API Usage vs QuotaKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
API Usage
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Understand your AI and cloud costs without jumping between provider dashboards. API Usage brings OpenAI, Anthropic, and Vercel billing data into one clear, customisable view. Connect multiple organisations, choose the metrics and time ranges that matter to you, and keep important totals visible on your Home Screen. BUILD YOUR DASHBOARD - Track daily spend across configurable time ranges - Break down costs by project, service, API key, workspace, or model - Choose list, bar, line, area, or donut chart styles - Create compact or detailed tiles for each organisation CHECK COSTS FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN - Turn any dashboard tile into a widget - Choose the organisation and metric for each widget - Use small, medium, or large widget layouts - Keep snapshots updated in the background when iOS allows MADE FOR MULTIPLE PROVIDERS - Connect more than one organisation per provider - View OpenAI, Anthropic, and Vercel independently - Add, edit, or remove organisations at any time YOUR CREDENTIALS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain. API Usage communicates directly with the provider you connect and does not send your credentials or billing data to a Barolo AI server. API Usage is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenAI, Anthropic, or Vercel.
QuotaKit
Monitor your AI tool usage, reset times, and spending directly from your iPhone. This companion app syncs data from your Mac to provide a clear mobile dashboard for your AI quotas. Get alerts when your quota is low or resets, and stay on track with your usage.
- Multi-provider AI quota tracking
- Reset windows and provider status
- Daily spend and renewal-cycle progress
- iCloud sync from Mac to iPhone
- Alerts for quota status
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
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Know exactly how much AI usage you have left — before you start coding. QuotaKit tracks AI usage limits, quota resets, and spend across the tools you use, giving you one clean dashboard for your AI subscriptions. Track Codex, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Grok, OpenAI, and other supported AI providers from your Mac, then sync your usage to your iPhone with iCloud. See how much quota you have left, when your limits reset, how much you have spent, and whether you're on pace to make it through your current usage window. Built for developers, AI power users, and anyone juggling multiple AI subscriptions. Track your AI usage AI quota and usage limits across multiple providers Five-hour, daily, weekly, and other reset windows Provider status and remaining usage Daily spend and billing-cycle progress iCloud sync between Mac and iPhone Alerts when quota runs out or becomes available again Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with QuotaKit Pro Shareable usage and cost cards Local data collection with private iCloud sync Stop checking every AI service individually. Before a long coding session, open QuotaKit and know which models have capacity, which limits are approaching, and when your quota comes back. Mac companion required QuotaKit for iPhone works with the free QuotaKit Mac companion. The Mac app collects usage data locally from the providers you enable and securely syncs quota snapshots through your personal iCloud account. Your iPhone then provides your mobile dashboard, alerts, widgets, and usage history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: API Usage at none against QuotaKit's 1. QuotaKit's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. QuotaKit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. API Usage asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | API Usage | QuotaKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barolo AI | Columbus Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
API Usage
No in-app purchases
QuotaKit
- QuotaKit Pro$4.99









