Every battery you own, in your menu bar.

BatteryBud is a menu bar app for Mac that shows the battery of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, AirPods, keyboard, mouse and more in one place. It keeps a history for each device and tracks battery health and charge cycles.

Get BatteryBud

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Know what to charge before you leave.

Every device in one click: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and Beats, plus Bluetooth keyboards, mice, trackpads, headphones and game controllers.
History you can read: Day, week, month and year charts for each device, with every charging session and how fast it charged.
Battery health over time: Maximum capacity and charge cycles for your Mac, iPhone and iPad, charted so you can see a battery age.
Alerts before the 1% warning: Get told when a device is low, when it reaches the charge level you chose, or when it has not been seen for a while.
Widgets for the desktop: Three widgets put your batteries, a battery list or a battery chart on the desktop or in Notification Center.
Your data stays on your Macs: Levels, history and health never leave your Mac. Your Macs sync with each other directly over the local network, encrypted with your sync code.

BatteryBud at a glance

Product type: Mac app for the menu bar
Requires: macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon
Price: $19, one-time purchase
Updates: One year included. The version you buy keeps working.
License: One Mac at a time, and you can move it
Download: Direct from batterybud.app, signed and notarized by Apple

Pricing

There is no subscription and no account. If the app does not work for you, email within 14 days for a fix or a full refund. Price in US dollars as of October 2026.

See current prices on batterybud.app

BatteryBud
$19 once
The app, with one year of updates
Another year of updates
$9
Optional. The version you have keeps working without it.

Questions about BatteryBud

What is BatteryBud?

BatteryBud is a menu bar app for Mac that shows the battery level of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, AirPods, keyboard, mouse and other devices in one place, with history, battery health and charge cycles. It is built and operated by Climactic.

Which devices does BatteryBud show?

This Mac and other Macs on your network, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch through its iPhone, AirPods and Beats with each bud and the case, Bluetooth keyboards, mice, trackpads and headphones, game controllers, and a UPS connected by USB.

Is BatteryBud a subscription?

No. BatteryBud costs $19 once. One year of updates is included, the version you buy keeps working, and another year of updates is an optional $9.

Which Macs can run BatteryBud?

Macs with Apple silicon on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. It does not run on Intel Macs.

Does BatteryBud send my battery data anywhere?

No. Battery levels, history and health stay on your Mac. If you sync several Macs, they talk to each other directly over your local network.