123SmartBMS vs VIRC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
123SmartBMS
This app monitors and manages lithium battery packs, ensuring optimal condition and extended lifespan. It tracks cell voltages, temperatures, and currents, while balancing cells during charging. Connect via Bluetooth to view real-time battery status and control charging/discharging.
- Monitors cell voltages and temperatures
- Tracks in- and outgoing currents
- Balances cells during charging
- Bluetooth connectivity for real-time data
- Controls charge/discharge signals
- Extends battery pack lifespan
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123\SmartBMS is an easy to use yet advanced, modular BMS to keep your lithium batteries in perfect condition, increasing the lifespan of the battery pack. The system measures important data like cell voltages, cell temperatures and in- and outgoing currents. It also balances all cells to the same voltage during charging. The BMS supervises the whole battery pack and has two signal relays to indicate “allow to charge” and “allow to discharge”. These signal relays can control chargers and inverters with “enable”/”disable” signals or by connecting an energy efficient power relay to the signal relay. An example is the 123\SmartRelay. Easily connect your phone to the BMS using Bluetooth to see relevant information including state of charge, energy consumed, energy stored, in- and outgoing current, cell voltages and temperatures. With 123\SmartBMS, your battery pack is in safe hands.
VIRC
This utility app monitors and protects your device's battery health. It provides insights into battery operating data and helps maintain optimal performance.
- Battery monitoring
- Battery protection
- Operating status monitoring
- Battery data viewing
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"VIRC" is a product that provides monitoring for the battery, provides protection for the battery, monitors and protects the operating status of the battery, and users can view the content of the battery operating data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 123SmartBMS at 4.5 against VIRC's 4.0. 123SmartBMS also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 2). VIRC's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
123SmartBMS holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 123SmartBMS has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of 123SmartBMS's written reviews are positive against 100% of VIRC's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
123SmartBMS ships an update monthly, VIRC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 123SmartBMS | VIRC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (21 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Albertronic B.V. | 深圳市雄韬电源科技股份有限公司 |
Customer experience
123SmartBMS
VIRC
In-app purchases
123SmartBMS
No in-app purchases
VIRC
No in-app purchases
