Simplest Way to Find the Battery Charge Cycle Count on Your iPhone
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This is the simplest way to see the health of your iPhone’s battery. For a reminder, after 500 cycles, your battery is operating with roughly 80% of its full capacity*.
* According to this support article.
*And see our guide on how to get your Mac battery percentage back!
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How to Show Battery Percentage in macOS Monterey and Big Sur
Apple hid the battery percentage option starting with Big Sur. Here’s where it is.
1 – Navigate to Settings > Privacy > Analytics & Improvements
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Make sure Share iPhone Analytics is toggled on.
2 – Tap Analytics Data
Tap the “Analytics Data” option.
3 – Scroll down to the last file that begins with “log-aggregated”
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Scroll down until you reach the last file that begins with log-aggregated.
4 – Select and copy the contents of the file
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Drag the cursor down to the bottom and hold your finger there, it will eventually scroll very quickly.
5 – Open the Notes app and paste the contents of the file
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Open the built-in Notes app and paste the contents of that file into it.
6 – Click the action icon (top right) and then “Find in Note”
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Click the action icon in the top right and then select Find in Note.
7 – Type in BatteryCycleCount
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The number immediately following “BatteryCycleCount” is your cycle count!
Next, learn how to back up your iPhone.
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How to Back Up Your iPhone
Just put it on the cloud with everything else.