Comparison

TokenBar Mobile vs OpenAB Remote

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

Head to head
About

TokenBar Mobile

Monitor your AI usage for Claude with real-time tracking of session limits, rate limits, and reset times. Get instant visual feedback on remaining capacity and receive alerts before hitting usage caps.

Highlights
  • Live usage tracking
  • Progress ring for capacity
  • Live Activities on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • iCloud sync for authentication
  • Low usage alerts
  • Widget support
Features
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TokenBar shows how much AI usage you have left, and when you'll get it back, so you never get cut off mid-flow. YOUR LIMITS AT A GLANCE • Usage rings for every limit: session, weekly, model-specific and monthly • The limit that will stop you first is always front and center • A countdown to every reset • A forecast from your current pace: "at this pace, out at 13:10" (Pro) KNOW THE MOMENT IT'S BACK • Reset alerts the instant a limit refills: a notification, or an alarm that rings through silent mode (Pro) • A heads-up before you run low • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a "You're back" moment when your limit resets (Pro) EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including one that shows every provider at once (Pro) • Control Center controls to refresh or start live tracking • Apple Watch app with complications and a Smart Stack widget (Pro) • Set up once on your Mac and your providers appear here through iCloud 13 AI PROVIDERS Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, OpenAI (Admin API), OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Moonshot, Z.ai, Kimi, MiniMax, ElevenLabs, Synthetic and Warp. Track one for free, or all of them side by side with Pro. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your credentials stay in the Keychain and go straight to each provider. TokenBar has no accounts and no servers of its own. TOKENBAR PRO Pro unlocks reset alerts, Live Activity, widgets, the Apple Watch app, 90-day history and the limit forecast, every provider at once, your own warning threshold, and 1-minute refresh. A purchase on iPhone also unlocks TokenBar for Mac. • Yearly, with a 7-day free trial • Monthly • Lifetime: pay once Already using TokenBar? You keep every feature you had before Pro. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nikakirkitadze.github.io/TokenBar/privacy.html Requires accounts or API keys with the providers you want to track. TokenBar is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic or any other AI provider.

About

OpenAB Remote

Features
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OpenAB Remote turns your iPhone into a private push-to-talk remote and terminal client for OpenAB Connect. Pair with your Mac over the local network, dictate with on-device speech recognition, and send only terminal-safe text to the selected session. Import your own runtime connections from OpenAB Connect, browse live sessions, and attach directly over your own Tailscale network. Choose your speech engine: Apple's on-device recognition (no download), or optionally download Whisper (OpenAI, MIT) or SenseVoice (Alibaba FunASR) to run on this iPhone — SenseVoice is recommended for Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and Korean. • On-device push-to-talk transcription • Direct terminal session attach and resume • Remembered, encrypted nearby pairing • Explicit Auto-Enter permission • No account, analytics, advertising, or telemetry • Optional Whisper engine: download an open-source model once (MIT) and run it fully on-device • Fully offline Demo Mode for evaluation OpenAB Remote talks only to your Mac and infrastructure — plus, only if you choose the Whisper engine, a one-time model download from Hugging Face. Your speech, credentials, and terminal sessions are not sent to an OpenAB service.

Screenshots

TokenBar Mobile4 screens
OpenAB Remote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenAB Remote at every 2 days against TokenBar Mobile's monthly. TokenBar Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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

TokenBar Mobile ships an update monthly, OpenAB Remote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TokenBar Mobile versus OpenAB Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTokenBar MobileOpenAB Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLevani KirkitadzeJiayan Lin

In-app purchases

None

TokenBar Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

OpenAB Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TokenBar Mobile free?
TokenBar Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenAB Remote free?
OpenAB Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TokenBar Mobile or OpenAB Remote have ads?
Neither TokenBar Mobile nor OpenAB Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TokenBar Mobile or OpenAB Remote?
TokenBar Mobile ships an update monthly, and OpenAB Remote every 2 days. Most recently, TokenBar Mobile was updated on October 8, 2026 and OpenAB Remote on October 7, 2026.

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