Battery Savers

This category shall be for apps to help you prolonging your battery runtime.

At Google Play, there are plenty of apps promising exactly that. Many promises are "empty" ones, and I've tried to exclude those "fakes". The remaining list still would be quite long, so I hope I've made the right selection …

Battery Savers working automatically in the background

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Hibernation Manager (4.6@38,144) Ǥ 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-20
Hibernate - Real Battery Saver (4.6@4,002) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-10-23
Hibernator - Hibernate apps & Save battery (4.5@10,991) Ǥ 11
Purify – Speed & Battery Saver (4.5@30) Ǥ 35 LastUpdate: 2017-12-01 Greenify alternative
BatteryXL Free - Battery Saver (4.5@11) 22 LastUpdate: 2013-01-03
Greenify (4.4@289,820) Ǥ 25 / Greenify (Donation Package) (3.9@22,199; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-31 Vorstellung 2/2013 | 10/2013 | 4/2014; Intro 6/2013 | 1/2014; Video Review 6/2013 | 6/2015; Tutorial 7/2016 | 12/2016; Android.SE
Smart Network (4.4@454) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-08-09 XDA; Intro 10/2014
Doze - For Better Battery Life (4.3@21,439) 12 LastUpdate: 2016-06-03
Servicely to control your phone (4.3@4,631) Ǥ 10 requires root
One Power Guard (4.3@4,035) 32 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-26 Vorstellung 11/2012; XDA 10/2012; XDA-TV 11/2012
Deep Sleep Battery Saver (4.2@22,264) Ǥ 31 LastUpdate: 2017-08-17 / Deep Sleep Battery Saver Pro (3.3@1,410; ~EUR 3.25) Ǥ 30 LastUpdate: 2017-08-15 Video Review 1/2013; Vorstellung 1/2013
Shelter (4.2@280) 7 Vorstellung & Howto 7/2019; FOSS alternative to Island
Hibernate My Apps (4.2@236) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-02-23 Disables Power Consuming Apps in Background
Amplify Battery Extender -Root (4.1@12,208) Ǥ 4 Github; XDA; Video Demo 11/2014; Tasker support
Smart Battery Saver (4.1@2,911) 17 LastUpdate: 2017-05-14 Review 11/2013 | 11/2013
On and On Battery Saver (4.1@693) Ǥ 20 LastUpdate: 2016-05-23 Video Demo 8/2013
JuiceDefender - battery saver (4@11) 29 LastUpdate: 2012-04-18 Testbericht 01/2012 | 11/2012; was great once, no longer working with Android 7+
NoBars Battery Saver (3.8@358) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-08-10 Test 9/2012
Doze Battery Saver (3.7@268) Ǥ 4 LastUpdate: 2016-07-05 root required
Easy Battery Saver (3@12) 25 LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Vorstellung 8/2013; Intro 11/2012; Video Review 4/2013
Power Nap for Xposed (Unreleased) (3@2) 10 XDA; Stamina for all
GO Battery Saver&Power Widget (0@16) Ǥ 31
Island (0@0) Ǥ 20 Vorstellung 3/2018; XDA; like Greenify, but more: freeze, isolate (sandbox) apps, clone (for parallel usage), hide …
ForceDoze (0@0) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
SuperFreezZ (0@0) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

Scheduler as Battery Savers

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Battery Saver (4.4@39) 16 LastUpdate: 2015-08-31

Data Stutterer

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Battery Defender - 1 Tap Saver (4.5@28) Ǥ 25
Quick Charge Battery Life (4.3@157) 16 LastUpdate: 2017-08-18
2 Battery - Battery Saver (4.2@112,062) Ǥ 28
iPulse - Connection manager (4.1@332) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-30 / iPulse Pro (4.5@92; ~EUR 1.25) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-30
BatteryFu (3.8@1,603) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
AutoData (3.8@873) 10 LastUpdate: 2014-10-11 Vorstellung 9/2014
Battery Saver: ZEMB Free (3.7@289) Ǥ 20
Step-by-Step: Maximize battery by toggling Sync with Tasker

Battery-Low-Actions

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Battery Saver HD - Battery Life & Task Killer (4.4@6,924) Ǥ 32
Battery Life Saver (4.2@3,459) 14 LastUpdate: 2016-09-11

Manual switches to save juice

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Doctor Power Battery Saver (4.5@558) 28 LastUpdate: 2017-05-14
PowerMax (4.4@8,771) Ǥ 28 LastUpdate: 2013-08-24 Free version = 7 day trial;
One Touch Battery Saver (4.2@55,344) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-06-15
Power Tune-Up (4.2@7,533) 23 LastUpdate: 2017-05-14
Battery Dr saver+a task killer (4.1@119,584) Ǥ 24 LastUpdate: 2016-11-30
Battery Saver - Power Saver (3.9@3,104) Ǥ 11 LastUpdate: 2017-12-21

Display Adjuster for Juice Saving

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Lux Lite (4.1@18,527) 11 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-23 / Lux Auto Brightness (3.4@8,235; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 15 LastUpdate: 2016-05-06 Kurzvorstellung 8/2012; Intro 7/2013
Screen Timeout (4.1@1,463) 3
Any Screen Timeout (3.9@220) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-03-11 / Any Screen Timeout Plus (4.5@34; ~EUR 1.00) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-09-12

Other Battery Savers

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dfndr battery: manage your battery life (4.6@178,814) Ǥ 25
Battery Time Saver & Optimizer (4.6@19,688) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-03-10 Vorstellung 1/2016
Hibernate - Real Battery Saver (4.6@4,002) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2017-10-23
Power Battery - Battery Life Saver & Health Test (4.5@800,626) Ǥ 31
[root] RadioControl (4.1@36) Ǥ 14 LastUpdate: 2018-02-01 Github
WiFi Location Toggle (3.9@55) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-04-14
DrainGuard TRIAL (3.2@49) 9 LastUpdate: 2012-12-30 monitors usage and alarms you in case of "jumps"
DU Battery Saver (0@113) 33 Video Review 1/2014 | 3/2014
Better Battery Saver (0@0) LastUpdate: 2016-07-23 Github; XDA

Further Readings:

Category Automation (Profile Switching and more))
Category Battery Helpers
Category WiFi Automatisation
How to Save Your Smartphone Battery (device specific index)
How Android Doze Works to Optimize Battery (And How to Disable It) (8/2019)
How to Automate Your Android Phone for Better Battery Life (6/2019)
How to Extend Phone Battery Life (4/2019)
Best battery saver apps for Android and other ways too (4/2019)
Best Android Battery Saver App (1/2019)
Sparen um jeden Preis: Wie verlängerte Akkulaufzeit Smartphones dumm macht (1/2019)
5 apps to save power and stop battery drain on Android phones (which you better avoid; 6/2018)
17 Tips & Tricks to improve your Android Phone’s battery life (7/2017)
Improve battery life with Xposed, Amplify and Greenify (1/2016)
16 Tips to improve battery life on your Android phone (1/2016)
Top 15 Most Powerful & Free Battery Saver Apps For Android (2/2014)
Five ways to boost your Android phone's battery life (4/2013 - 2/2016)

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