Comparison

Pi vs BatteryBeam

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

Head to head
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Pi

Features
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Your Pi-hole, in your pocket. Pi-hole Remote finds the Pi-hole on your network and puts it under your thumb — the blocking switch, the numbers, and the log of everything your devices ask for. No IP address to hunt down, no account to create, and nothing about you leaves your phone. Set up in seconds Tap once. The app sweeps your network, finds your Pi-hole, and all that's left is your password. If it lives somewhere unusual — a custom port, HTTPS with a self-signed certificate, a path behind a reverse proxy — you can type the address in yourself. Pause blocking, then forget about it Something won't load? Pause for thirty seconds, five minutes, an hour — and it turns itself back on. No more discovering a week later that protection has been off since Tuesday. See what your network is really asking for Every query, as it happens: which device asked, which domain, and whether it was blocked, cached or forwarded. Search it, filter it, and find out why that one app is so chatty. Block or allow with a swipe An ad slipped through? Swipe the row and it's blocked. A site broken by the blocklist? Swipe and it's allowed. The rule is written straight to your Pi-hole, with one tap to undo it if you swiped the wrong row. Your lists, your rules Check your adlists, run a Gravity update, and manage the allow and deny rules you've made — flip one to the other side or remove it, all from the phone. Built to be private No account. No analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs of any kind. Your Pi-hole's password lives in the iOS Keychain on your device, and your DNS data goes from your Pi-hole to your screen and nowhere else. There is no server of ours for it to sit on. == What's inside: - Automatic discovery — no IP address needed - Manual entry for custom ports, HTTPS, self-signed certificates and reverse-proxy paths - Pause blocking for 30 seconds, 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or until you switch it back on - Live counters and a 24-hour chart of queries, blocked, and block rate - Top blocked domains, top allowed domains, top clients, and upstream servers - Full query log with search and filtering by blocked or allowed - Swipe any query to allow or block that domain, with undo - View, flip and remove your own allow and deny rules - Adlists overview and one-tap Gravity update - Unlimited Pi-hole instances, switched instantly - App Password and two-factor authentication supported - Designed for dark mode, with full VoiceOver support - Available in 15 languages == Note: Pi-hole Remote is a remote control. It needs a working Pi-hole, version 6.0 or newer, running on your own network — the app does not block anything by itself. Pi-hole® is a registered trademark of Pi-hole LLC. This is an independent third-party app that uses the Pi-hole API, and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Pi-hole project. Learn more at https://pi-hole.net/ Full access is offered as an auto-renewing subscription: weekly, including a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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BatteryBeam

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BatteryBeam turns your battery percentage into something worth looking at. See your charge level at a glance with animated battery themes, then carry that style to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Every theme can be customized with your own colors, fonts, and sizes. MAIN SCREEN THEMES - Animated themes, from classic battery icons to waves, rain, snow, bubbles, hearts, and more - Customize the tint, font style, size, and background of every theme independently - Live charge percentage, power state, and charging status HOME SCREEN WIDGETS - Small, medium, and large widgets - Choose a different theme for each widget size - Widgets match the style you pick in the app, including custom colors and fonts LIVE ACTIVITY AND DYNAMIC ISLAND - Watch your charge on the Lock Screen while plugged in - Compact, expanded, and minimal Dynamic Island views - Bold gradient styles like Aurora and Arcade that recolor to your chosen tint CHARGING INSIGHTS - Estimated charge rate and time to full, calculated from your real battery readings - Battery health setting for sharper estimates - Last fully charged time, tracked automatically SMART NOTIFICATIONS - Low battery alerts - Full charge alerts MADE TO BE YOURS - Custom widget and Live Activity styles - Per-theme color, font, and size controls - Clean, simple design that stays out of your way A NOTE ON ACCURACY iOS reports battery level in whole percentage steps, and BatteryBeam rounds the displayed level to the nearest 5%. Charge rate is calculated once an increase in battery percentage has been measured, and time to full is estimated from that rate, so estimates may take a moment to appear and are approximate. BatteryBeam is a free app supported by ads. Questions or feedback? We would love to hear from you. Made by MarketVibe LLC.

Screenshots

Pi4 screens
BatteryBeam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BatteryBeam at none against Pi's 2. BatteryBeam also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Pi's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Pi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. BatteryBeam asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pi ships an update every 3 weeks, BatteryBeam daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Pi versus BatteryBeam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiBatteryBeam
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMNB DIGITAL LLCWasif Khawaja

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pi

Subscriptions2
  • Pi-hole Remote Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pi-hole Remote Premium$19.991 Year
None

BatteryBeam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pi free?
Pi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BatteryBeam free?
BatteryBeam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pi or BatteryBeam have ads?
BatteryBeam shows ads; Pi does not.
Which is updated more often, Pi or BatteryBeam?
Pi ships an update every 3 weeks, and BatteryBeam daily. Most recently, Pi was updated on October 26, 2026 and BatteryBeam on October 29, 2026.

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