Comparison

gterm vs CodexBar Usage Monitor

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

Head to head
About

gterm

Features
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gterm is a real terminal for iOS. It renders with Ghostty's GPU engine for true xterm/VT emulation, connects straight to your servers over SSH, keeps your keys on device, and ships an AI command assistant that writes the commands for you. It's the same renderer and VT parser as the Ghostty desktop app. iOS can't fork/exec a local shell, so gterm drives the terminal straight from the SSH stream through a custom passthru IO backend added to libghostty — giving you a real terminal in a sandboxed iOS surface. GPU-RENDERED TERMINAL Real xterm/VT emulation via Ghostty's libghostty, drawn on Metal. Colors, ligatures, and reflow that feel native — not a web shim. SSH-NATIVE Connects with swift-nio-ssh — password and public-key auth, a PTY shell, live window resizing, and trust-on-first-use host-key verification. KEYS STAY ON DEVICE Import Ed25519 / ECDSA private keys into the iOS Keychain — device-only, never synced. Pick one or more keys to try per host. SHELL-GRADE KEYBOARD A custom accessory keyboard with the keys iOS forgets — Esc, Ctrl, Alt, Tab, arrows, and sticky modifiers for real TUI navigation. AI COMMAND ASSISTANT Describe what you want in plain English. The AI reads your recent commands and visible screen, proposes a command, and shows it to you for review before it runs. AI AUTO-COMPLETION As you type, suggestions surface above the keyboard — from your history and from your provider. Bring your own key; it's stored masked in the Keychain. Open source: https://github.com/madeye/gterm

About

CodexBar Usage Monitor

This app consolidates AI usage, limits, and balances from various coding and assistant tools into a single dashboard. Track multiple accounts, view history, and receive alerts for supported providers. Credentials are stored locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • AI usage tracking
  • Limit and balance monitoring
  • Multiple account support
  • Provider configuration
  • Usage history and trends
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
Features
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CodexBar Usage Monitor keeps your AI usage, limits, balances and refresh status in one iPhone and iPad dashboard. The free plan includes one active account from any supported provider, a customizable dashboard and seven days of history. CodexBar Pro Use all your saved accounts, configure Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and check usage on Apple Watch and its complications. Pro also includes usage alerts and up to 90 days of daily history. Choose a monthly subscription, a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly subscription offers seven days free to eligible customers. The app shows the price and billing period for your App Store region before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple Account subscription settings. You can manage your subscription or restore purchases from Settings > CodexBar Pro. Lifetime Pro does not renew. Eligible purchasers of the original paid app keep lifetime Pro after Apple verifies their purchase. Supported providers: - ChatGPT / Codex - GitHub Copilot - GitHub Billing - Claude - Grok - X Subscription - Cursor - OpenRouter - OpenCode Go + Zen - Moonshot (Kimi) - Greptile - Google Gemini What you can track: - Usage limits, balances, reset times and refresh status where each provider makes those metrics available - GitHub personal and organization billing, included allowances, budgets and spending projections where supported - Gemini Apps and coding limits in one account, with separate five-hour and weekly metrics - Grok paid weekly usage and Extra Usage Credits where available, separately from Cursor's Grok Bot allowance - X Subscription's shared weekly pool, its reset, per-product details and Extra Usage Credits where available, with one xAI sign-in - Greptile completed-review activity and provider-returned free-allowance renewal dates, kept distinct from pull requests and billing credit balances Make the dashboard yours by showing, hiding, reordering, resizing and restyling individual metrics. Pro keeps work and personal accounts organized in provider groups. Widgets and Watch show saved snapshots; iOS and watchOS control background refresh timing. Setup stays on the iPhone. Privacy and account model: - No CodexBar account is required - Provider credentials stay on your device and are stored in Keychain where appropriate - Provider requests go directly from your device to the services you configure, not through a HemSoft backend - Widgets and Apple Watch receive presentation and access-validity snapshots, never provider credentials - Apple processes Pro purchases; CodexBar checks access on your device with StoreKit - Feedback is optional. You preview and choose whether to open a private email draft or a public GitHub report Provider metrics and authorization depend on the service, account, subscription and available permissions. Unavailable data stays unavailable. Greptile renewal dates require a verified dashboard session; fresh Google-backed billing sign-in or reconnection may be unavailable in this version. CodexBar is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the providers it displays. Provider names identify only the services you choose to connect. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/hemsoft-dev/codexbar-ios/blob/main/PRIVACY.md

Screenshots

gterm4 screens
CodexBar Usage Monitor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CodexBar Usage Monitor at Free against gterm's $1.99. gterm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CodexBar Usage Monitor is free to download; gterm costs $1.99 up front. CodexBar Usage Monitor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. gterm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

gterm ships an update monthly, CodexBar Usage Monitor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
gterm versus CodexBar Usage Monitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergtermCodexBar Usage Monitor
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Tangzixiang Information Technology Co., LtdFranz Hemmer

In-app purchases

None

gterm

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

CodexBar Usage Monitor

Subscriptions2
  • CodexBar Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • CodexBar Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • CodexBar Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is gterm free?
gterm costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CodexBar Usage Monitor free?
CodexBar Usage Monitor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do gterm or CodexBar Usage Monitor have ads?
Neither gterm nor CodexBar Usage Monitor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, gterm or CodexBar Usage Monitor?
gterm ships an update monthly, and CodexBar Usage Monitor every 2 weeks. Most recently, gterm was updated on November 5, 2026 and CodexBar Usage Monitor on October 31, 2026.

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