Battery Testing vs Charged?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Battery Testing
This app helps you understand your iOS device's battery performance. It identifies battery runtimes and provides data to help you determine if your battery needs replacement. Monitor your device's battery health and runtime with detailed insights.
- Monitor device runtimes
- Estimated and raw battery data
- Check battery health
- Identify battery issues
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BatteryTesting is a well-designed battery benchmarking app for iOS devices. It's also the perfect test for your iOS battery, no matter if it’s brand new or gently used. Did you ever wonder why your device's battery is always running low? With BatteryTesting and its technique to identify battery runtimes, you will always know what's wrong with your battery. ►WHAT IT DOES The application will display your device's runtimes adjusted accordingly or even show you further data on your battery (depending on the iOS version). ►KEY FEATURES • Monitor your device's runtimes • Estimated, and calculated raw data • Easily to check your battery's health ►SUPPORT The main objective of BatteryTesting is to give users an overview of their device's runtimes. If you are unsure about a battery replacement, feel free to send us an e-mail or tweet us (@BatteryTesting).
Charged?
Monitor the battery levels of your Apple devices through iCloud. The app offers a free tier with a banner ad, which can be removed with an in-app purchase that also unlocks a widget. Easily manage which devices are displayed.
- Monitor iOS and macOS device battery
- iCloud synchronization
- Bluetooth proximity sync
- Hide/unhide devices
- Widget support (paid)
- In-app purchase to remove ads
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“Charged?” is a small app that allows you to check the charge level of your iOS and macOS devices via iCloud. “Charged?” is free on both iOS and macOS. The iOS version has a small banner at the bottom of your screen which you can remove via the in-app purchase, which also unlocks the widget. Your devices sync their battery statusses via iCloud and uses bluetooth if they are nearby. Using iCloud, Mac’s update nearly instantly as long as they are connected to a power source or awake when on battery power. iOS devices will experience a slight to long delay due to the nature of how iOS background execution works. You can easily hide devices you don’t care about or unhide them at a later date. If you have problems with remote syncing please make sure you are signed in to your iCloud account and have iCloud drive enabled on the device in question.
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Verdict
Battery Testing and Charged? both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 56% of Charged?'s written reviews are positive against 23% of Battery Testing's. Charged? also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Battery Testing's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 41). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Battery Testing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Charged? sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Battery Testing against 4.6 for Charged?. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battery Testing has 12K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Battery Testing's written reviews are positive against 56% of Charged?'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Battery Testing | Charged? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12K ratings) | 4.6 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Binh Tran | Daan van de Westelaken |
Customer experience
Battery Testing
Charged?
Bugs and requests
Battery Testing
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes or stops responding during testing
- Incorrect device information detection
Requested features
3 requests- Provide more detailed battery health metrics
- Improve accuracy of battery testing
- Reduce ad interruptions during testing
Charged?
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Battery Testing
- Remove Advertisements$1.99
Charged?
- Remove ads$0.99
Questions
Is Battery Testing free?
Is Charged? free?
Which has better reviews, Battery Testing or Charged??
Do Battery Testing or Charged? have ads?
Which is updated more often, Battery Testing or Charged??
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