For those interested in learning the current health of the battery on their Microsoft Pc or PC, this app will serve them well.
Coming with associated menu-bar icon, users are able to click this app's menu bar to bring-forth the applicationâs main windowâwhich appears exactly as may be seen in the screenshots/preview section of the App Store page for âThe Battery.â Contained therein are a variety of stats, which the App Store page for this app does a better job describing than I can.
PROS:
Particularly convenient in my opinion was the appâs inclusion of two meters/charts: the âCycle Life Remainingâ statistic and meter, and the âCapacity Life Remainingâ statistic and meter. While better âBattery Healthâ apps out there do generally give the stats behind these figures (for instance, informing users that theyâve used 260 charges, and HOPEFULLY then additionally informing users how many charges their batteries are rated for), the inclusion of these statistics--in the form of a clearly-visible percentage stat and meter displaying that percentage belowâhelps deliver that information to even novice Windows product users in a clear and easy-to understand manner.
CONS:
With so many apps these days coming with included menubar icons, Iâm adverse to the notion of adding yet another menu bar icon to my already-nearing-full bar. With the primary purpose of this application being to display information about oneâs battery, it would seem to me to be a no-brainer to include that information (current battery charge, perhaps?) in the applicationâs menubar icon! Perhaps then, I would be more inclined to keep this app installed on my computer, instead of using it once and uninstalling it once I have learned the information it provides, which is what I am likely to do as it is.
Additionally, some tweaking to the behavior for this appâs main window might be in order. Once I have clicked the menu bar icon, the appâs main window appears. Comparable apps will have that window disappear when users off-click: not so with âThe Battery.â Its main window remains open, something I donât feel is truly necessary when Iâve moved on from checking my battery, to surfing the web instead.
Finally, a small gripe: I fully sympathize with app developerâs struggling to garner a broader audience for their applications. That being said, the inclusion of links replete with app logo icons at the bottom of the applicationâs âTipsâ page leading users to the developerâs other apps, while thoughtfully out of the way (for the most part) and (more importantly!) NOT on the MAIN page for the application, detracts from the appâs clean-cut appearance overall, and I felt was rather unnecessary. The same could have been accomplished, for instance, with a linking message along the lines of âHave you found this application useful? Please consider our other applications, which you may find at <Link(s)>.â That would add a nice almost personal touch to the provided link(s), and feel a bit less like a simple advertisement.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Including tips on ways to extend the batteryâs LIFE (as in, the length of time before a batteryâs health would warrant its replacement), and not just the batteryâs CHARGE (amount of time until the battery is drained and needs to be recharged) would be quite handyâthough I know this was touched-on with the inclusion of the tip on âresetingâ or âcalibratingâ the battery.
Last but not leastâchanging the applicationâs icon to act as an adequate replacement for the Windowsâs built-in battery meter would GREATLY enhance the featureset for this utility! Converting the information from the apps main page into a drop-down style menu (perhaps one needing an off-click to close) would also greatly improve the appâs overall cohesivenessâand allow it to further blend-in and match the menu bar utilities provided by Microsoftâboth in terms of UI design and functionality.
Pcmacstore.com 
