Codex Meter vs Codex Live Bar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Codex Meter
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Codex Meter shows Codex GPT-5.5 usage at a glance. Sign in with Codex to retrieve live 5-hour and weekly usage windows, refresh from the app, and keep the same numbers visible in a Home Screen widget. The widget supports scheduled timeline refreshes and a manual refresh button, so you can check remaining usage quickly without opening ChatGPT or Codex.
Codex Live Bar
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Keep Codex limits visible while you work. Codex Live Bar shows session, weekly, and model-specific usage in a focused Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Create two private Shortcuts automations and the Live Activity can appear when ChatGPT opens and disappear when it closes. Refresh from the app, Shortcuts, or the Live Activity itself. Everything runs on your device. Authentication tokens stay in the iOS Keychain, usage is fetched directly from OpenAI, and there are no analytics, ads, tracking, accounts, or developer servers. Codex Live Bar is an independent client and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI. The app relies on an undocumented OpenAI endpoint that may change.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Codex Meter at 17.0 against Codex Live Bar's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Codex Meter | Codex Live Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tom Fadial | Bohdan Podvirnyi |
In-app purchases
Codex Meter
No in-app purchases
Codex Live Bar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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