Khyra vs MeterTab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Khyra
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Khyra is a modern development environment for iPhone and iPad that lets you write, learn, organize, and improve code directly on your mobile device. The powerful code editor supports multiple programming languages and includes syntax highlighting, intelligent suggestions, automatic indentation, code formatting, error detection, and convenient Quick Fixes. Frequently used symbols and language-specific tools are always available through an optimized keyboard toolbar. With the integrated AI assistant, you can generate new code or explain, improve, and repair selected sections. Khyra uses Apple Foundation Models directly on supported devices, providing intelligent assistance within your project. Organize projects, files, and custom code snippets, start with ready-to-use templates for Swift, SwiftUI, SwiftData, and other technologies, or explore APIs and frameworks through the integrated documentation. Local version management preserves important editing states. You can compare old and new code, review changes clearly, and restore previous versions. Khyra is designed specifically for coding on mobile devices: ⢠Custom code keyboard toolbar ⢠Find and Replace ⢠Quick navigation to specific lines ⢠Duplicate, delete, and move lines ⢠Comment and indentation tools ⢠Distraction-free Focus Mode ⢠Pinch gesture for changing the editor font size ⢠External keyboard support ⢠Customizable editor layout ⢠A wide selection of light, dark, and colorful themes ⢠HTML preview and integrated playground ⢠Modern and compact developer documentation Whether you are learning to code, testing an idea while away from your desk, or building your own project, Khyra combines an editor, documentation, templates, version comparison, and intelligent coding assistance in one app.
MeterTab
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MeterTab puts your AI coding budget on your iPhone, Apple Watch, and Home Screen. See at a glance how much of your Claude, Codex, and Cursor budget you have left - before you hit a wall mid-task. WHY METERTAB AI coding assistants burn through 5-hour and weekly limits with no warning. MeterTab turns the usage the tools already log into a live budget you can plan around - synced from the MeterTab Mac app to your iPhone and Watch over your own private iCloud. WHAT YOU GET ⢠Live budget - 5-hour and weekly usage with time-to-reset countdowns. ⢠Answer your agents from anywhere - approve, deny, or pick an option when Claude Code asks, from your Mac, iPhone or Watch. ⢠See what every session is doing - which worktrees are busy, the command in flight, and the agent's own task list. ⢠iPhone & Apple Watch apps, Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets, and a Watch complication - your budget on every wrist and screen. ⢠Multi-provider - Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor in one place. ⢠Claude service status - on the main screen, in Settings, and on your widgets and complication, so an outage never looks like your budget running out. ⢠Per-model cost breakdown - see exactly which models are spending your budget. ⢠Activity heatmap + burn rate - spot your heaviest hours and how fast you are trending. ⢠Every number carries its source - Claude's own figure, measured, or estimated - so you always know what you are reading. ⢠Pay-as-you-go spend too - the API costs your Mac tracks from your own provider keys land here as well. ⢠Speaks your language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified) - with figures formatted for your region. FOR AGENTS: A BUDGET THEY CAN TALK TO MeterTab's Mac app runs a local MCP server, so your own AI agents can ask "how much budget is left?" and throttle themselves - downshift to a cheaper model, or pause - instead of failing halfway through a job. Your iPhone and Watch keep that same budget in your pocket. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No backend. No account required. No data collected. Any keys you give the Mac app stay in its Keychain, on that Mac. Your usage never leaves your devices - iCloud sync uses your own private iCloud database and carries only counts. FREE & PRO Free: the live gauge, threshold notifications, and up to 4 providers. Pro (one-time purchase, covers Mac + iPhone + Watch via Universal Purchase, with a 14-day free trial): the MCP server your agents can query, billing-key exact-dollar spend tracking, iCloud sync, the heatmap, burn rate, unlimited providers, and the iPhone & Watch apps. A NOTE ON ACCURACY Anthropic does not publish exact token limits, so the 5-hour and weekly percentages are estimates: your Mac works them out from its Claude Code logs, and they can differ a few percent from Claude's own usage screen. Calibrating on the Mac anchors them and carries across to here. If you connect your Claude account there, your iPhone and Watch show the exact figures too - every number is tagged so you can tell at a glance which kind you are looking at. MeterTab is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, or Cursor. Product names are used only to describe compatibility.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Khyra at none against MeterTab's 1. MeterTab's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. MeterTab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Khyra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Khyra ships an update every 2 months, MeterTab every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Khyra | MeterTab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Tufan Cakir | PETER DONGO |
In-app purchases
Khyra
No in-app purchases
MeterTab
- MeterTab Pro$19.99









