0.99
  • Marine$0.99
  • Arctic Ice$0.99
  • Matrix Code$0.99
  • Emergency$0.99
  • CAT Equipment$0.99
  • Aviation$0.99

Questions

Is JBD BMS free?
JBD BMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MultiBMS free?
MultiBMS costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, JBD BMS or MultiBMS?
MultiBMS is rated higher. JBD BMS averages 3.1 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while MultiBMS averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do JBD BMS or MultiBMS have ads?
Neither JBD BMS nor MultiBMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JBD BMS or MultiBMS?
JBD BMS ships an update every 3 weeks, and MultiBMS every 4 days. Most recently, JBD BMS was updated on September 23, 2026 and MultiBMS on September 22, 2026.

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