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Zen Battery vs Charging Fun Animation

Zen Battery 4.7★ · Free to download 85
Winner Zen Battery
Charging Fun Animation 4.7★ · Free + IAP · ⚠ stale 40

Zen Battery is the better choice for users seeking a reliable and straightforward battery monitoring app, while Charging Fun Animation struggles with functionality issues and excessive ads.

Full reviews: Zen Battery · Charging Fun Animation

Zen Battery provides clear, accurate, and easy-to-read battery information with customizable graphics, making it a dependable tool for monitoring charge status R2. Charging Fun Animation, while offering animated charging screens, is plagued by frequent ads, functionality problems, and a paywall for most features, leading to user frustration R70R85.

Head to head

Features edge: Zen BatteryR3R8R9R12
Zen Battery Zen Battery offers basic but effective battery monitoring, providing charging status, temperature alerts, and remaining battery life R8. Users appreciate the large, clear display of battery levels and customizable colors R31. Some users desire additional features like a 12-hour clock setting, widgets, or more detailed charging stages R3R9R12.
Charging Fun Animation Charging Fun Animation aims to provide animated charging screens and custom video options . However, many users report that the animations frequently fail to work as intended, often requiring the app to be open to view them rather than appearing on the lock screen . The app also features a significant number of ads and often requires payment for desired animations R70R72R82.
Ease of Use edge: Zen BatteryR14R31R35R39
Zen Battery Zen Battery is consistently praised for being simple, user-friendly, and easy to understand R14R35R39. Many users, especially seniors, find the large, clear graphics helpful for quickly checking battery status R31. The app is described as quick to launch and straightforward .
Charging Fun Animation Users of Charging Fun Animation frequently report difficulties getting the app to work correctly, particularly with setting up animations via shortcuts . Some find the process confusing and are frustrated when animations don't appear on the lock screen as expected R111.
Reliability edge: Zen BatteryR1R2R4R7
Zen Battery Zen Battery is highly regarded for its accuracy and dependability R2. Long-time users attest to its consistent performance over several years and across different devices R8R11R14R37. While a few users found it inaccurate or ineffective R1R4R7, the majority report it works well and provides reliable information.
Charging Fun Animation Charging Fun Animation suffers from significant reliability issues. Many users report that the charging animations simply do not work or do not display correctly on their lock screen . There are also complaints about inaccurate battery percentage readings R75R80 and the app not functioning on certain devices like iPads or older iPhones R61R75R96.
Price/Value edge: Zen BatteryR5R15R16R30
Zen Battery Zen Battery is a free app, and many users appreciate its value, calling it the 'best free battery app' R30. While some battery designs require payment R5, and ads can appear R15R16, the core functionality of monitoring battery status is available without cost. Some users find the ads annoying enough to remove the app R16.
Charging Fun Animation Charging Fun Animation is free to download but heavily monetized with in-app purchases and a subscription model R61R70R82. Users are frustrated by the need to pay for most animations or to remove the overwhelming number of ads R72. Many feel misled, expecting a free experience based on ads R70.
Support tieR37R80R108R111
Zen Battery Reviews for Zen Battery do not specifically mention direct customer support interactions. However, users express satisfaction with the app's consistent performance and updates R37, implying a stable and well-maintained product.
Charging Fun Animation Users of Charging Fun Animation frequently ask for help with functionality issues, such as animations not working or how to change them R80R108R111. There are no direct mentions of support responses, but the prevalence of unresolved issues suggests a lack of effective support or clear guidance within the app.
Pick Zen Battery if

You need a simple, reliable, and accurate app to monitor your phone's battery status with clear, large visuals R2. You prefer a straightforward experience without excessive animations or a paywall for core features R1R30.

Pick Charging Fun Animation if

You are primarily interested in highly customizable charging animations and are willing to navigate frequent ads or pay for premium features . You are comfortable with potential setup difficulties and inconsistent performance R108.

Evidence note: Zen Battery's reviews are overwhelmingly positive regarding its core function and reliability, with negative reviews often focusing on a lack of advanced features or occasional ads. Charging Fun Animation's reviews are heavily skewed by complaints about excessive ads, paywalls, and fundamental functionality issues, which significantly impact its perceived value despite its higher lifetime rating.

