Data Usage Cat vs Data Remaining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Data Usage Cat
This app helps you monitor your smartphone's data usage with a cute cat interface. It tracks cellular and Wi-Fi data, automatically resets on your bill cycle date, and displays key statistics through the cat's expressions. Stay within your data limits with this easy-to-use utility.
- Cat-themed data usage tracking
- Cellular and Wi-Fi monitoring
- Automatic bill cycle reset
- Background tracking
- View past usage by bill cycle
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You know cat and smartphone are the most important factor in your life. So, cat be discouraged if your smartphone will be busting your data cap. DataUsageCat tells you your data cap with four cat's expression. DataUsageCat help you to be good habit that check within limits your data. Cute design. Cat gives the key statistics you need most in an setaria meter and cat's expression. It's so easy to track your data usage. Tracking in background. Your usage statistics are retrieved automatically from iOS. No more operation after installed DataUsageCat. Additional features include: ・ Track cellular (LTE/3G) and Wi-Fi ・ Auto reset on bill cycle date ・ View past usage by bill cycle ・ Work with all carriers
Data Remaining
Monitor your mobile and Wi-Fi data consumption with this app. Set your monthly plan and reset day to visualize usage patterns and carry over unused data. Get real-time insights with graphical displays and a home screen widget.
- Tracks mobile and Wi-Fi usage
- Graphical display of traffic
- Customizable data reset day
- Carryover remaining data
- Home screen widget
- Background updates
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Data Remaining is an app that tracks your data usage. Just set your monthly data plan, and the app will automatically monitor your usage. Features - Visualizes your remaining data on a graph - Tracks both mobile and Wi-Fi usage - Graphical display of hourly and daily traffic - Configurable data plan - Choose your data reset day from 1st to 31st - Carryover settings (supports per-carrier rules such as 100 MB increments) - Keeps a history of past usage - Background updates (note: not available if the app is force-closed) - Widgets (Home Screen and Lock Screen) - Remove the ad banner with an in-app purchase Data Remaining PRO (subscription) - Forecasts your data usage to month-end and shows a pace indicator (on-track / over-pace) - Medium Home Screen widget (usage trend, forecast, pace) - Lock Screen widgets (days remaining, today's and this month's usage by Wi-Fi and cellular) - Removes the ad banner Note This app measures data based on records stored on your device. The numbers may differ from your carrier's official usage data. Please use the app with this in mind. Terms of Use (EULA): https://rigato.co.jp/giga/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://rigato.co.jp/giga/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Data Usage Cat at none against Data Remaining's 4. Data Usage Cat also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (56% vs 32%). Data Remaining's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Data Remaining sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Data Usage Cat asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Data Usage Cat against 4.1 for Data Remaining. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Data Remaining has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Data Usage Cat's written reviews are positive against 32% of Data Remaining's.
Data Usage Cat ships an update every 3 weeks, Data Remaining every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Data Usage Cat | Data Remaining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.1 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.9% of reviews — better | 32.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JchanKchan | Rigato inc |
Customer experience
Data Usage Cat
Data Remaining
In-app purchases
Data Usage Cat
No in-app purchases
Data Remaining
- Giga PRO Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Giga PRO Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Remove Ad Banner$2.99
- Giga PRO Lifetime$14.99
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