Data Usage Meter vs Flick Shortcut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Data Usage Meter
Monitor your cellular and Wi-Fi data consumption with daily charts and custom alerts. See your usage at a glance, track historical trends, and receive notifications to stay within your data limits. Customize widgets for quick access to your remaining data.
- Cellular and Wi-Fi usage tracking
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Daily usage graphs
- Customizable data alerts
- App icon badge usage display
- Plan period matching
- Accessibility support
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Data usage, at a glance — every day. Data Meter shows how much cellular and Wi-Fi data your iPhone or iPad uses. Check today’s usage, look back at daily changes in a graph, and keep your data under control if you’re worried about going over. [Key Features] ■ Cellular and Wi-Fi, shown separately See your usage for today, the last 3 days, and this month. For cellular data, a meter also shows how much of your limit you’ve used. ■ See your remaining data in widgets Add widgets to your Home Screen (small and medium) and Lock Screen to see your remaining cellular data and the percentage used this month. The medium widget also shows the days left until your cutoff date. On devices without cellular, widgets show your Wi-Fi usage. ■ Review daily usage in a graph A monthly bar graph shows your usage for each day. See the monthly total, the daily average, and the number of days over your limit as you look back at past usage. ■ Get notified before you use too much Choose a network and period, and get notified when your usage passes the amount you set. For cellular data, you can also set the alert as a percentage of your limit. While you set it up, you can see the alert conditions and your current usage. ■ Usage on the app icon badge Show the usage for the network and period you choose on the app icon badge. ■ Match the period to your plan Monthly usage can be counted from your plan’s cutoff date. For the last 3 days, you can choose whether to include today. ■ Support for larger text and VoiceOver The app stays readable with larger text sizes, and VoiceOver reads your usage aloud. ■ Add-on to remove ads Remove ads with an in-app purchase. If you’ve already bought it, you can restore your purchase, for example after switching to a new device. [Before You Use] The usage shown is an estimate based on values from your device. It may differ from the usage your carrier uses for billing or speed limits. For your exact usage under your plan, check with your carrier. Recording, notifications, badges, and widgets don’t update in real time. Updates and notifications may be delayed depending on how iOS is running and on network conditions. To keep recording in the background, turn on Background App Refresh in the Settings app. Recording may stop in situations such as Low Power Mode. If you swipe up to close the app in the App Switcher, the app stops recording in the background until you open it again. If you’ve added a widget, recording continues when the widget updates (iOS decides how often it updates). To use notifications and badges, allow notifications and badges for this app in the Settings app. Restarting your device or similar events can cause errors in the usage. Before and after a restart, or if you haven’t opened the app for a while, open the app to update your usage. [Requirements] iOS 16.0 or later, iPadOS 16.0 or later *Lock Screen widgets on iPad require iPadOS 17 or later.
Flick Shortcut
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Tired of typing the same replies again and again? Flick Shortcut is an iPhone keyboard that inserts your saved phrases with a single flick. Save email greetings, quick replies, sign-offs, addresses and more, then flick a key up, down, left or right to insert the one you need. FIVE PHRASES ON EVERY KEY Assign different text to tap, up, down, left and right. Keep several versions of a reply on one key — formal, friendly or short — and pick the right one in a flick. READY-MADE TEMPLATES Start in seconds with Greetings, Contacts and Business templates, then edit them to match your own words. TYPE FASTER - Space, return and cursor keys, so you can keep typing without switching keyboards - {date}, {time} and {clipboard} are filled in automatically when you insert a phrase - {|} moves the cursor to that spot after inserting (great for names) - Undo the last inserted phrase - One-handed mode and adjustable keyboard height USE YOUR PHRASES EVERYWHERE - Find a phrase in Spotlight and tap to copy it - Copy phrases with Siri and the Shortcuts app - Copy with one tap from a Home Screen widget or Control Center STAY ORGANIZED - Search and duplicate shortcuts - Restore deleted shortcuts for 30 days from Recently Deleted - iCloud sync, backup export and restore - Share phrase sets with QR codes or links - Usage stats for 7 and 30 days PRO - Organize shortcuts by category (up to 12 keys × 4 directions = 48 shortcuts per category) - Switch categories by swiping on the keyboard - Date key: today, tomorrow, the current time, last week's range and the Japanese era date, in your own formats - Create phrases with AI: enter a topic and Apple Intelligence writes phrases for all five directions on your device. Also suggests labels and rephrases existing text (Apple Intelligence devices with iOS 26 or later) - No ads PRIVACY Your shortcuts are stored only on your device (and in your own iCloud). They are never sent to our servers, and the keyboard itself never connects to the network. To use your saved shortcuts in the keyboard, add it in iOS Settings and turn on Allow Full Access. Full Access is used only to load the phrases you saved in the app. FREE - 3 shortcut keys with 5 phrases each - Templates, stats, backup, sharing, and copying from Spotlight and Siri SUBSCRIPTIONS - Monthly and yearly plans, billed to your Apple ID and renewed automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fukusefeb-dev.github.io/flickshortcut-legal/privacy
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Verdict
Data Usage Meter and Flick Shortcut are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Data Usage Meter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flick Shortcut sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Data Usage Meter ships an update every 5 weeks, Flick Shortcut every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Data Usage Meter | Flick Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nanawork | TSUBASA FUKUCHI |
In-app purchases
Data Usage Meter
- Remove Ads.$1.99
Flick Shortcut
- フリックショートカット Pro$0.991 Month









