BatteryBot
is the original battery indicator app for Android, released in 2009 as
simply “Battery Indicator”. Both the free and the Pro versions have
maintained a 4.5+ star rating in Google Play from the beginning. It
offers two modes: the original status bar indicator and now also a
desktop widget. You can use either or both, as you please.
Try the
free version today! It requires NO special permissions whatsoever, and
if you don’t need any bells and whistles, it’s an excellent and complete
solution to your battery needs.
For those who want more than is
offered in the free version, or for those who just like to support
small, independent developers like me, the Pro version remains
lightweight while packing in many useful features:
BatteryBot
monitors and shows your battery charge level (percent) as an icon in
your status bar, with temperature, health, voltage, and time since
plugged / unplugged in the notification area. It now also has a 1×1 app
widget. The Pro version also has user-configurable alarms, logs, and a
large (4×1) widget.
Features:
• Automatic time-remaining estimates based on recent usage
• (Pro-only) Several icon sets (including fully configurable green, amber, red, and black icons)
• Small (1×1) and (Pro-only) large (4×1) app widgets
• Notification (with status bar icon) is now optional — can be used as just a desktop widget
• (Pro-only) Battery logging. You can log the battery state (charge,
status, voltage, temperature) and browse the logs on the phone or export
to CSV.
• (Pro-only) Manually or automatically disable / reenable device lock screen / lockscreen / keyguard
• (Pro-only) Alarms (full, charge above X, charge below X, temperature above X, or health failure)
• (Pro-only) Control the notification priority on Android 4.1+ (For
example, you can set to “minimum” to hide the icon but keep the
notification in the tray.)
• (Pro-only) Lots of configurability of behavior and appearance.
• (Pro-only) The charging indicator (the bolt under the number that
indicates when the device is being charged) for the sets that have it is
optional in the Pro version.
• Very lightweight (please email me if
you think otherwise, and I’ll help you figure out what’s wrong — I
promise this app will not drain your battery!)
• Shows 1% increments even on most Motorola devices (option needs to be enabled on devices that default to 10% increments)
• Well-tested and supported on all major versions of Android (2.1, 2.2,
2.3, 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2; Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb,
Ice Cream Sandwich / ICS, Jelly Bean) and form factors (small phones,
medium phones, large phones, 7-inch tablets, 10-inch tablets).
• Open source
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Requires no special app permissions!
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Please email me if you have any questions or comments.
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Here’s the BatteryBot business model / philosophy:
1) Ads are annoying. For some apps, ads might make sense, but a system utility should not have ads.
2) The free version should be simple but useful; it shouldn’t feel crippled.
3) Some people choose to purchase the Pro version because they want
extra features, some because they want more customization, and many
because they just want to say “thanks” for the free version and support
small, independent developers like myself.
Current Version : 8.1.6
Requires Android : 2.1 and up
Once the desired date have been reached, widget starts to count the
days passed, so you can track down the days passed since you have quit
smoking or trying to lose some weight 
