Battery Life Alarm PRO 4+

Works well when app is onscreen on iPadOS 16

I previously left a negative review when running iPadOS 15. Since updating to iPadOS 16.7, it works well when the following conditions are met:

1) This app is left running onscreen before turning off the display
2) Background Mode option is toggled “on” in the app
3) Focus/Do Not Disturb mode is turned off on iPad (so the alarm sounds)
4) Make sure your device volume is loud enough to hear the alarm.

With this magic combination, this app works very consistently to sound the alarm at 80% battery for me when charging. Previously, it was very hit-and-miss on iPadOS 15. Have not yet upgraded to iPadOS 17 (always wait a little bit to let Apple fix the big bugs first), so can’t speak to that OS compatibility yet.

Gave it four out of five stars now - taking one star away due to the complexity involved to get it to consistently sound the alarm.

Alarm will not sound in background mode

The Pro Version, which you have to pay for, only works occasionally. If you want to stop the charge at 80% it will not work unless is it front and center (displayed on the screen). If you want it to work in the background while you perform other tasks, forget it. The alarm will not go off at either setting, max or min. On iPad, it’s almost useless. Once the background mode switch disappeared from the battery display page. It returned only after deleting and reinstalling the app. The same unreliable crappy performance, discussed above, kept happening even after the reinstall.

Developer Response ,

New update out today! 4.0.6

Great Product.

I’ve used this product for years on my old iPhone 7 and SE 2nd Gen. only ran into a problem today. I noticed on iOS 17 the app says 95% battery but it’s 97%. I think it may need an update as I never had a problem before now.