Changelog
79 releases since March 13 2016.
Version 26.11.2 November 3 2026
Battery health now works on iOS 15 and 16: your readings appear as a list, and iOS 17 or later still shows the charts
Importing analytics files now shows its progress
New translations for Portugal, Latin America and Canada, and better translations everywhere
Device icons are back on older iOS versions
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.11.1 November 3 2026
New feedback form: attach a diagnostics file so we can solve your problem faster
The keyboard now hides when you tap elsewhere or scroll
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.10.6 October 30 2026
Battery health: sharing analytics files from Settings improved for iOS 17 and 18
Battery health: older iPhones and iPads are now recognized correctly
Update of device database
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.10.5 October 29 2026
Fixed a rare crash when Battery Life starts
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.10.4 October 28 2026
New: Battery health shows your battery's real capacity and charge cycles, for your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
Battery Life Pro adds charts, the full history and iCloud sync across your devices
Apple Watch: the text complication no longer cuts off the Watch's charge while the iPhone is fully charged
Updated Privacy Policy
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.10.3 October 23 2026
Apple Watch: the complication stays up to date more reliably
The privacy choices dialog now appears reliably when it is due
Fixed rare crashes, including in the background
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.10.2 October 12 2026
Apple Watch: the inline complication no longer cuts off the Watch's battery level on narrow watch faces
Fixed a crash when sharing from the Help screen
Further improvements for when Battery Life runs in the background
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.10.1 October 2 2026
Fixed a crash at launch for some users with AirPods and other wireless earbuds
AirPods: the left and right earbuds are now marked with a circled L and R, as in iOS
Fixed a crash in Battery Life on Apple Watch
More reliable when Battery Life runs in the background
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.9.4 September 30 2026
AirPods: the left and right earbuds now appear as one entry, with each side's charge when they differ
Notifications that arrive while Battery Life is open now appear as a banner at the top of the app
Battery Life widgets now also check your iPhone's battery, so charging and low battery notifications arrive more reliably
If Background App Refresh is off when you switch on a notification, the app shows how to turn it on
Accessory manufacturers are shown by name, such as Apple, Sony or Bose, instead of a number
Updated Privacy Policy: Unity Ads is no longer used
General bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.9.3 September 25 2026
New Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: Battery, Runtimes and Devices (iOS 17 or later)
Connected devices such as AirPods no longer appear several times. Your custom names and hidden devices are kept
UI changes to the Battery, Watch, Notifications and More tabs
New readings: thermal state and Low Power Mode
Runtimes updated from Apple's published figures for every model, with Apple's test descriptions
Help (FAQ) and the version history now open inside the app
More reliable background updates and notifications
The reminder that the app was force quit no longer appears when you did not force quit it
In landscape, the banner no longer blocks taps on the list beside it
Updated Privacy Policy and End-User License Agreement
Fixed several crashes, general bug fixes and improvements
Version 26.9.2 September 15 2026
Update of device database
Fixed several crashes
General bugfixes and improvements
Fixed the missing Back button on iPad
New In-App Purchase screen, and a purchase is now picked up automatically on a new device – no restore needed
Fixed a restore that could get stuck at "Please wait"
Version 26.9.1 September 11 2026
The complication on the watch face updates more often
Improved reminder telling you when Battery Life has been force quit, which interrupts battery monitoring and complication updates
The Watch page shows your iPhone's battery charge again
The "Sync Now" button now waits for your Apple Watch
No more repeated notifications when the charge hovers around your threshold
Fixed several crashes
General bugfixes and improvements
Version 26.8.3 September 1 2026
New welcome screen for first-time users
Redesigned step-by-step guides
Clearer help texts in most supported languages
General bugfixes and improvements
Version 26.8.2 August 30 2026
Updated Apple Watch complications
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Update of device database
Version 26.8.1 August 27 2026
Updated Apple Watch complications
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Update of device database
Version 25.10.1 October 5 2025
Update of device database
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 24.8.1 August 2 2024
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 23.9.1 September 19 2023
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 23.1.3 January 25 2023
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Added option to delete all inactive/unmonitored devices
Version 23.1.2 January 25 2023
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Added option to delete all inactive/unmonitored devices
Version 23.1.1 January 25 2023
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Added option to delete all inactive/unmonitored devices
Version 22.10.1 October 15 2022
Update of device database
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 22.6.1 June 27 2022
Update of device database