Frequently asked

Does Zen Battery actually charge my phone faster?
While some users claim Zen Battery charges their phone fast R11, the app's primary function, according to most reviews, is to monitor battery status and provide visual information, not to enhance charging speed R1R7R19.
Are the animations in Charging Fun Animation free?
No, while Charging Fun Animation is free to download, most of the desirable animations require payment or a subscription, and users report a constant barrage of ads if they do not pay R70R72R82R85.
Can I use Charging Fun Animation on my iPad?
Some users report that Charging Fun Animation does not work normally on iPads, with animations appearing small or not at all, and one user specifically mentioned it doesn't work on iPad R61R75R96.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R3] Zen Battery 3/5 · US Almost Complete: This app has all the basic info. Needs a setting for a 12-hour clock, instead of only 24-hour clock, and a widget would be appreciated.
  2. [R8] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Great app: I’ve used them for a long time from iPhones to Google phones to Androids through the years. I love that it can tell me. when my phone is hot. It tells me my charging status and keeps me informed.
  3. [R9] Zen Battery 3/5 · US Great app wish it could be more interactive.: I would like it more if I could add sound to signal low level.
  4. [R12] Zen Battery 3/5 · GB Needs to improve: I have other battery apps like the battery doctor which shows 3 stages of the battery being charged unlike this one that just shows that it is just charging. This app requires to show a lot more information to make it worthy of 5 star rating. Look forward to a major update hopefully coming soon......
  5. [R14] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Long time user: Used app for many years it has worked well for me to monitor my power simple and user friendly
  6. [R31] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Helpful for seniors: It’s hard for me to see the tiny lightning bolt that indicates my phone is charging but with Zen Battery I can see it clearly and watch to make sure the phone continues to charge until full.
  7. [R35] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Clear, Graphic & Simple: Extremely well designed to be very helpful, effective and useful.
  8. [R39] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Best Ever: I have used this application for the past few years. It is great. Easy to use and easy to understand. Thank you .
  9. [R1] Zen Battery 1/5 · US Great app… Unless you want to know anything helpful about your battery?: This app is great if you want to see a color drawing of your battery, in a dozen different colors and don’t need any more information then your device already tells you up at the top of the screen on the right, otherwise it’s pretty useless.
  10. [R2] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Competent: Very handy and accurate!
  11. [R4] Zen Battery 2/5 · US Me: Not accurate
  12. [R7] Zen Battery 1/5 · US What !??!: Does nothing really
  13. [R5] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Great: Made good sound and fun bad news I had to pay for the battery design
  14. [R15] Zen Battery 3/5 · GB Terry: Ok at first, then the ads kick in....everything has to be commercial today
  15. [R16] Zen Battery 2/5 · GB Looks good: Quick and simple display. Is slightly slow to launch. Ditch the splash screen please. Just had the first annoying ads appear. Sorry you need to be able to remove these. Removing app.
  16. [R30] Zen Battery 5/5 · US #1: Best free battery app out there! Don’t hesitate to download it. Awesome graphics!
  17. [R37] Zen Battery 5/5 · US The best app: I have been using Zen Battery for many years and it has always worked perfectly. It never fails. It’s simple design is all you need for your phones battery. The colors are vibrant and you get to choose which color. Thank you for the update that gives the on and off sounds and the nice big numbers.
  18. [R80] Charging Fun Animation 4/5 · US READ PLEASE: I really like this app and its super fun and cute but the time that it showed was wrong,does anyone know how to fix it?
  19. [R108] Charging Fun Animation 3/5 · GB Good but bad: This app would be brilliant except that there is something wrong. When i try to set my charging animation, on shortcuts it doesnt have ‘animations’. So now i can not launch my animation. Can you please give me advice to fix it.
  20. [R111] Charging Fun Animation 3/5 · GB It works: The app works on everyone else but when I downloaded it, it keeps showing me a random video on repeat and I can’t turn it off. how do u change the animation???????????
  21. [R11] Zen Battery 5/5 · US Cheryl Williams: This app is awesome. I have had it for like 4-5years and it charges my phone so fast!! I recocomend people to download it! Well worth it!
  22. [R19] Zen Battery 1/5 · GB Another rubbish battery app: All it does is tell you what battery power you have left. Spookily my iPad already tells me that in top right corner of the screen😡
  23. [R70] Charging Fun Animation 1/5 · US This sucks: I thought I would be getting a cool app to make my batery cool for free then I got it and I had to pay money [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] soo please stop scamming people saying your gonna give me a good app for free and then it costs money You guy are the worst
  24. [R72] Charging Fun Animation 3/5 · US Meh: I like this game, and there r really cool animations and stuff like that. But if u think about it, u don’t really need Cool animations and stuff to charge ur devices. And it DEFINITELY doesn’t help ur device charge any better. Because when I’m charging and watching that app, every once in a while the percentage goes down. And even if u DO get the game, the ads r EVERYWHERE. Like when u try to
  25. [R82] Charging Fun Animation 1/5 · US Badddd: You have to pay for everything so the app is not even free and if you don’t pay, you can’t do anything
  26. [R85] Charging Fun Animation 1/5 · US Too many ads: This was fun and all but every time I clicked on something an ad would just pop up and none of the background things made sense so I don’t recommend this app.
  27. [R61] Charging Fun Animation 1/5 · US 😡: I hate it it's not free and it doesn't work normally on my iPad😡!!!!!!!!!
  28. [R75] Charging Fun Animation 3/5 · US If you don’t buy I the subscription you have to make your own video s: Good app but don’t use if you have an iPad the screen will be small when you go to one of your animations. Also it that good of an app because if you don’t want to pay you have to make your own videos and you should be able to use other animations. One other thing is it’s not accurate because my phone was at 45 percent and it s
  29. [R96] Charging Fun Animation 3/5 · US Doesn't work on iPad: It doesn't work on iPad

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store