Comparison

Bandwidth vs Usage Device Monitor

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

Head to head
About

Bandwidth

Monitor your Wi-Fi, 3G, and GPRS data usage in real-time. Track consumption across different units and set custom alarms and reminders for your data plan.

Highlights
  • Real-time data usage detection
  • Wi-Fi, 3G, and GPRS support
  • Multiple data type display (bytes, KB, MB, GB)
  • Manual reset and correction
  • Customizable data plan and cycle setup
  • Data usage color alarm
  • Overload reminder
Features
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A handy tool to measure the data usage or bandwidth of wifi, 3g, and gprs. Realtime detect the data usage of your ipod/iphone. Features: 3G, GPRS, WIFI supported ipod touch/iphone supported multi data types:byte, kb, mb, gb manual reset enabled manual correction enabled plan/paying cycle setup data usage color alarm data usage overload reminder

About

Usage Device Monitor

Monitor your device's data usage, network speed, memory, and storage with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Get detailed hardware specifications and compare them with other models. Enjoy a simple, intuitive design with no subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Data usage tracking (monthly and daily)
  • Real-time network connection monitoring
  • Memory allocation by category
  • Storage usage
  • Battery graph
  • Device hardware specifications
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
Features
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Usage is a tool to monitor your device's activity, data usage, connection speed, and more. It comes with 21 Home Screen widgets, fully customizable Super widgets, and new Lock Screen widgets! √ Main features: - Monthly and daily Data usage tracking - Real-time Network Connection monitoring, with Receiving and Sending speed - Precise Memory allocation by four categories - Storage usage - Battery Graph - Detailed specification about the device's hardware - The widgets! Beautiful and fully customizable. √ Extra features: - List of current network interfaces with details and IP addresses - Different appearance colors and app icons - Custom ordering - Compare your device's specification with any other iPhone or iPad model ever made - Old-style iOS 13 widgets (not available with iOS 18). √ No subscriptions! √ Simple, intuitive, and modern design. √ Built with SwiftUI! √ Thousands of users love the app. You might fall in love with it too!

Screenshots

Bandwidth3 screens
Usage Device Monitor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Usage Device Monitor at 4.6 against Bandwidth's 3.3. Usage Device Monitor also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 9). Bandwidth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Usage Device Monitor sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Bandwidth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Usage Device Monitor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Usage Device Monitor has 3.9K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Bandwidth's written reviews are positive against 60% of Usage Device Monitor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bandwidth versus Usage Device Monitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBandwidthUsage Device Monitor
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (9 ratings)4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.6% of reviews — better60.3% of reviews
Number of ratings93.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZHENG WANGOleh Stasula

Customer experience

Bandwidth

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral22.2%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive65.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative28.1%

Usage Device Monitor

All ratings3,852 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews292 reviews
Positive60.3%
Neutral11.6%
Negative28.1%

Bugs and requests

Bandwidth

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Usage Device Monitor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Spec, Config, and About tabs not working
  • Widgets not updating frequently
  • Widgets not displaying data correctly
  • App crashing when changing color theme

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add real-time connection and network speed widget
  • Improve data usage tracking and reporting
  • Add thermal state monitoring
  • Combine current and previous version into one app
  • Allow setting data limits and alerts

In-app purchases

None

Bandwidth

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Usage Device Monitor

One-time6
  • Compare UnlockFree
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Nice Surprise$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Massive Support$3.99
  • Usage Pro$3.99
  • Usage Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Bandwidth free?
Bandwidth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Usage Device Monitor free?
Usage Device Monitor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bandwidth or Usage Device Monitor?
Usage Device Monitor is rated higher. Bandwidth averages 3.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Usage Device Monitor averages 4.6 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Bandwidth or Usage Device Monitor have ads?
Neither Bandwidth nor Usage Device Monitor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bandwidth or Usage Device Monitor?
Bandwidth ships an update every 2 months, and Usage Device Monitor every 2 months. Most recently, Bandwidth was updated on November 1, 2026 and Usage Device Monitor on November 6, 2026.

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