Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

Codex Meter

Features
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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.

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Codex Live Bar

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Codex Meter1 screens
Codex Live Bar4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Codex Meter versus Codex Live Bar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodex MeterCodex Live Bar
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom FadialBohdan Podvirnyi

In-app purchases

None

Codex Meter

No in-app purchases

None

Codex Live Bar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codex Meter free?
Codex Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Codex Live Bar free?
Codex Live Bar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Codex Meter or Codex Live Bar have ads?
Neither Codex Meter nor Codex Live Bar shows ads.

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