Comparison

UsageMaster vs Charge

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

Head to head
About

UsageMaster

Features
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See usage for Claude, Codex, Antigravity, and more — 73 AI services in total — 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

About

Charge

Track your AI coding usage and costs across various providers directly from your iPhone. Monitor your remaining time, weekly caps, and daily spending with at-a-glance widgets and detailed dashboards. Setup is quick, and privacy is prioritized with no access to your code or conversations.

Highlights
  • Rate-limit gauges per provider
  • Burn-rate forecasts
  • Cost dashboard (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Plan badges and account separation
  • Multi-computer support
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Streak heatmap and cost trend
Features
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Charge shows your AI coding usage and cost on your iPhone. "How much of my 5-hour window is left?", "Am I close to the weekly cap?", "What did I spend today?" Check it away from your desk, or from Windows, in a glance. Setup takes two minutes. Sign in with Apple, paste the one-line command the app shows you into your computer's terminal, and a lightweight collector securely uploads your usage every five minutes. (Node.js 18+, macOS / Windows / Linux) WHAT YOU GET • Rate-limit gauges per provider: Claude and Codex out of the box, plus Gemini, Cursor, Copilot, OpenRouter and more through the macOS CodexBar bridge. Reset countdowns included. • Burn-rate forecasts that warn before you hit a wall: "at this pace you'll run out in about 4 hours." • Cost dashboard: today / 7-day / 30-day spend and tokens, a daily chart, and a per-model cost ranking. • Plan badges and account separation: your plan (Max 20x, Education, ...) is detected automatically, and machines signed in with different accounts get their own cards. • Multi-computer support: see which machine last reported and when, get a heads-up when one stops collecting, swipe to unpair. • Limit-reset notifications and custom gauge thresholds. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, with per-provider and per-account layouts. • Streak heatmap and 14-day cost trend. PRIVACY Charge never sees your prompts, code, or conversations. The collector reads only usage counters and cost data from your local tools and uploads them under your own Apple ID. Unpair a computer any time and its token is revoked immediately. Charge is open source: github.com/baekdusan/charge

Screenshots

UsageMaster4 screens
Charge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Charge at none against UsageMaster's 2. Charge also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). UsageMaster's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. UsageMaster sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Charge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UsageMaster ships an update every 3 days, Charge fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 4 level
UsageMaster versus Charge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUsageMasterCharge
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyeongJin LeeDusan Baek

In-app purchases

2 purchases

UsageMaster

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • UsageMaster Pro$1.99
None

Charge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UsageMaster free?
UsageMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Charge free?
Charge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UsageMaster or Charge have ads?
UsageMaster shows ads; Charge does not.
Which is updated more often, UsageMaster or Charge?
UsageMaster ships an update every 3 days, and Charge fortnightly. Most recently, UsageMaster was updated on October 31, 2026 and Charge on October 31, 2026.

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