Comparison

Battery Hub for HomeKit vs LoopJuice

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

Head to head
About

Battery Hub for HomeKit

Monitor battery levels for all your HomeKit accessories from a single dashboard. Quickly identify devices with low or unknown battery status, organized by home and room. Get detailed information for each accessory and set custom refresh reminders.

Highlights
  • Centralized battery status dashboard
  • Group accessories by Home and Room
  • Quick filters for low/unknown batteries
  • Detailed device information
  • Customizable refresh reminders
  • Add notes for battery type and quantity
Features
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Battery Hub for HomeKit helps you keep an eye on battery-powered Apple Home accessories from one simple dashboard. Open the app, allow Home access, and Battery Hub scans your homes for accessories that report HomeKit battery information, including battery level or low-battery status. Devices are grouped by Home and Room, with quick filters for low and unknown battery readings. Features: - View HomeKit battery accessories in one place - See device count, low batteries, and unknown readings at a glance - Group devices by Home, Room, and name - Open device details for manufacturer, model, firmware, battery info, and read status - Save battery type and quantity notes for each device - Refresh manually when you want the latest HomeKit data - Set optional reminders to reopen and refresh after 2 weeks, 1, 2, or 3 months Battery Hub reads HomeKit data on your device and is built for quick manual checks. It does not continuously monitor accessories in the background. Buy once and use forever: Battery Hub has no subscriptions, no advertising, and no data collection.

About

LoopJuice

Monitor battery levels for all your Apple Home accessories in one place. Track history, get low battery alerts, and log maintenance for replacements and recharges. Integrates with widgets and Siri for easy access.

Highlights
  • Centralized battery tracking
  • Low and critical battery alerts
  • Battery history and drain analysis
  • Maintenance logging (replacements, recharges)
  • Widgets for Home Screen and Apple Watch
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Your smart home's batteries, in one place. LoopJuice brings battery readings from compatible Apple Home accessories into one clear overview. Spot low batteries, follow their history and keep track of replacements and recharges. SEE WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION Browse by room or in a grid, with clear battery rings and the lowest readings first. Search for an accessory, mark favorites, ignore devices and switch between homes. Low and Critical views help you find batteries needing attention, while reachability information helps you spot accessories that are offline. MAKE BATTERY CHECKS PART OF YOUR ROUTINE Use the Refresh batteries action in Shortcuts to request a background check across all your homes without opening LoopJuice. Add it to a personal automation for a daily check or when you open the Home app. The action follows your battery-warning settings and returns the number of accessories needing attention. A setup guide in Settings walks you through it. WARNINGS THAT WORK FOR YOU Set a default low-battery threshold or customize it per accessory. Choose which devices can notify you, silence warnings for 24 hours or use Remind me tomorrow. The optional app badge and battery warnings cover all your homes. An unchanged low reading does not trigger a new warning on every check. UNDERSTAND BATTERY LIFE Explore history charts and approximate remaining-life estimates when usable readings are available. Look for unusually fast drain and see charging status when an accessory reports it. Compare completed cycles with matching battery types and quantities to understand how your batteries last. REMEMBER WHAT YOU REPLACED Record replacements and recharges, battery types, quantities, charging methods and notes. Choose from illustrated battery presets or enter your own type. Reuse details you entered for the same manufacturer and model. Work through a maintenance round on iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch, with Undo when needed. KEEP BATTERIES IN VIEW Choose widgets for individual or multiple accessories, battery status, batteries running low soon, maintenance rounds, supplies, history and charging accessories. Explore supported sizes in the in-app widget gallery. Siri, read-only Shortcuts and Control Center opening controls offer more ways to check your batteries. Widget options vary by device; the Apple Watch companion shows the latest information received from your iPhone. YOUR HISTORY, YOUR CHOICE Keep data on your device or enable optional iCloud sync to combine history and maintenance information across your devices using the same Apple Account. Export and import saved data, browse stored history and recover available records. Notification and display preferences remain local. No LoopJuice account, ads or third-party analytics. Made for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, with light and dark appearances and support for English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German. Requires Apple Home access and compatible accessories that expose battery information through HomeKit or Matter. Some accessories report only a low-battery status; charging information varies. Forecasts are estimates. iOS controls background execution, including automations, so continuous monitoring or exact update times are not guaranteed. Warnings depend on available readings and notification settings. Optional sync requires iCloud and an internet connection; it can only share or recover readings that were saved. Sharing an Apple Home does not share private history between different Apple Accounts. LoopJuice monitors batteries and does not control accessories.

Screenshots

Battery Hub for HomeKit4 screens
LoopJuice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LoopJuice at Free against Battery Hub for HomeKit's $0.99. LoopJuice also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

LoopJuice is free to download; Battery Hub for HomeKit costs $0.99 up front. Battery Hub for HomeKit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LoopJuice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Battery Hub for HomeKit against 5.0 for LoopJuice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Battery Hub for HomeKit ships an update fortnightly, LoopJuice every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Battery Hub for HomeKit versus LoopJuice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBattery Hub for HomeKitLoopJuice
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB14 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMichael GrossMurani Consultancy BV

Customer experience

Battery Hub for HomeKit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LoopJuice

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Battery Hub for HomeKit

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Kind Tip$2.00
  • Generous Tip$5.00
None

LoopJuice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Battery Hub for HomeKit free?
Battery Hub for HomeKit costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is LoopJuice free?
LoopJuice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Battery Hub for HomeKit or LoopJuice?
Battery Hub for HomeKit and LoopJuice are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Battery Hub for HomeKit or LoopJuice have ads?
Neither Battery Hub for HomeKit nor LoopJuice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Battery Hub for HomeKit or LoopJuice?
Battery Hub for HomeKit ships an update fortnightly, and LoopJuice every 5 days. Most recently, Battery Hub for HomeKit was updated on November 5, 2026 and LoopJuice on November 6, 2026.

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