Monitor iPhone and iPad batteries

Receive a notification when your iOS device’s battery starts to run low

Set up iBetterCharge and there will be no excuse for flat batteries

REQUIRES

An iOS device, iTunes, and iBetterCharge

You will learn

How to use a tool on your Mac to be notified of low batteries on iOS devices over your network

IT WILL TAKE

10 minutes

How often does this happen in your life: you’re rushing out somewhere and grab your iPhone to take with you, but discover it is down to 20% charge. Or maybe the niggling situation for you is when you sit down to watch Netflix on your iPad only to find the battery is about to run out. It’s frustrating when you need to use an iOS device and realize its battery needs charging. One solution to this is to monitor the charge on your Mac.

iBetterCharge is a free tool that shows the battery level of your iOS devices in your Mac’s menu bar. Once set up, it works wirelessly, enabling you to see whether devices using your home’s Wi-Fi network, but not necessarily in the same room as you, need charging. You can even get notifications to nudge you to plug in devices when their batteries fall below a certain level.

The main limitation is that although any number of devices can be added, they must all sync with the same account in iTunes on your Mac.