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Batteries for Mac

Track the battery level of all your Apple mobile devices.

$8.99
In English
Version 2.2.6
4.0
Based on 5 user rates

Batteries overview

With all our devices becoming wireless, it's getting more and more difficult to keep track of their battery levels. It's common to find that one of them is discharged right when you need it most simply because there is no easy way to monitor its battery status.

Batteries was designed to alleviate this issue by helping you track all your devices' charge levels from a single Mac. It works with any battery-powered Apple device, such as your MacBook, iPhone, iPad, keyboard, mouse, trackpad and AirPods. It allows you to monitor these devices' battery levels from the Notification Center, and it can even send low-battery alerts.

Sync battery level over Wi-Fi

The first thing you need to do is ensure your Mac receives battery info from your devices. On Mojave, this is done by enabling Wi-Fi sync in iTunes. On Catalina, you need to check the Show this device when on Wi-Fi option in Finder.

Once either of these steps is completed, the connected devices will now send battery information to your Mac when connected to the same network.

Monitor Apple devices' charge levels

After completing the configuration steps detailed above, you can launch Batteries and specify which devices should trigger notifications when their charge level drops below 20%. You can also disable notifications altogether.

Next, go ahead and add the Batteries widget to the Notification Center. From here, you can now keep an eye on each device's status and ensure you aren't caught by surprise when one of them needs to be recharged.

Monitor battery levels on a local network

Of course, this app won't be able to provide battery info for devices that aren't connected to the same network, but that's a limitation any developer would have a hard time getting around.

Batteries is a great tool if you have a bunch of devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network, either at work or at home. It will help you avoid those annoying moments when you realize your iPhone or AirPods are discharged right before you go out, and it is very simple to set up and use.

What’s new in version 2.2.6

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Batteries for Mac

$8.99
In English
Version 2.2.6

What users say about Batteries

Funjoy
By Funjoy on Apr 28 2021 for v.2.1.1

Ease of use: 3.0

Good little app, but design is a little primitive. Does a great job tracking the battery levels in Keyboard, mouse/trackpad, Earpods, iPhone. BUT there's no menu to Quit the app! And it wasn't alerting me to new versions: I am using MacUpdate for that. And when updating you replace the old (STILL RUNNING) app with the new one then launch the new one to replace it. That's VERY STRANGE.

Other user ratings:

Value | 4.0
Features | 4.0
Reliability | 5.0
Customer support | 4.0
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Batteries qualities

Value
4.7
Ease of use
4.3
Features
4.7
Reliability
5.0
Customer support
4.7

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dario35
dario35
Mar 10 2022
2.2.4
5.0
Mar 10 2022
5.0
Version: 2.2.4
macOS should probably ship with this, but in the meantime, this app is a must have! I have many bluetooth (headphones, keyboard, mouse) and Apple devices, and using the Mac as a central console to manage all of that is a no brainer.
fpeebles
fpeebles
Jan 20 2022
2.1.9
5.0
Jan 20 2022
5.0
Version: 2.1.9
Works great! Shows all of my devices (iPhone, iPad, AirPods and Magic Mouse) battery levels from the menu bar and notification center without issues.
Dorkypants
Dorkypants
Apr 28 2021
2.1.1
1.0
Apr 28 2021
1.0
Version: 2.1.1
Since the built-in Bluetooth menubar icon already keeps track of the charge on my connected BT devices, the free iBetterCharge app is all I need to keep track of my iOS devices.
Dorkypants
Dorkypants
Apr 28 2021
2.1.1
1.0
Apr 28 2021
1.0
Version: 2.1.1
Since the built-in Bluetooth menubar tool already keeps track of the charge on my BT devices, the free iBetterCharge works for me to keep track of my iOS devices (it's Intel-only, but works on my M1 Mac).
Dorkypants
Dorkypants
Apr 6 2021
2.1
1.0
Apr 6 2021
1.0
Version: 2.1
Works, but… No Quit option in menubar menu. No Quit option in Control Center widget. Quitting from Activity Monitor, it restarts itself. How do I get it to stop? Developer has not responded to email
dario35
dario35
Mar 10 2022
2.2.4
5.0
Mar 10 2022
5.0
Version: 2.2.4
fpeebles
fpeebles
Jan 20 2022
2.1.9
5.0
Jan 20 2022
5.0
Version: 2.1.9
ahmedhatata-ah
ahmedhatata-ah
Jun 7 2020
5.0
Jun 7 2020
5.0
Version: null
Funjoy
Funjoy
Jan 11 2030
2.1.1
4.0
Jan 11 2030
4.0
Version: 2.1.1
Dorkypants
Dorkypants
Jan 11 2030
2.1.1
1.0
Jan 11 2030
1.0
Version: 2.1.1