Comparison

CodexBar vs Codexex

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

Head to head
About

CodexBar

Monitor your AI coding tool usage on your iPhone. Track rate limits, spending, and token consumption for various AI providers in real-time. Share spending summaries and analyze cost breakdowns with interactive charts.

Highlights
  • Real-time AI usage monitoring
  • Rate limit tracking with countdowns
  • Budget and spending analysis
  • Interactive cost charts
  • Shareable spending summaries
  • Provider and model cost breakdowns
Features
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CodexBar for iOS lets you monitor your AI coding tool usage on the go. View rate limits, spending, token usage, and budget tracking for providers like Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and OpenRouter — all synced from your Mac in real time via iCloud. Requires the CodexBar Mac app — this iOS app is a companion that reads usage data pushed by CodexBar on your Mac. Install the Mac app first, enable iCloud Sync in its settings, and your data will appear on your iPhone automatically. Features: • Share your AI spending as a beautiful image card with Classic or Vibe style options • Export share cards for Today, 7 Days, or 30 Days, with dark mode support • Real-time rate limit tracking with reset countdowns, budget progress, and daily cost breakdowns • Cost dashboard with provider share, model and service mix, and 30-day spend analysis • Interactive charts with Bar and Line styles, press-and-hold inspection, and horizontal scrolling for history • Daily spend and token usage views with clearer summaries and sharper breakdown amounts • Sharper percentage and cost labels across provider cards and tighter layouts for easier reading • Toggle between used and remaining quota display in Settings • Smarter chart axis scaling with clean integer tick marks for easier reading • Improved iCloud sync reliability, better error reporting, pull-to-refresh, and built-in onboarding guidance Open Source CodexBar is built on the open-source CodexBar project, licensed under MIT. This fork (github.com/o1xhack/CodexBar-Mobile) adds iCloud sync and the iOS companion app. Contributions and feedback are welcome on GitHub.

About

Codexex

Monitor your Codex quota and OpenAI API usage directly on your iPhone and iPad. View your allowances, reset times, and credit balances. Supports widgets and Live Activities for at-a-glance updates.

Highlights
  • Codex quota monitoring
  • OpenAI API usage tracking
  • 5-hour and weekly allowance display
  • Reset time and credit reporting
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen
Features
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Codexex keeps Codex quota and OpenAI API monitoring together on iPhone and iPad. Sign in with ChatGPT to see your 5-hour and weekly allowance, reset times and provider-reported Codex credits. Accounts that report only a weekly limit get a weekly view. Codex credits are shown separately from API dollars. Connect a standard OpenAI API key to verify API access, or an organization Admin key for usage and cost reports. Optional prepaid balance monitoring uses a separate billing sign-in. Add quota and API balance widgets to your Home Screen. Start a Live Activity for subscription quota on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Readings come from app refreshes; iOS decides when background updates run. Widgets show the last observation and mark older data as stale. Native onboarding, clear account settings, light and dark appearances, larger text support, preview data and local usage history make it easy to get started. Saved API keys and subscription tokens use this device's Keychain. Provider requests run on your device. The optional background wake service receives delivery details, not your OpenAI credentials or quota values. Codexex monitors usage without generating content. Support: contact+codexex@magrathean.uk EULA / Terms of Use: https://magrathean.uk/solutions/codexex/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://magrathean.uk/solutions/codexex/privacy/

Screenshots

CodexBar4 screens
Codexex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Codexex at 100% against CodexBar's 67%. CodexBar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CodexBar ships an update every 3 days, Codexex fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CodexBar versus Codexex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodexBarCodexex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昱晓 王Gyorgy Bolyki

Customer experience

CodexBar

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Codexex

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

In-app purchases

None

CodexBar

No in-app purchases

None

Codexex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CodexBar free?
CodexBar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Codexex free?
Codexex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CodexBar or Codexex have ads?
Neither CodexBar nor Codexex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CodexBar or Codexex?
CodexBar ships an update every 3 days, and Codexex fortnightly. Most recently, CodexBar was updated on November 5, 2026 and Codexex on November 5, 2026.

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