Limits vs Nowdex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Limits
Monitor your AI coding rate limits across multiple providers in one convenient dashboard. View session usage, weekly quotas, and reset timers with customizable widgets for at-a-glance updates. This app prioritizes privacy with on-device token storage and no tracking.
- AI rate limit monitoring
- Session usage tracking
- Weekly quota display
- Reset countdown timers
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- On-device token storage
- Supports Codex, Claude, Cursor
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Limits shows your AI coding rate limits at a glance. See session usage, weekly quotas, and reset timers for the providers you connect, all in one place. Connect with secure sign in. Limits never sends your tokens to a server. Your tokens stay on your device in the Keychain, and your usage is cached on device so the widgets can read it. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your limits visible without opening the app. Live countdowns keep ticking between refreshes, so you always know how much you have left and when it resets. Supported providers: - Codex (ChatGPT) - Claude Code - Cursor - Grok - Antigravity Why you will like it: - One dashboard for every limit you care about - Ring and bar gauges that stay readable at a glance - Reset countdowns on your Home Screen and Lock Screen - Private by design, with no account required for Limits itself - No ads, no tracking, and no analytics Limits is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, Anysphere, Google, xAI, or any other provider. Provider names are used only to identify the services you choose to connect. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/stdeula/ Questions or feedback: hi@pranavkarthik.com
Nowdex
Monitor your AI agent usage with a native iOS dashboard. See current session and weekly usage, remaining capacity, and reset times. Widgets provide at-a-glance updates on your Home and Lock Screens.
- AI agent limit tracking
- Session and weekly usage view
- Capacity remaining display
- Limit reset time notifications
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Appearance customization
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Monitor your AI Agent usage in real time, anytime, anywhere. - Supports Codex, Claude, GLM, Cursor, Kimi, Grok, Minimax, Qoder and more. - The key is stored entirely on your device, and requests never pass through third-party servers - iCloud sync across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad - Beautiful widget
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nowdex at 100% against Limits's 70%. Nowdex also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Limits sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Nowdex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nowdex holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Limits's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nowdex's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Limits | Nowdex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (22 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #83 | #59 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pranav Karthik Mruthyunjayan | 涛南 卢 |
Customer experience
Limits
Nowdex
In-app purchases
Limits
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$6.991 Year
- Limits Pro$14.99
Nowdex
- Nowdex Pro$5.99
