Battery Widget Reborn

Steve

1 year ago

This app does exactly what I bought it for - to give an estimate of how much battery time I have left at any given moment. As an added bonus I can view a graph 📉 of battery depletion. If that is showing a steep downward trend then I know I have to many apps open. On my Pixel 4a 5G I can view that as a chart in my pull-down notifications or as a widget planted wherever I choose. Couldn't resist the $2 upgrade (on sale) so now I have more things to tinker with.

AkWingnut

4 years ago

I got this app to see about placing a Widget on my home screen, I am not a fan of lots of item on the home screen, prefer to keep it clean and simple. At first I had issues with this and gave it one star. However, I have since seen what the error that was causing me to have that issue and it has been corrected. I must say, I love this app now, it will display the correct % of batter life, time left of the batter, temperature of the battery. There are five different ways to have it notify you of the battery life. You can change the color, the width of the charging lines. Overall this is an awesome app, well worth the 4.99, I am glad to support the Dev on this one.

Roy Grinnell

2 years ago

While the widget shows me the battery level, it's very hard or obscure to get to further data such as projected battery life. Opening the widget to default screen shows configuration options rather than my actual battery level, projected life, typical life, etc. It's easy to get into the configuration but hard to get to the actual data.

MTN LYF

2 years ago

Great if your screen is broken where the battery percentage icon usually is, or you want to customize the home screen on your phone with relevant information. Sometimes the widget stops working (rarely) but your OS will inform you of that and all you have to do is tap the widget and return to home. My only complaint is how many squares on your home screen it requires. For the 12 units it takes up on my screen it only really needs 4. So there is alot of unused space on my home screen.

Gerardus Schavemaker

2 years ago

What good is a customizable widget that resets to the default after every single app update??? Which is often. The app serves it's main purpose so no complaints about that. But I believe this is an oversight that could easily be fixed. It's a widget app and it's main flaw in at least my device lays in the fact that the customization function is totally useless, in fact annoying because your customization will be destroyed and forgotten everytime developer updates the app!

Bradley Kuss

1 year ago

Very useful app. It puts a small square in what I call the header that shows the percentage of the battery life left. Open the app and there a wealth of information about the battery performance is available plus information about app usage. Yes a lot of this information is available through settings but you have to go down and up various tree branches to get to the information. This app gathers it all for you and more.

A Google user

5 years ago

I paid for the original Battery Solo Widget Pro several years ago to avoid ads. Was recently forced to upgrade to Android Pie, which doesn't support it, and was hoping to be able to "restore purchase" after installing this ad-laden free version of the "reboot" of this widget. I don't think it's fair to make your loyal users who have already paid for the original product to have to pay again just to retain the same level of product quality (including being ad-free as some ads can be harmful).

A Google user

6 years ago

Does what I needed it for, and more. Knowing the temperature of my phone lets me know when to lay off, or cool it. The notification is a nice tool to have and contains useful customisation features. The battery length certainly fails with the range of my actual remaining battery time, if not dead on. This app does more than what its needed for and contains very little ads, if any, to interupt your activities. I highly recommend this app, great work devs, very nice. 👌

Cotick Somick

1 year ago

My old Motorola had the similar app pre-installed, so I was able to see the charge level of my battery without using my glasses. I was not able to find that kind of app on my new Samsung. This battery widget solved the problem and I am very happy. Annoying ads during configuration bother me a little, but after I am done, the app works great. I am very happy.

Peace HappyB

2 years ago

Very nice app. My new Android battery indicator is terrible all the way around on my new phone. I don't get to see the battery symbol and the % at the same time - it is one or the other which is horrible and not user friendly. Nor do I see more specific information about the battery usage. This app is useful and was able to create a widget to show the percentage.

Doug Quanstrom

1 year ago

I have tried many battery apps. My main purpose was not so much to see the status of my charge but to be able to see if my phone was overheating This app does that and so much more. It rarely ever crashes, and if it does it tells you so so you can just click on the notification and restart it. It does not draw much power whatsoever but it shows you everything you need to know about your power. And it's widget has quite a few customizations so you see what you want.

Rachel

1 year ago

I wanted to like this app but ended up uninstalling. One of the major reasons to keep a persistent toolbar icon that shows battery % is to provide a visual indicator once low so you know to plug it in. I therfore expected the icon to turn red or something obvious to alert me, but it doesn't unfortunately. So that means there's nothing it does that my phone's stock settings can't do.

Jason Mueller (Swan)

5 years ago

Works well. There are several aspects which are frustrating to circumvent. For example; once the widget's 'tap' function is changed from the default option of "change widget appearance", it becomes very difficult to locate the setting on the backend.. actually, I STILL haven't found the menu to change colors/shapes/ect since altering the widget 'tap' function 😑

A Google user

5 years ago

Makes checking my battery life much easier. The tiny battery indicator that is at the top of the screen isn't very easy to see. This widget can be stretched as big or small as you want it. It also has a battery usage history graph that's helpful & can tell you which apps are draining your phone's battery and by how much. It's excellent and I'm willing to bet the pro version is even better.

Michael Dougherty

2 years ago

Works well most of time. Occasionally it disappears and must be re-set on a home screen. That usually means it doesn't sync with the true battery level, making it useless. This is, until it suddenly works correctly many hours later. It's frustrating. Has very confusing options setting screens. When it works, it's helpful and visible.

Andy Shemo

4 years ago

I've been using this app for many years, and it's one of the first to be re-installed on a new phone. Great customizations, and easy to use. To all those who "wish they could see the battery level on the screen without tapping the app," that's what the widgets are for! Create a widget with your choice of colors and formatting, and see the level in a decreasing circle as the number drops from 100%. One bug (?) The app is using over 1.7MB of "user data." I've emailed the dev, and hope he has a solution.

N A

1 year ago

I've used regular Battery Widget for over 10 yrs. So when I was installing apps on a new phone. I decided to try this "reborn" version instead. Not once has the battery level been the same as the phone provided battery level (which is more accurate). I'm not even talking about other features. The main feature of this app isn't even working -it's giving me % up to 90% higher than the actual phone battery. My phone has died twice relying on this false data. Pixel 7pro android 14.