Comparison

Charge vs Kastyl

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

Head to head
About

Charge

Track your AI coding usage and costs across various providers directly from your iPhone. Monitor your remaining time, weekly caps, and daily spending with at-a-glance widgets and detailed dashboards. Setup is quick, and privacy is prioritized with no access to your code or conversations.

Highlights
  • Rate-limit gauges per provider
  • Burn-rate forecasts
  • Cost dashboard (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Plan badges and account separation
  • Multi-computer support
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Streak heatmap and cost trend
Features
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Charge shows your AI coding usage and cost on your iPhone. "How much of my 5-hour window is left?", "Am I close to the weekly cap?", "What did I spend today?" Check it away from your desk, or from Windows, in a glance. Setup takes two minutes. Sign in with Apple, paste the one-line command the app shows you into your computer's terminal, and a lightweight collector securely uploads your usage every five minutes. (Node.js 18+, macOS / Windows / Linux) WHAT YOU GET β€’ Rate-limit gauges per provider: Claude and Codex out of the box, plus Gemini, Cursor, Copilot, OpenRouter and more through the macOS CodexBar bridge. Reset countdowns included. β€’ Burn-rate forecasts that warn before you hit a wall: "at this pace you'll run out in about 4 hours." β€’ Cost dashboard: today / 7-day / 30-day spend and tokens, a daily chart, and a per-model cost ranking. β€’ Plan badges and account separation: your plan (Max 20x, Education, ...) is detected automatically, and machines signed in with different accounts get their own cards. β€’ Multi-computer support: see which machine last reported and when, get a heads-up when one stops collecting, swipe to unpair. β€’ Limit-reset notifications and custom gauge thresholds. β€’ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, with per-provider and per-account layouts. β€’ Streak heatmap and 14-day cost trend. PRIVACY Charge never sees your prompts, code, or conversations. The collector reads only usage counters and cost data from your local tools and uploads them under your own Apple ID. Unpair a computer any time and its token is revoked immediately. Charge is open source: github.com/baekdusan/charge

About

Kastyl

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Kastyl helps you understand how much usage you have left across the AI tools you use every day. Connect your supported provider accounts and see their usage windows, reset times, account activity, and subscription status without opening each service separately. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your limits visible when you need them. Live countdowns continue between refreshes, so you can quickly see how much capacity remains and when your usage resets. Kastyl can also send smart reset, pace, and early-reset alerts. With Kastyl Companion, desktop task activity and completion notifications can be delivered directly to your Phone when your computer finishes supported AI task. Your provider sessions stay protected on your device using Apple’s secure storage. Kastyl does not send provider access or refresh tokens to any servers. The relay is used only for the app services required for notifications, device pairing, and companion activity. Kastyl supports Codex, Claude, Cursor, and Antigravity. Provider connections use their official authentication flows, and your provider accounts remain managed by the respective services directly on your phone. Private by design. Kastyl is designed for developers who want a clearer view of their AI usage without manually checking several dashboards. Open the app when you need detail, glance at a widget when you are busy, and let Kastyl keep track of what is left and when it resets. Kastyl is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenAI, Anthropic, Anysphere, Google, or any other provider. Provider names are used only to identify the services you choose to connect. Terms of Use: https://kastyl.app/tos Questions? contact@kastyl.app Support: support@kastyl.app

Screenshots

Charge3 screens
Kastyl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Charge at none against Kastyl's 3. Kastyl's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. Kastyl sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Charge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charge ships an update fortnightly, Kastyl every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Charge versus Kastyl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChargeKastyl
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDusan BaekKASTET

In-app purchases

None

Charge

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Kastyl

Subscriptions3
  • Kastyl Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Kastyl Pro β€” 3 Months$4.993 Months
  • Kastyl Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Charge free?
Charge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kastyl free?
Kastyl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Charge or Kastyl have ads?
Neither Charge nor Kastyl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Charge or Kastyl?
Charge ships an update fortnightly, and Kastyl every 2 days. Most recently, Charge was updated on October 31, 2026 and Kastyl on October 31, 2026.

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