Beam
Beam is a free, open-source utility app for Android. Live battery metrics pinned to your status bar. It has 158 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- Utilities
- Actively maintained
About Beam
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…
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Beam from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
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What is Beam?
Beam is a free, open-source utility app for Android. Live battery metrics pinned to your status bar. It has 158 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Beam free and open source?
Yes. Beam's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Beam?
You can install Beam from F-Droid (package montafra.beam); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.0).
Is Beam still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 7, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Sep 11, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.