Comparison

CTEK Battery Sense vs Carchivator

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

Head to head
About

CTEK Battery Sense

Monitor your vehicle battery's health and performance directly from your smartphone. Get instant readings, continuous charge monitoring, and low charge alerts to prevent breakdowns and ensure you're always ready to drive.

Highlights
  • Continuous battery charge monitoring
  • Instant voltage and temperature readings
  • Bluetooth syncing
  • Low charge alerts
  • Zoomable graph data
  • Manual capacity input
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The CTEK Battery Sense app works with your CTEK CTX Battery Sense Monitor to tell you everything you need to know about your vehicle battery’s status, right there in the palm of your hand. It’s been specially designed to help you monitor your battery’s performance quickly and accurately to keep you safely on the road and prevent breakdowns. • Easy to install and use • Quickly syncs via Bluetooth with your phone • Continuous battery charge monitoring for 12V lead acid batteries • Easy to understand information about your battery’s charge status • Instant readings of your battery’s voltage and temperature • Manual input for battery capacities from 5Ah to 200A • Default 5 day data readout on start up • Zoomable graph data for specific days or periods • Low charge alert The CTEK Battery Sense app is easy to install and easy to use – simply sync the app with your CTEK CTX Battery Sense Monitor via Bluetooth for continuous battery charge monitoring 24/7 and easy to understand status reports. And if your battery’s charge is running down to a critical level, the CTEK Battery Sense app will tell you when it’s time to reach for your CTEK battery charger. For more information about Battery Sense visit www.ctek.com

About

Carchivator

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Carchivator is a modern application for car repair shops to document service activities during the repair. Each vehicle will now have its entire repair process archived, with no limit on how many mechanics have worked on it. All documented activities (photos, videos, texts, audio comments) are transferred online to the server and archived for processing. The service managers can at any time online on the website evaluate the archives from the repair and further provide them for the needs of invoicing, the customer or the insurance company. At the same time, the legal obligation to archive documentation for the replacement of vehicle safety components in selected countries will also be fulfilled.

Screenshots

CTEK Battery Sense4 screens
Carchivator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CTEK Battery Sense at 12.0 against Carchivator's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CTEK Battery Sense ships an update every 3 months, Carchivator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CTEK Battery Sense versus Carchivator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCTEK Battery SenseCarchivator
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews19.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCTEK Sweden ABGoSlovakia s.r.o.

Bugs and requests

CTEK Battery Sense

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App freezes on details page
  • Incorrect temperature/voltage labeling
  • Deleted all connected devices after update
  • Fails to connect after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved voltage/temperature graph scaling
  • Export data functionality
  • Automatic reconnection when in range
  • Battery type detection (AGM/flooded)
  • Faster updates and real-time monitoring

Carchivator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CTEK Battery Sense

No in-app purchases

None

Carchivator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CTEK Battery Sense free?
CTEK Battery Sense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Carchivator free?
Carchivator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CTEK Battery Sense or Carchivator have ads?
Neither CTEK Battery Sense nor Carchivator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CTEK Battery Sense or Carchivator?
CTEK Battery Sense ships an update every 3 months, and Carchivator every 2 months. Most recently, CTEK Battery Sense was updated on November 1, 2026 and Carchivator on October 25, 2026.

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