Comparison

URL Redirector vs UsageNow

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

Head to head
About

URL Redirector

Instantly reopen any link through a different website, such as an archive, cached version, or translation tool. Set up multiple destinations and easily switch your default. Ideal for developers, researchers, and those who frequently use various link-based tools.

Highlights
  • Forward links through custom destinations
  • Supports archives, cached versions, and translation tools
  • Set up multiple destinations
  • Easily switch default destinations
  • Integrates with app sharing functionality
Features
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URL Redirector lets you instantly reopen any link through a different website — an archive, a cached version, a translation tool, or a custom endpoint you define yourself. Just tap Share in any app, choose URL Redirector, and your link is forwarded to whichever destination you've set up. Add multiple destinations and switch your default with a tap. Useful for developers, researchers, and anyone who regularly works with links across different tools and services.his App provides forwarding a website address to another website. Great for processing in external websites, tools and software development

About

UsageNow

Features
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Hit your AI limit halfway through a task? UsageNow shows how much of each AI plan you have left and exactly when it resets, right on your Home Screen, and warns you before you run out. Built for developers who code with AI agents every day. EVERY LIMIT AT A GLANCE Claude: the 5-hour session and weekly limits, including per-model weekly caps ChatGPT Codex: the 5-hour and weekly windows GitHub Copilot: premium requests, chat and code completions Gemini: daily request quotas for each model A live countdown to every reset, plus the exact reset time in your local format ALERTS BEFORE YOU HIT THE WALL Make your own alerts: choose the 5-hour limit, the weekly limit or all limits, then type the percentage that matters to you, like 90 or 98. Add as many as you like. Each alert comes once per limit and cycle, so your lock screen stays quiet. Turn on a reset alert to know the moment a limit is back. WIDGETS THAT DO MORE Flip through all of your accounts right on the widget Tap to refresh a widget whenever you want the latest numbers Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size, plus Apple Watch complications ALL YOUR ACCOUNTS, IN YOUR ORDER Work and personal, Pro and Max, side by side. Sort by 5-hour reset, weekly reset, highest or lowest usage, name or service, or drag accounts into your own order. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. PRIVATE BY DESIGN You sign in on each service's own login page. Your sign-in stays in your device's Keychain, and UsageNow talks only to the services themselves. There is no UsageNow server, no account to create and no tracking. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into 50 languages, with dates and times written the way your region writes them. Pick a language in Settings anytime. FREE FOR ONE ACCOUNT See one account's current usage free in the app. UsageNow Pro unlocks more accounts, usage alerts, widgets and Apple Watch with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. UsageNow is an independent app and is not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, GitHub, Microsoft or Google. Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, GitHub Copilot and Gemini are trademarks of their respective owners. Questions or ideas? hourstag.app@gmail.com Optimized for iPhone Duo. Unfold it and use it in landscape, and the inner display switches to a two-column layout made for the extra space, instead of a stretched-out phone screen. Fold it back and the app carries on in its single-column layout on the outer display.

Screenshots

URL Redirector4 screens
UsageNow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: URL Redirector at none against UsageNow's 1. UsageNow's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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. UsageNow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. URL Redirector asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
URL Redirector versus UsageNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterURL RedirectorUsageNow
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefan SelsGuan Feng Lai

In-app purchases

None

URL Redirector

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

UsageNow

One-time1
  • UsageNow Pro$5.99

Questions

Is URL Redirector free?
URL Redirector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UsageNow free?
UsageNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do URL Redirector or UsageNow have ads?
Neither URL Redirector nor UsageNow shows ads.

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