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.12.1 December 17 2021
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.10.1 October 25 2021
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.9.1 September 29 2021
Update of device database
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.7.1 July 15 2021
Updated localizations
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.6.1 June 7 2021
Updated localizations
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.3.2 March 17 2021
Updated localizations
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.3.1 March 16 2021
Updated localizations
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 21.1.1 January 18 2021
Updated localizations
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.4.2 December 15 2020
Updated localizations (Arabic, Chinese, English, German, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese)
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.4.1 December 10 2020
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.4.0 December 8 2020
You can now customize Watch complications
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.3.5 December 6 2020
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.3.4 November 4 2020
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.3.3 October 26 2020
Add a custom name for your connected device
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.3.2 October 18 2020
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.3.1 October 18 2020
Update of device database (iPhone)
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.3.0 October 13 2020
Update of device database (iPad & Watch)
Remove unmonitored connected devices
Fixed "charger not connected" bug
General bugfixes
UI improvements
Version 4.2.2 August 9 2020
Bug fixes
UI improvements
Version 4.2.1 August 8 2020
Bug fixes
UI improvements
Version 4.2.0 July 8 2020
Version 4.1.0 July 7 2020
Bug fixes
UI improvements
Version 4.0.0 July 6 2020
We have completely redesigned the app and added new features, including:
Battery charge/discharge notifications for your iPhone/iPad/iPod as well as your Apple Watch
New Apple Watch complications
Version 3.2.0 February 7 2019
Fixed bug wrongly calculating the remaining runtimes
Updated devices' database (iPad)
Improved compatibility/reliability
Updated localizations (Albanian, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai)
Bug fixes
Version 3.1.0 November 13 2018
Updated devices' database (iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr)
Updated Watch app to support the new Series 4 and watchOS 5
Fixes for iOS 12
Improved compatibility/reliability
Updated localizations
Bug fixes
Version 3.0.3 September 12 2018
Bug fixes
Updated Localizations
Version 3.0.2 August 31 2018
Quick bug fix for today widget
Updated Localizations
Version 3.0.1 August 27 2018
Quick bug fix for failing In-App Purchases
Updated Localizations
Version 3.0.0 August 26 2018
You can now monitor external batteries
Adjustments for iOS 12
Bug fixes
Updated Localizations
Improved compatibility/reliability
Version 2.3.1 July 13 2018
Version 2.3.0 June 22 2018
Added/Updated Localizations (Chinese Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Hebrew, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Russian, Turkish)
Improved compatibility/reliability
Bug fixes
Version 2.2.2 April 8 2018
Quick bugfix for latest iPod
Version 2.2.1 April 6 2018
Quick bugfix for broken Czech translation
Version 2.2.0 April 5 2018
Updated devices' database
Bug fixes
Updated localizations
Version 2.1.6 January 9 2018
Happy New Year 2018!
Bug fixes (iPad & iPad Pro scaling fixed)
Updated localizations (Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian)
Version 2.1.5 December 12 2017
Bug fixes
Updated localizations
Version 2.1.4 December 5 2017
Bug fixes
Updated localizations
Version 2.1.3 November 16 2017
Version 2.1.2 November 12 2017
Bug fixes (for Apple Watch app)
UI changes
Version 2.1.1 November 11 2017
Bug fixes (for Apple Watch app)
Version 2.1.0 November 10 2017
Apple Watch support: View battery percentage & estimated raw data directly on your Apple Watch
Bug fixes
UI changes
Updated localizations
Version 2.0.4 November 7 2017
Version 2.0.3 November 7 2017
Bug fixes
UI changes (increased dynamic font size)
Updated localizations
Version 2.0.2 October 31 2017
Bug fixes
UI changes (dynamic font size)
Updated localizations
Version 2.0.1 October 12 2017
Fixed issues with the today widget
Fixed some crashes
Bug fixes
Updated localizations
Version 2.0.0 October 10 2017
The app has been completely rewritten (requires iOS 8+)
Improved user interface
Bug fixes
Support for iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X
Version 1.2.2 February 21 2017
Version 1.2.1 January 19 2017
Version 1.2.0 January 12 2017
Bugfixes
Better iOS 10 widget compatibility
Updated devices database (iPhone 7/7+)
Version 1.1.4 September 9 2016
Minor bugfixes
Updated localizations
Version 1.1.3 August 17 2016
Version 1.1.2 August 16 2016
Minor bugfixes
Fixed iOS 7 IAP bug
Version 1.1.1 July 29 2016
Bug Fixes
iOS 10 widget adjustments
Version 1.1 July 27 2016
Bug Fixes
New and updated localizations (Albanian, Chinese Simplified & Traditional, Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian, Thai)
Chart with capacity and charge cycles history
Export raw data to csv file
Support for iOS 10
Version 1.0.2 May 18 2016
Improved readability of battery charge/capacity percentage
General bug fixes
Improved today widget
Updated localizations
Version 1.0.1 April 22 2016
Fixed an In-App Purchase bug: Please buy the In-App Purchase again if it previously didn't work. You will not be charged twice as long as you use the same Apple ID.
Updated some localizations
Added iPhone SE and iPad Pro 9.7 support
Version 1.0 March 13 2016
This is the initial release of Battery Life.