Comparison

SADbatt vs Small Magics

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

Head to head
About

SADbatt

Features
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SADbatt is a funny, low-friction social battery tracker for people who need a better way to say: โ€œIโ€™m drained.โ€ Log what charges you. Log what drains you. See your current social battery, browse your history, and spot the patterns behind your energy over time. When words are too much, SADbatt gives you a clean, shareable battery card you can send to friends โ€” no explanation required. Use SADbatt to: - Check your social battery in seconds - Log drains and charges from work, plans, errands, rest, and everyday life - See weekly summaries of what gives or costs you energy - Use โ€œShould I go?โ€ to estimate whether a plan might push you too far - Share battery cards when you want people to understand without a long explanation - Delete your account privately from inside the app SADbatt is not a medical app and does not provide medical advice. It is a personal tracking and communication tool.

About

Small Magics

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Small Magics is a quiet oracle for the tender, low-energy end of a day. A grimoire is meant to hold great and mysterious magic. This one holds only small magics: the candle lit anyway, the cup held in two hands, the one brave thing the size of a matchhead. Forty-three small spells you can cast from bed, on a quarter tank, in the dark, with the door cracked open to let the evening in. Light a candle. Turn the one that calls to you. Sit with it as long as you like. Leave whenever you are ready. That is the whole of it. The book keeps no score and counts no days. There are no streaks, no badges, no notice that you ever missed a day, and nothing that could ever make a low night feel like a failure. For a reader whose energy genuinely varies, an app that keeps no score and applies no pressure is a rare kindness, and it is the whole point. It waits for you, patiently, for as long as you need, and asks nothing while it waits. Six chapters of gentle incantations: Spells for a Quarter Tank, for rest and the truth that not today is a whole spell. The Kind Dark, where the night is a blanket, not a threat. Kindling, courage returning at your own pace, one small brave thing at a time. The Loosening, letting the day go where it goes. Hearthspells, being seen, and home as a feeling. Ironroot, the quiet strength you have carried without once noticing. Everything stays on your device. No account, no ads, no subscription, nothing watching. What you draw is yours alone.

Screenshots

SADbatt4 screens
Small Magics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SADbatt at 15.1 against Small Magics's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
SADbatt versus Small Magics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSADbattSmall Magics
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size35 MB104 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDeng ZhouDrew Douglass

In-app purchases

None

SADbatt

No in-app purchases

None

Small Magics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SADbatt free?
SADbatt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Small Magics free?
Small Magics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SADbatt or Small Magics have ads?
Neither SADbatt nor Small Magics shows ads.

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