Comparison

Data Remaining vs GigaGuard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Data Remaining

Monitor your cellular and Wi-Fi data usage with this app. It tracks your consumption against your plan's data cap and renewal date, offering alerts and detailed charts. Customize for various carriers or enter your own plan details.

Highlights
  • Track cellular and Wi-Fi usage separately
  • Set custom plan renewal days
  • Receive data usage alerts
  • View hourly and daily usage charts
  • Support for various carrier plans and eSIMs
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
Features
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Data Remaining shows how much mobile data you have left before your plan renews. Pick your carrier's plan, set your renewal day, and the app tracks your cellular and Wi-Fi usage automatically. No account needed. Made for plans with a data cap, such as prepaid plans and travel eSIMs. Ready-made plans for US prepaid carriers Choose your plan from presets for Mint Mobile, Cricket Wireless, Verizon Prepaid, T-Mobile Prepaid, Boost Mobile, Google Fi, Tello, and AT&T Prepaid. Plans from Japanese carriers and travel eSIMs are included too, or enter any data cap and renewal day yourself. Not sure which plan you have? Start with a temporary 20 GB monthly plan and change it anytime. Features - See your remaining data as a big number and a chart - Track cellular and Wi-Fi usage separately - Hourly and daily usage charts. Tap a bar to see its breakdown, including data used by devices on your Personal Hotspot - Monthly plans with any renewal day from the 1st to the 31st - Plans that expire after a set number of days, such as travel eSIMs - Carryover rules, including per-carrier rules such as 100 MB increments - Track add-on data you buy, with its own expiration - Alerts at 50%, 80%, and 90% used, and on renewal day - History of past periods, with overage, expired data, carryover, add-on purchases, and the day your data ran out - Adjust usage by hand to match your carrier's number - Open your carrier's website or app to check your official balance - Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, with an option to show the days left until your plan renews - Apple Watch app and watch face complications - Works on iPhone and iPad - Background updates (not available if the app is force-closed) - Turn off usage analytics in Settings - Review and share diagnostic information to help investigate issues Data Remaining PRO (subscription or one-time purchase) - Forecast your usage through your next renewal or plan end, with a pace indicator (on track / over pace) - iCloud Sync: pick up where you left off on a new phone, and see remaining data combined across your iPhone and iPad - Medium and Large Home Screen widgets for remaining data, with the forecast and your pace. Large adds a guide line for making your data last - Extra-large widgets on iPad, and extra-tall widgets on iOS 27 - Cellular and Wi-Fi usage widgets in Small, Medium, and Large, with hourly bars for today and daily bars for this month - Lock Screen widgets (days left, and today's and this month's cellular and Wi-Fi usage) - Apple Watch usage summary and usage complications - No ads Tip Open the app regularly for more detailed usage records. Check your remaining data at a glance from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Note This app measures data from records stored on your device, so the numbers may differ from your carrier's official usage. Please use the app with this in mind.

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GigaGuard

Features
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See your remaining data at a glance — right on your Home Screen. No ads. No subscription. No VPN. A data usage widget you can match to your carrier's numbers. TIRED OF… • Trackers that never match what your carrier says? • Ads, or features moved behind a subscription after you paid? • Apps that count Wi-Fi as mobile data? • Billing cycles stuck on the 1st? WHAT GIGAGUARD DOES • Calibrate to your carrier — on-device measurement always drifts a little. Type in the usage shown in your carrier's app and GigaGuard matches it. • Widgets for the Home Screen and Apple Watch (Lock Screen widgets with Premium). Choose from four layouts, including a ring, show today's Wi-Fi usage, and refresh without opening the app. • Cellular and Wi-Fi tracked separately — only mobile data counts toward your plan. • Any billing day from the 1st to the 31st, rollover data, and day passes for prepaid or travel eSIMs. • Pace forecast: see where you'll end the cycle and the day you'd hit your cap. • A daily limit alert, plus alerts at the percentages you choose (Premium). • Daily usage history as bars, a line or a running total, with Wi-Fi alongside cellular, plus per-cycle history (Premium). • Up to 20 lines — main, work and travel eSIM — each with its own plan (Premium). • Siri Shortcuts: "Check remaining data in GigaGuard". PRIVACY • No VPN. GigaGuard never sits in the middle of your connection. • No carrier login, no account. • Your data stays on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to a server. PRICING Free to use. Premium is a one-time purchase — never a subscription. No ads. PLEASE NOTE iOS doesn't let apps read your carrier's official usage, so GigaGuard measures on-device and lets you calibrate. Usage is updated when you open the app or refresh the widget. Per-app usage is not available. For billing, always check your carrier's official app or website.

Screenshots

Data Remaining4 screens
GigaGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GigaGuard at none against Data Remaining's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Data Remaining sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and GigaGuard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Data Remaining ships an update every 6 days, GigaGuard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Data Remaining versus GigaGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterData RemainingGigaGuard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (57 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRigato incSami Kuribara

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Data Remaining

Subscriptions2
  • Giga PRO Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Giga PRO Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ad Banner$2.99
  • Giga PRO Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

GigaGuard

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Data Remaining free?
Data Remaining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GigaGuard free?
GigaGuard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Data Remaining or GigaGuard have ads?
Data Remaining shows ads; GigaGuard does not.
Which is updated more often, Data Remaining or GigaGuard?
Data Remaining ships an update every 6 days, and GigaGuard every 5 days. Most recently, Data Remaining was updated on November 11, 2026 and GigaGuard on November 10, 2026.

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