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Beam

Live battery metrics pinned to your status bar

Developer
montafra
License
MIT
Package
montafra.beam
Category
Battery
Latest version
2.2 · Oct 31, 2026
Minimum Android
Android 9

Download 2.2

Screenshots

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Description

Beam is a lightweight battery monitor. It pins a live power, current, voltage, or charge readout to your status bar and opens into a full breakdown of battery metrics inside a clean, themeable app.

Pick which unit appears in the status-bar icon (W, A, Ah, V, Wh, °C, %), or stack several values in the notification body.

Privacy first:
• No ads
• No tracking
• No data collection
• No third-party sharing
• No unnecessary permissions

Battery metrics in the app:
• Power (watts)
• Current (amps)
• Voltage (volts)
• Energy (watt-hours)
• Temperature (°C)
• Charge level (percent)
• Charging status and plug type
• Charging since (date / time)
• Time to full charge

Personalisation:
• Material You dynamic colour (Android 12+) or a custom seed colour from a 12-swatch palette
• Light, Dark, System, and OLED-black themes
• Optional hero backlight glow and haptic feedback

Device compatibility:
• Power-scalar correction for phones that report µA instead of mA
• Inverted-current toggle for phones that flip charging direction
• Adjustable polling interval

Open source on GitHub: https://github.com/montafra/beam
Every donation is welcome and helps support my future projects — see the in-app About section for crypto addresses.

Note: notification permission is required to display the status-bar indicator. Open the app once to start the indicator service.

All versions

VersionReleasedMinimum AndroidSize
2.2 Oct 31, 2026 Android 9 4.9 MB
2.1 Oct 22, 2026 Android 9 4.9 MB
2.0 Sep 11, 2026 Android 9 4.9 MB
1.9.4 Aug 27, 2026 Android 9 4.5 MB
1.9.3 Aug 26, 2026 Android 9 4.5 MB
1.9.2 Aug 21, 2026 Android 9 4.5 MB
1.9 Jul 10, 2026 Android 9 4.5 MB
1.8 Jun 21, 2026 Android 9 4.4 MB
1.7 Jun 13, 2026 Android 9 4.4 MB
1.6 Jun 11, 2026 Android 9 4.4 MB
1.5 Jun 3, 2026 Android 9 5.2 MB
1.4 May 30, 2026 Android 9 5.2 MB
1.3 May 28, 2026 Android 9 3.5 MB
1.2 May 23, 2026 Android 9 3.5 MB

From the developer (GitHub)

APK files published by the developer on GitHub. They are signed by the developer and may not install over the other builds on this page (different signature). Links open github.com.

v2.2 · Oct 28, 2026
app-release.apk 4.8 MB
v2.1 · Oct 19, 2026
app-release.apk 4.8 MB
v2.0 · Sep 7, 2026
app-release.apk 4.8 MB

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