Comparison

AgentHeadroom vs AI Usage Limits

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

Head to head
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AgentHeadroom

Features
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Headroom for your agent quota. AgentHeadroom reads the usage limits on the AI accounts you already have, shows how fast you are spending them, and keeps the numbers current on the Lock Screen, in widgets, on iPad and in your Mac's menu bar — without opening anything. REFRESHED FROM ANYWHERE Each of these refreshes, and updates the widgets and the Live Activity: • A Control Center button, even when locked • A Lock Screen button, the Action button, Siri or a Shortcut • Automations: when you open Claude, ChatGPT or Codex, when the device goes on charge, or at a time of day • The refresh button on a widget, or the Live Activity's arrow, which can start the Live Activity with the app closed • On its own in the background, as often as iOS allows ON THE LOCK SCREEN, WITH THE APP CLOSED A Live Activity counts your five-hour window down to the second, with the spend it was last read at and how fast it is moving — and says so when the window resets. WHAT IT SHOWS • Every window at once — five-hour, weekly, and per-model — as a ring • Whether you are on pace, ahead, or burning, measured against the clock • A projection: at this rate, do you run out before the window resets? • Usage credits, in money • Counted from either end: what you have used, or what is left • Notifications for a threshold crossed, a reset ahead of schedule, and a session that needs signing in again WIDGETS Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets, and Lock Screen widgets, each on the account you choose. IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC One purchase for all three. On iPad: a readable column, every orientation, Split View and Slide Over. On the Mac: a menu bar item, a menu and desktop widgets. Turn on Share accounts with the Mac and your accounts arrive there through your iCloud Keychain — the Mac never signs in. Turn on Wake from Mac and the Mac nudges the phone the moment usage moves. FREE, AND PRO Free is one account with every feature. Pro adds as many accounts as you like, and accounts you already have keep working whatever happens: • AgentHeadroom Pro (Lifetime) — $14.99, paid once • AgentHeadroom Pro (Annual) — $7.99 a year, auto-renewing PRIVACY AgentHeadroom collects nothing. It has no server to collect it with. • Your usage numbers, and nothing else. Your conversations, your prompts and your code are never requested and never seen. • Your sign-in stays on this device, in the iOS Keychain, and never syncs or migrates from a backup. With Share accounts with the Mac on, it is kept in your iCloud Keychain instead — end-to-end encrypted, readable on your devices only, never seen by us — until you turn sharing off. • There is no AgentHeadroom account. No server, no sign-up. Two things go through Apple's iCloud, both yours to switch off: the sign-ins you share, in your iCloud Keychain, and while Wake from Mac is on, a one-line nudge from your Mac in your own iCloud account that says usage moved and carries no reading. • No analytics, no ads, no crash reporter. • Deleting an account erases its session, its readings and its history straight away. • You can check all of this. Point a network proxy at your phone and watch — the only hosts AgentHeadroom ever contacts are the providers whose accounts you added. AgentHeadroom is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any AI provider. Provider names appear only as labels for accounts you added yourself. TERMS Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. AgentHeadroom Pro (Annual) is a $7.99 auto-renewing subscription with a term of one year. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. AgentHeadroom Pro (Lifetime) is a one-time purchase of $14.99 and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://thirdvantage.com/eula/ Privacy Policy: https://thirdvantage.com/privacy-policy/

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AI Usage Limits

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See how much of your AI allowance you have used, and when it resets, without opening a single dashboard. Every provider hides your remaining quota somewhere different. AI Usage Limits puts them on one screen — and on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. SUPPORTED SERVICES • Claude — session (5-hour) and weekly windows • ChatGPT / Codex — rate-limit windows • Grok — credit usage • Cursor — plan usage • OpenRouter — credit limit and balance WIDGETS • All Providers — everything you have connected, at a glance • Single Provider — one service in full detail, with reset times • Home Screen and Lock Screen sizes, including inline and circular • Every widget shows when it last updated, and flags stale figures rather than passing them off as current TRY IT FIRST Not ready to connect an account? Turn on sample data during setup or in Settings and the app fills itself — dashboard and widgets — with made-up figures so you can see exactly what you would get. BUILT TO BE BORING ABOUT YOUR DATA • No account, no server, no analytics, no ads, no tracking • You sign in on each provider's own page in Safari — the app never sees your password • Credentials are stored in your device Keychain and sent only to the provider they belong to • The app asks for the narrowest access it can. Its Claude token can read your usage and cannot send prompts or spend your allowance • "Delete all data" removes every credential, cached figure and preference from your device • About → Privacy & connections lists exactly what each service is asked for FREE AND OPEN SOURCE No ads, no subscription, no paid tier. The whole app is on GitHub — read exactly what it does and what it sends. PLEASE NOTE This is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Anysphere or OpenRouter. Except for OpenRouter, it reads usage endpoints those companies have not documented, so a service can change and temporarily stop reporting. Figures are indicative — your provider's own dashboard is authoritative, and you should not rely on this app for billing decisions.

Screenshots

AgentHeadroom4 screens
AI Usage Limits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Usage Limits at none against AgentHeadroom's 2. AgentHeadroom's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. AgentHeadroom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. AI Usage Limits asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AgentHeadroom ships an update every 3 days, AI Usage Limits every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
AgentHeadroom versus AI Usage Limits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgentHeadroomAI Usage Limits
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThird Vantage LLCGeorgios Stavropoulos

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AgentHeadroom

Subscriptions1
  • Pro, yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro, forever$14.99
None

AI Usage Limits

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AgentHeadroom free?
AgentHeadroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Usage Limits free?
AI Usage Limits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AgentHeadroom or AI Usage Limits have ads?
Neither AgentHeadroom nor AI Usage Limits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AgentHeadroom or AI Usage Limits?
AgentHeadroom ships an update every 3 days, and AI Usage Limits every 8 days. Most recently, AgentHeadroom was updated on October 11, 2026 and AI Usage Limits on October 7, 2026.

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