Comparison

AmpWidgets vs ICS Toolkit

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

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About

AmpWidgets

Monitor your Victron energy system in real-time with customizable widgets for your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. View battery status, solar production, and more without opening the main app.

Highlights
  • Real-time battery and solar monitoring
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
  • macOS desktop and Notification Center widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Customizable metric display
  • Light, Dark, and Auto appearance modes
  • Background data refresh
Features
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Never miss a thing with your Victron system. AmpWidgets brings powerful battery, solar, tank, sensor, and system monitoring to every screen you own. Check your most important Victron VRM data on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch — without constantly opening the VRM app. WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets for quick system checks • Lock Screen widgets for instant battery and solar metrics • StandBy support for an always-visible display • macOS desktop and Notification Center widgets • Apple Watch complications for glanceable updates on your wrist • A resizable widget that shows one, three, or six metrics at a time SMART ALERTS Create custom rules for the moments that matter: • Battery below your chosen percentage • Current rising above or falling below a threshold • System or battery state changes • Any value that needs your attention AmpWidgets checks your rules automatically in the background and notifies you the moment something changes — with smart cooldowns so you're never spammed. COMPLETE VICTRON MONITORING See more of your system than ever before: • Battery state of charge, voltage, current, and power • Individual cell voltage highs and lows, plus pack balance for lithium banks • Consumed amp-hours and time-to-go • Solar power output, PV voltage, and today's / yesterday's yield • Charge cycles, charged and discharged energy, min/max voltage • Battery temperature, health details, and starter-battery data • Per-device readings for every shunt, BMS, and charger • System status and alarm summaries TANKS, SENSORS & SYSTEM STATES AmpWidgets supports more Victron data than ever, including: • Fresh, grey, fuel, and gas/LPG tank levels — with a combined level per fluid type • Distinct icons so water and gas tanks are instantly recognizable • Temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors, shown by their real device names • Shore- and generator-power detection via AC input voltage • AC input and output, DC loads, and EV charger data • System, battery, inverter, charger, and solar-charger states CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR NEEDS Build the monitoring setup that works for you: • Choose exactly which metrics to display • Use simple widgets for a single value, or expand them to show more • Set Light, Dark, or Auto appearance independently for each widget • Rename your devices so they make sense to you • View solar production trend charts • Switch between multiple installations from the dashboard • Try everything instantly with built-in Demo Mode — no account needed APPLE WATCH SUPPORT Keep your Victron system on your wrist: • View battery, solar, tank, and temperature data directly on Apple Watch • Add complications from the watch face gallery • Reliable independent background updates BUILT FOR OFF-GRID LIVING Whether you're in an RV, on a boat, at a cabin, or running a mobile power setup, AmpWidgets helps you stay informed without constantly checking your system manually. See at a glance if your batteries are charging, how much solar you're producing, whether your tanks need attention, and the instant something important changes. WORKS WITH YOUR VRM ACCOUNT AmpWidgets connects directly to your Victron VRM installation. Just enter your Installation ID and API token from vrm.victronenergy.com and you're ready to go. One app, every screen. Download AmpWidgets and take control of your power monitoring.

About

ICS Toolkit

Features
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ICS Toolkit brings your events and calendars together on iPhone and iPad. Create and edit ICS files with dates, time zones, repeating rules, reminders, locations, notes and links. Add meeting organizers, attendees, photos and files. Review compatibility and the raw ICS before saving, sharing or adding supported details to Calendar. Import calendars with event selection, possible-duplicate checks, per-event results, retry and undo for unchanged imported events. Export one or more device calendars as separate or combined files, with all dates, the next 12 months or a custom date range. Save named drafts and reuse templates. Create ICS files and export calendars with Shortcuts. Server Mode connects compatible CalDAV clients, including Calendar on your Mac, to selected device calendars over a trusted local network. Keep the app open in the foreground; the server stops in the background. Digest authentication protects the password, while HTTP calendar traffic is not encrypted. Calendar export only includes events synced to this device. Calendar does not expose attachments or all deleted repeat exceptions; deleted occurrences may reappear after import. Share ICS files to preserve attendees and attachments that direct Calendar writes cannot include. Available in English, German, Polish, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French and Japanese.

Screenshots

AmpWidgets4 screens
ICS Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: AmpWidgets at 4 against ICS Toolkit's 2. AmpWidgets also leads on iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AmpWidgets costs $0.99 and ICS Toolkit $1.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AmpWidgets ships an update every 2 weeks, ICS Toolkit every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AmpWidgets versus ICS Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmpWidgetsICS Toolkit
Price$0.99 — better$1.49
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorthbound House LLCPawel Karpinski

In-app purchases

None

AmpWidgets

No in-app purchases

None

ICS Toolkit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AmpWidgets free?
AmpWidgets costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ICS Toolkit free?
ICS Toolkit costs $1.49, with no in-app purchases.
Do AmpWidgets or ICS Toolkit have ads?
Neither AmpWidgets nor ICS Toolkit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AmpWidgets or ICS Toolkit?
AmpWidgets ships an update every 2 weeks, and ICS Toolkit every 9 days. Most recently, AmpWidgets was updated on October 16, 2026 and ICS Toolkit on October 15, 2026.

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