UsageMaster vs MeterTab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
UsageMaster
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See the AI usage your Mac reads, right on your iPhone. UsageMaster for iPhone is a companion app that shows the usage of AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI, as read by UsageMaster on your Mac, delivered through iCloud. No sign-in and no extra setup: sign in to iCloud with the same Apple Account on both devices and they connect automatically. ā Features ⢠Instant iCloud sync: when a value changes on your Mac, it reaches your iPhone right away ⢠5-hour and weekly limits with reset times, on a single card ⢠Token usage and estimated cost in daily charts ⢠Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets to check without opening the app (Pro) ⢠Alerts when a limit resets and when a new AI model arrives ⢠A calm, paper-like design with Light and Dark modes ā Privacy ⢠Only usage numbers travel through iCloud. Tokens, emails, and file paths are never uploaded. ⢠The iPhone app never signs in to your AI tools and never handles credentials. ā Pro The free plan shows up to three AI tools. Lifetime Pro is a one-time purchase (not a subscription) that unlocks every AI tool and the widgets, and works on the Mac and iPhone signed in with the same Apple Account. Try it first with the free 7-day trial pass from the App Store. Prices may vary by region. ā Good to know ⢠UsageMaster for Mac (Mac App Store) must be running for new values to arrive. ⢠If nothing has arrived from your Mac yet, tap "Explore with sample data" to look around first. ā Feedback Send feedback through the support link in Settings. dlaudwls1203@gmail.com
MeterTab
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MeterTab puts your AI coding budget on your iPhone, Apple Watch, and Home Screen. See at a glance how much of your Claude, Codex, and Cursor budget you have left - before you hit a wall mid-task. WHY METERTAB AI coding assistants burn through 5-hour and weekly limits with no warning. MeterTab turns the usage the tools already log into a live budget you can plan around - synced from the MeterTab Mac app to your iPhone and Watch over your own private iCloud. WHAT YOU GET ⢠Live budget - 5-hour and weekly usage with time-to-reset countdowns. ⢠Answer your agents from anywhere - approve, deny, or pick an option when Claude Code asks, from your Mac, iPhone or Watch. ⢠See what every session is doing - which worktrees are busy, the command in flight, and the agent's own task list. ⢠iPhone & Apple Watch apps, Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets, and a Watch complication - your budget on every wrist and screen. ⢠Multi-provider - Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor in one place. ⢠Claude service status - on the main screen, in Settings, and on your widgets and complication, so an outage never looks like your budget running out. ⢠Per-model cost breakdown - see exactly which models are spending your budget. ⢠Activity heatmap + burn rate - spot your heaviest hours and how fast you are trending. ⢠Every number carries its source - Claude's own figure, measured, or estimated - so you always know what you are reading. ⢠Pay-as-you-go spend too - the API costs your Mac tracks from your own provider keys land here as well. ⢠Speaks your language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified) - with figures formatted for your region. FOR AGENTS: A BUDGET THEY CAN TALK TO MeterTab's Mac app runs a local MCP server, so your own AI agents can ask "how much budget is left?" and throttle themselves - downshift to a cheaper model, or pause - instead of failing halfway through a job. Your iPhone and Watch keep that same budget in your pocket. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No backend. No account required. No data collected. Any keys you give the Mac app stay in its Keychain, on that Mac. Your usage never leaves your devices - iCloud sync uses your own private iCloud database and carries only counts. FREE & PRO Free: the live gauge, threshold notifications, and up to 4 providers. Pro (one-time purchase, covers Mac + iPhone + Watch via Universal Purchase, with a 14-day free trial): the MCP server your agents can query, billing-key exact-dollar spend tracking, iCloud sync, the heatmap, burn rate, unlimited providers, and the iPhone & Watch apps. A NOTE ON ACCURACY Anthropic does not publish exact token limits, so the 5-hour and weekly percentages are estimates: your Mac works them out from its Claude Code logs, and they can differ a few percent from Claude's own usage screen. Calibrating on the Mac anchors them and carries across to here. If you connect your Claude account there, your iPhone and Watch show the exact figures too - every number is tagged so you can tell at a glance which kind you are looking at. MeterTab is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, or Cursor. Product names are used only to describe compatibility.
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The clearest difference is ads: MeterTab at none against UsageMaster's shown. MeterTab also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). UsageMaster's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. UsageMaster sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and MeterTab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
UsageMaster ships an update every 2 days, MeterTab every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | UsageMaster | MeterTab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days ā better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MyeongJin Lee | PETER DONGO |
In-app purchases
UsageMaster
- 7-day TrialFree
- UsageMaster Pro$1.99
MeterTab
- MeterTab Pro$19.99









