Comparison

AI Token Usage Tracker vs Charge

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

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About

AI Token Usage Tracker

Monitor your API token usage and costs for AI workflows. Track spending per bot, project, or API key, with real-time updates and customizable alerts. Export data and manage multiple accounts to stay within budget.

Highlights
  • Real-time token cost tracking
  • Monthly and workspace cost breakdown
  • Multi-currency support
  • Configurable spend limit alerts
  • Intraday and model cost analysis (Pro)
  • Unlimited API key tracking (Pro)
  • Local data processing and privacy
Read full description

Know exactly what your Claude AI bots cost you. Monitor your Claude token burn rate and see exactly how much your AI workflows spend. Whether you're running Claude Code, OpenClaw, ClawBot, or your own custom AI agent — this tool helps you understand exactly how much your API-based AI workflows cost. Track your Claude API keys, keep an eye on what your bots are spending, and set alerts before costs get out of hand. Redesigned with Liquid Glass for iOS 26. Perfect for developers building with AI agents, coding assistants, or automated workflows. Screenshots are taken from the Light and Dark mode with different backgrounds and Glass Styles. FREE FEATURES • Nearly real-time (~1 hour delay) cost tracking in your menu bar • Monthly cost breakdown with token details (input, output, cache read, cache creation) • Workspace/project cost breakdown • CSV export of your usage data • Multi-currency support (USD, EUR) with live exchange rates • Configurable spend limit with native macOS notifications • Auto-refresh every 30 minutes • Dashboard Widgets PRO FEATURES (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) • Intraday Analysis — see today's spending hour by hour • Model Overview — exact costs per AI model • API Key Breakdown — track costs per individual API key • Unlimited API Keys — monitor multiple accounts at once • 7-day free trial included Your purchase applies also to Mac and Apple Vision Pro — buy once, use on all your devices. PRIVACY FIRST Your API keys are stored securely in the iOS Keychain. No data collection. No analytics. No tracking. All processing happens locally on your iOS device. Built for developers who use Claude Code or the Claude API and want to keep their costs under control. Also available on Apple Vision Pro and macOS. Requires an Anthropic Admin API key. Subscription-based usage (claude.ai, Claude Desktop) is not tracked.

About

Charge

Track your AI coding usage and costs across various providers directly from your iPhone. Monitor your remaining time, weekly caps, and daily spending with at-a-glance widgets and detailed dashboards. Setup is quick, and privacy is prioritized with no access to your code or conversations.

Highlights
  • Rate-limit gauges per provider
  • Burn-rate forecasts
  • Cost dashboard (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Plan badges and account separation
  • Multi-computer support
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Streak heatmap and cost trend
Features
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Charge shows your AI coding usage and cost on your iPhone. "How much of my 5-hour window is left?", "Am I close to the weekly cap?", "What did I spend today?" Check it away from your desk, or from Windows, in a glance. Setup takes two minutes. Sign in with Apple, paste the one-line command the app shows you into your computer's terminal, and a lightweight collector securely uploads your usage every five minutes. (Node.js 18+, macOS / Windows / Linux) WHAT YOU GET • Rate-limit gauges per provider: Claude and Codex out of the box, plus Gemini, Cursor, Copilot, OpenRouter and more through the macOS CodexBar bridge. Reset countdowns included. • Burn-rate forecasts that warn before you hit a wall: "at this pace you'll run out in about 4 hours." • Cost dashboard: today / 7-day / 30-day spend and tokens, a daily chart, and a per-model cost ranking. • Plan badges and account separation: your plan (Max 20x, Education, ...) is detected automatically, and machines signed in with different accounts get their own cards. • Multi-computer support: see which machine last reported and when, get a heads-up when one stops collecting, swipe to unpair. • Limit-reset notifications and custom gauge thresholds. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, with per-provider and per-account layouts. • Streak heatmap and 14-day cost trend. PRIVACY Charge never sees your prompts, code, or conversations. The collector reads only usage counters and cost data from your local tools and uploads them under your own Apple ID. Unpair a computer any time and its token is revoked immediately. Charge is open source: github.com/baekdusan/charge

Screenshots

AI Token Usage Tracker4 screens
Charge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Charge at none against AI Token Usage Tracker's 1. Charge also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). AI Token Usage Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. AI Token Usage Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Charge asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 4 level
AI Token Usage Tracker versus Charge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI Token Usage TrackerCharge
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSiegfried-Thor BolzDusan Baek

Customer experience

AI Token Usage Tracker

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Charge

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AI Token Usage Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro Version$3.99
None

Charge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI Token Usage Tracker free?
AI Token Usage Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Charge free?
Charge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI Token Usage Tracker or Charge have ads?
Neither AI Token Usage Tracker nor Charge shows ads.

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