Comparison

Status Bar Studio vs Monish

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

Head to head
About

Status Bar Studio

Easily edit screenshot status bars to ensure consistency in time, signal, and battery. This tool allows you to clean up and customize your screenshots before sharing, while preserving the original image quality.

Highlights
  • Edit time, signal, and battery in screenshots
  • Preserve original image pixels
  • Remove location indicators
  • Compare before and after edits
  • Export at original size
  • On-device processing
Features
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Clean up screenshot status bars before you share, publish, or present them. Set a consistent time, signal, Wi-Fi, and battery while preserving every pixel below the status bar. Remove location indicators and return-to-app labels, compare Before and After, and export a new PNG at original size. Status Bar Studio imports a full-size screenshot from Photos or Files and processes it entirely on device. SUPPORTED IPHONE SCREENSHOTS The app supports full-size PNG and JPEG screenshots with these exact model families and pixel dimensions: - 1170 × 2532 — iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 13, 13 Pro, 14, and 17e - 1284 × 2778 — iPhone 12 Pro Max, 13 Pro Max, and 14 Plus - 1179 × 2556 — iPhone 14 Pro, 15, 15 Pro, and 16 - 1206 × 2622 — iPhone 16 Pro, 17, 17 Pro, and 18 Pro - 1260 × 2736 — iPhone Air - 1290 × 2796 — iPhone 14 Pro Max, 15 Plus, 15 Pro Max, and 16 Plus - 1320 × 2868 — iPhone 16 Pro Max, 17 Pro Max, and 18 Pro Max Compatible dimensions are recognized automatically. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max share screenshot sizes with earlier models; the app reads the status-bar layout to tell them apart and asks only when unsure. Some supported models support iOS 26 and iOS 27 styles: Auto matches each screenshot (iOS 27 when unsure), or choose one yourself. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max use iOS 27. Unmodified, full-size screenshots work best; Display Zoom, cropping, or resizing can produce unsupported dimensions. Duo supports inner and outer screens in portrait and landscape. Layouts match by size; missing or uncertain status bars are kept or flagged. Custom controls depend on layout. START FREE - Preview every style before export - Export White or Black status bars with the free 9:41, 100% battery preset - Keep exporting the free preset without a watermark or size reduction CONTROL THE DETAILS - Normalize the displayed signal and Wi-Fi - Set a custom time and choose 12-hour or 24-hour format with Pro - Adjust battery level, glyph tone, color, and style - Review complex backgrounds and keep the original status bar when needed WORK FASTER WITH PRO - Export with Seamless, Frosted, Gradient, and Color styles - Set any supported time, clock format, and battery level - Apply one preset to batches of up to 50 screenshots - Batch presets skip locked items - Review flagged items individually - Save and resume single-image edits and batch workspaces on your device CHOOSE HOW TO GO PRO - Pro Monthly is an auto-renewable monthly subscription - Pro Annual is an auto-renewable annual subscription - Pro Lifetime is a one-time purchase with no recurring subscription charge Same Apple Account: Pro works on iPhone and Mac. Images and workspaces stay local and do not sync automatically. Monthly and Annual renew automatically unless canceled. Pro Lifetime permanently unlocks Pro for a one-time charge. Prices and eligible offers for Monthly and Annual subscriptions are shown by the App Store before purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account, and use Restore Purchases in the app to recover an eligible purchase. EXPORT YOUR WAY Save the finished PNG to Photos or Files, or send it through the iOS share sheet. Your source screenshot is never overwritten. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Screenshots are processed on your device. Status Bar Studio has no account, image upload, ads, analytics, tracking, or generative AI. Subscription and Lifetime purchases are handled by Apple through the App Store. Status Bar Studio edits imported image files only. It does not change your iPhone's live system status bar or capture the screen in the background. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://peterjiajunzhang.github.io/StatusBarStudioCom/privacy/

About

Monish

Features
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Your agents, live on your lock screen. Paste one line into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, n8n or any script and it can send pushes, live progress and yes/no questions to your iPhone. No account, no SDK, nothing to install on your computer. Monish creates a private key on this iPhone. The line you paste carries it, and your agent reads the rest by itself. What lands on your iPhone Progress, live. A Live Activity on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, updated in place: tests 412 of 440, step 3 of 5, a countdown. Your agent can add a Stop button. Questions. Your agent asks before it deploys, sends or spends. Tap Approve or Deny on the lock screen, or type a reply in the app. A question left unanswered expires as a no. Results. One notification when the work lands, with the figures that matter. Failures show in red. Numbers. Two to four figures, such as signups, revenue or tests passed, kept live on the lock screen if your agent wants. How it works 1. Install Monish. It creates a private key for this iPhone. 2. Copy the line from the app and paste it into your agent. 3. Your agent sends a first ping. From then on, it reaches you when it matters. Not just for code Ask your agent to watch a price and ping you when it drops, to brief you at 7 with meetings and weather, or to ask before it sends a reply to your landlord. If it can run a command, it can reach your iPhone. Quiet by default Agents follow a short guide that tells them to ping for results, failures and decisions, not for every step. A long run stays on one live card instead of twenty notifications. Quiet hours keep pings silent at night, and failures can still ring. Private by design No name, no email, no phone number. What your agents send is kept 48 hours on our server so the app can catch up on a missed notification, then deleted. Answers are kept 24 hours. Your feed lives on your iPhone. Anonymous analytics and crash reports only: no ads, no tracking. Free No subscription, no in-app purchase, no ads. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, n8n, cron jobs, CI pipelines and any script that can run curl. Monish is an independent app, not affiliated with the makers of these tools. Requires iOS 17.2 or later. Live Activities in the Dynamic Island need an iPhone with a Dynamic Island. Support: monish.cc/support Privacy: monish.cc/privacy

Screenshots

Status Bar Studio4 screens
Monish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monish at none against Status Bar Studio's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Status Bar Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Monish asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Status Bar Studio ships an update every 9 days, Monish every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Status Bar Studio versus Monish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStatus Bar StudioMonish
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIAJUN ZHANGMARIUS LABS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Status Bar Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Status Bar Studio Pro Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Status Bar Studio Pro$19.99
None

Monish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Status Bar Studio free?
Status Bar Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monish free?
Monish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Status Bar Studio or Monish have ads?
Neither Status Bar Studio nor Monish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Status Bar Studio or Monish?
Status Bar Studio ships an update every 9 days, and Monish every 6 days. Most recently, Status Bar Studio was updated on November 10, 2026 and Monish on November 10, 2026.

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