Comparison

Drover vs AI Usage Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Drover

Supervise AI coding agents running on your computer directly from your phone. View sessions as a chat, interact with prompts via buttons, and receive notifications when agents need your input. Connects directly via SSH with no intermediary servers.

Highlights
  • Supervise AI coding agents
  • View sessions as chat
  • Interact with prompts via buttons
  • Receive agent status notifications
  • Direct SSH connection
  • Voice dictation
  • Attach photos to agents
Features
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Drover is a mobile client for the AI coding agents you run under Herdr on your own computer. It turns them into something you can supervise from your phone. It is not a mobile terminal. Drover speaks the agent's language: it renders a running session as a readable chat, turns permission prompts into buttons you can tap, and tells you the moment an agent is waiting on you. NO SERVER IN BETWEEN Drover connects straight from your device to your own machine over SSH. There is no service in the middle. Your transcripts, your commands and your code go to your machine β€” the developer of this app cannot see them. The voice assistant is an experimental, opt-in exception: it sends to Google, not to the developer, after you accept its disclosure. WHAT YOU CAN DO β€’ See every agent and its status at a glance β€” waiting for you, working, done β€’ Read the session as a chat, with Markdown, syntax-highlighted code and diffs β€’ Answer an agent's permission prompt by tapping a button instead of typing into a raw terminal pane β€’ Send follow-up instructions, cycle the agent's mode, or dictate by voice β€’ Talk to an agent hands-free with the experimental voice assistant β€” launch it, send it a message, or answer its question, and hear back what's happening β€’ Attach a photo from your camera or library for the agent to look at β€’ Get a notification the moment an agent is blocked and needs you β€’ Switch between several machines, or watch them all in one list TRY IT WITH NO SETUP Tap "Try the demo" on the first screen. It runs a scripted session entirely on your device, with no host and no connection, so you can see how Drover works before setting anything up. WHAT YOU NEED Drover is a client for a machine you already own. To use it for real you need a computer running Herdr (herdr.dev) with your coding agents in it, SSH access to that machine with key-based authentication, and Herdr 0.8.0 or newer. PRIVACY Dictation runs entirely on your device β€” Drover will not fa The experimental voice assistant is different: it asks for your consent before first use, and while a voice session is running your speech transcripts, agent context and message drafts are sent to Google's Gemini. Notifications carry a fixed message and never any of your t key is stored in the iOS Keychain and never leaves your device. Drover is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Herdr project, Anthropic, OpenAI, or GitHu certified by any of them.

About

AI Usage Tracker

Features
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Keep track of your AI limits before they interrupt your flow. AI Usage brings your connected AI accounts into one dashboard, so you can see your remaining allowance, check upcoming resets, and plan your next session. Connect Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, Grok, and Gemini CLI to keep your usage in view. β€’ Your usage at a glance: See usage, remaining allowance, and available limits for each connected provider. β€’ Reset countdowns: Check when your allowance is expected to refresh. β€’ Home Screen widgets: Follow all your connected providers together, or focus on one. β€’ Usage history and forecasts: Explore readings saved on your device and estimate how long your allowance may last based on recent activity. β€’ Optional reminders: Choose alerts at 75%, 90%, or 95% usage, plus reminders for expected resets. Your usage history stays on your device, and sign-in credentials are stored securely. Disconnecting a provider removes its saved session, history, and reminders from the app. Whether you’re coding, researching, or creating, AI Usage helps you decide when to keep going, switch tools, or take a break. Requires an account with a supported provider. Available usage details vary by provider and plan. Gemini support tracks Gemini CLI allowance. Refresh timing depends on provider availability and your device; forecasts and reset times are estimates. AI Usage is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the supported providers.

Screenshots

Drover4 screens
AI Usage Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Drover and AI Usage Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Drover versus AI Usage Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDroverAI Usage Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size37 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEISUKE NISHITANIPibardos LLC

In-app purchases

None

Drover

No in-app purchases

None

AI Usage Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drover free?
Drover is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AI Usage Tracker free?
AI Usage Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Drover or AI Usage Tracker have ads?
Neither Drover nor AI Usage Tracker shows ads.

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