Comparison

WristBuddy vs BasenCloud

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

Head to head
About

WristBuddy

Features
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Know how your phone is doing — without picking it up. WristBuddy lives on your Apple Watch and shows what your iPhone is doing right now: battery, charging, Wi-Fi and cellular, motion, silent mode, Focus, lock state, air pressure, and thermal state — all glanceable from your wrist. SOUND FAMILIAR? • Phone charging in another room? Glance at your wrist and unplug it when it's ready. • About to walk into a meeting? Know it's really on silent without pulling it out under the table. • Charging it inside a bag, or tethering a hotspot? Keep an eye on its temperature and catch it running hot. • Left your phone away on purpose? Stay aware of anything urgent without breaking the moment. WHAT'S FREE • Battery range (Below 20% / 20-50% / 50-90% / Above 90%) • Watch dashboard with stale-snapshot indicator • "Hey Siri, ring my iPhone with WristBuddy" (beta) UNLOCK PRO (pay once, yours forever) • Exact battery percentage and charging state • Wi-Fi and Cellular connectivity (separate rows), with network generation (5G / LTE) • Motion detection — is the iPhone being touched right now? • Silent and Focus mode • Lock state — is the iPhone locked right now? • Distance from your iPhone (UWB; iPhone 11+ paired with Apple Watch S6+) • Air pressure — barometric pressure (hPa) from your iPhone's barometer • Thermal state — is your iPhone running hot while it charges or works? (Normal / Fair / Serious / Critical) • Find My Watch (beta) — buzz your Apple Watch from your iPhone • Apple Watch screen on iPhone — see your Watch's battery from your iPhone • Reorderable status rows — drag to reorder which features show on your Watch • Lock Screen Live Activity — both batteries and link state pinned to your iPhone Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Get iPhone Status shortcut for Shortcuts automations WHY WRISTBUDDY • Pay once. Never a subscription. Never ads. • No account. No sign-up. • No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. No third-party SDKs. • Everything stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. • Privacy nutrition label: Data Not Collected — every category unchecked. PRIVACY BY DESIGN WristBuddy uses Apple's built-in WatchConnectivity framework, so your iPhone and Apple Watch talk directly to each other over Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi. No data ever leaves your devices. There is no WristBuddy server, because there isn't one. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone running iOS 16 or later (iOS 16.1+ for the Lock Screen Live Activity) • Apple Watch running watchOS 9 or later • UWB distance feature requires iPhone 11+ and Apple Watch Series 6+ • Dynamic Island layout requires iPhone 14 Pro or newer Open the iPhone app once, then forget about it — the iPhone responds in the background. Open the Watch app to see everything at a glance.

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BasenCloud

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BasenCloud is the app for BasenGreen home batteries. The battery's touch display connects to Wi-Fi and reports to BasenCloud, and the app shows you what your battery is doing, wherever you are. No Bluetooth is needed: the app works wherever your phone is online. Live status • State of charge, voltage, current and power • Charging, discharging or standby, and whether a protection is active • Whether the display and each pack are online Cells and temperatures • Every cell voltage, with the lowest, the highest and the difference • Cell balancing, as the battery management system (BMS) reports it • Parallel packs side by side, and every temperature sensor Alarms and notifications • Protection events and warnings from the BMS • Notifications for protection events always, and you choose which of the others you get: warnings, low and full charge, a pack that goes offline and firmware updates installed by BasenGreen • Acknowledge an alarm to clear your badge History and BMS log • See the battery's history at any time: state of charge over time, cycles, energy throughput, deepest discharge and the largest cell difference • Read the BMS log: how many times each protection of the battery's management system has been triggered Several batteries • Link up to 20 batteries to one account, name them and switch between them • Read-only protection parameters and installed firmware versions • The inverter protocol of the battery's CAN and RS485 ports, which you can change as on the display Getting started 1. Sign in with Apple or Google, or create an account with your email address. 2. On the battery's display, open Settings > Network > Link to Mobile. 3. In the app, tap Add battery and scan the QR code on the display. Want to look around first? Guest mode shows the app with a sample battery and simulated data, no account needed. Good to know • BasenCloud is for monitoring. It cannot switch, charge or discharge your battery or change its protection settings; the battery's own BMS protects it at all times. • Notifications are for information and can be delayed. Never rely on the app for safety. • A battery belongs to one account at a time. Before you hand it over, unlink it in the app or at the display. • No ads and no tracking. You can delete your account in the app at any time. • In English, Simplified Chinese, Arabic and Kurdish (Sorani). BasenCloud is provided by Shenzhen Basen Technology Co., Ltd. Terms of Use: https://basencloud.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://basencloud.com/privacy Support: support@basengreen.com

Screenshots

WristBuddy4 screens
BasenCloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BasenCloud at none against WristBuddy's 1. BasenCloud also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. WristBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BasenCloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WristBuddy ships an update every 4 days, BasenCloud daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
WristBuddy versus BasenCloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWristBuddyBasenCloud
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMario LonghiTRAILER SOL (PTY) LIMITED

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WristBuddy

One-time1
  • WristBuddy$2.99
None

BasenCloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WristBuddy free?
WristBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BasenCloud free?
BasenCloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WristBuddy or BasenCloud have ads?
Neither WristBuddy nor BasenCloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WristBuddy or BasenCloud?
WristBuddy ships an update every 4 days, and BasenCloud daily. Most recently, WristBuddy was updated on November 5, 2026 and BasenCloud on October 31, 2026.

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