Comparison

CodexBar vs AgStatus

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 usage for various AI providers. Share spending summaries as image cards and analyze costs with interactive charts.

Highlights
  • Real-time AI usage monitoring
  • Budget and spending tracking
  • Rate limit tracking with countdowns
  • Cost dashboard and analysis
  • Interactive charts and graphs
  • Shareable spending summaries
  • Open-source project
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

AgStatus

Features
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AgStatus turns your phone into a live status board for the AI coding agents running on your computer. Long-running agents all behave the same way: they work for a few minutes, then quietly stop and wait for you. AgStatus puts every session on one screen — what each one is doing right now, how long it has been silent, and which ones are stuck — so you can step away from the keyboard without losing the thread. HOW IT WORKS A small open-source hook on your computer posts an update whenever an agent starts a session, edits a file, runs tests, or needs your input. Your board is a private URL with an unguessable token: no account, no sign-up, no email address. Connect your computer by scanning a QR code, typing a short pairing code, or pasting the board URL. ON THE BOARD • One card per session, color-coded through six states: idle, planning, coding, testing, blocked, done • The last thing the agent reported — the file it is editing, the test command it ran, the approval it is waiting for • Blocked cards glow; finished and long-silent ones fade, so the sessions that need you stand out • Updates stream in as they happen — no polling, no refresh button • Swipe a card away when you are done with it • Keep-screen-awake option for when the board lives on a desk or a shelf PLAN LIMITS AT A GLANCE Usage bars sit above the board: the current session window, the weekly cap, and per-model weekly caps, each with a percentage and a “resets in 2h 15m” countdown that stays current. Bars run green, then amber, then red as a limit approaches, and only the agents actually running on your board take up space. SESSION HISTORY Tap any card to open its timeline: every status change and message that session reported, newest first, with timestamps. BUILT FOR PRIVACY • No accounts, no analytics, no advertising identifiers, no third-party SDKs • The app talks only to the board server you point it at • Your board URL and token are stored in the iOS Keychain on your device • Delete a board and everything on it from Settings, whenever you want • The hook has a minimal mode that reports tool names only and never command text, and plan-usage reporting can be switched off NOTIFICATIONS The app supports opt-in alerts for the moment an agent is blocked or finishes a run. The toggles become available when the server hosting your board is set up to send notifications, and the app says so plainly when it is not. OPEN SOURCE AND SELF-HOSTABLE The server, the command-line tool, the hook, and this app are open source under the MIT license. Point the app at the hosted service or at a server you run yourself — the whole backend is a single process, and every screen in the app works the same either way. TRY IT BEFORE YOU SET ANYTHING UP Tap “Try the demo” on the welcome screen for a fully populated board — sample sessions moving through their states, usage bars, and timelines. Demo mode runs entirely on your device and sends nothing anywhere. Designed for iPhone with a dark interface. Showing real sessions requires a computer running a compatible coding agent. AgStatus is an independent open-source project that works with the hook systems of Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic or OpenAI. All product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

CodexBar4 screens
AgStatus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CodexBar at every 3 days against AgStatus's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CodexBar ships an update every 3 days, AgStatus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CodexBar versus AgStatus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodexBarAgStatus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昱晓 王Inal Kardanov

In-app purchases

None

CodexBar

No in-app purchases

None

AgStatus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CodexBar free?
CodexBar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AgStatus free?
AgStatus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CodexBar or AgStatus have ads?
Neither CodexBar nor AgStatus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CodexBar or AgStatus?
CodexBar ships an update every 3 days, and AgStatus every 3 weeks. Most recently, CodexBar was updated on October 14, 2026 and AgStatus on October 8, 2026.

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