PowerDetector vs Blip Stats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PowerDetector
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The PowerDetector app uses the iPhone charging status to sense AC power, allowing the iPhone to act as a remote power sensor and email notification device. Configure the PowerDetector app with email addresses, plug in the iPhone to a charger and if the power goes out an email or text message will be sent to you.
Blip Stats
Monitor your device's performance with real-time stats, comprehensive benchmarks, and advanced network tools. Analyze CPU, memory, storage, and network speeds with detailed insights and offline capabilities.
- Live device stats (CPU, memory, storage, battery)
- Comprehensive benchmarks (CPU, GPU, Neural Engine)
- Network speed tests (download, upload, latency)
- Ping and traceroute tools
- Storage speed tests
- Home screen widgets
- Automations shortcuts
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Blip puts honest device stats, a real benchmark, and serious network tools on your iPhone and iPad — the same featherlight philosophy as Blip for Mac — free, in one app. Overview — live cards for CPU, memory, storage, battery, thermal state, and network. Tap any card for full details: memory breakdown, load averages, core counts, boot-derived uptime, local IPs with tap-to-copy, tap-to-reveal public IP, VPN and radio awareness. Honest suggestions appear only when a real signal fires. Blip Bench — CPU, memory, GPU, and Neural Engine throughput in Blip's fixed reference units, comparable across every device running Blip. The full profile adds a sustained phase that measures thermal throttling, with results animating in leg by leg. Speed — test against the public OpenSpeedTest service or your own self-hosted server. Download and upload draw as separate curves, latency is measured idle and under load (bufferbloat), and every result is graded per activity: browsing, HD and 4K streaming, video calls, cloud gaming, big uploads. Network — ping and traceroute with per-hop latency, timeout detection, and an offline GeoIP map of the route. The location database is downloaded once and lookups never leave your device. Storage — sequential disk speed tests on internal storage or any volume you can reach in Files, caching disabled and flush included. Widgets — bench score, storage, and last speed test on your Home Screen, each stamped with its age. Shortcuts — run benchmarks and speed tests or capture a full stats snapshot from Automations. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Everything Blip shows is what iOS honestly exposes to a well-behaved app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blip Stats at fortnightly against PowerDetector's every 2 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PowerDetector ships an update every 2 months, Blip Stats fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PowerDetector | Blip Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | River Rock Logic | Blaine Miller |
In-app purchases
PowerDetector
No in-app purchases
Blip Stats
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PowerDetector free?
Is Blip Stats free?
Do PowerDetector or Blip Stats have ads?
Which is updated more often, PowerDetector or Blip Stats?
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