Comparison

Data Usage Cat vs Data Remaining

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Cat-themed data usage tracking
  • Cellular and Wi-Fi monitoring
  • Automatic bill cycle reset
  • Background tracking
  • View past usage by bill cycle
Features
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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

About

Data Remaining

Monitor your cellular and Wi-Fi data usage with this app. It tracks your consumption against your plan's data cap and renewal date, offering alerts and detailed charts. Customize for various carriers or enter your own plan details.

Highlights
  • Track cellular and Wi-Fi usage separately
  • Set custom plan renewal days
  • Receive data usage alerts
  • View hourly and daily usage charts
  • Support for various carrier plans and eSIMs
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
Features
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Data Remaining shows how much mobile data you have left before your plan renews. Pick your carrier's plan, set your renewal day, and the app tracks your cellular and Wi-Fi usage automatically. No account needed. Made for plans with a data cap, such as prepaid plans and travel eSIMs. Ready-made plans for US prepaid carriers Choose your plan from presets for Mint Mobile, Cricket Wireless, Verizon Prepaid, T-Mobile Prepaid, Boost Mobile, Google Fi, Tello, and AT&T Prepaid. Plans from Japanese carriers and travel eSIMs are included too, or enter any data cap and renewal day yourself. Not sure which plan you have? Start with a temporary 20 GB monthly plan and change it anytime. Features - See your remaining data as a big number and a chart - Track cellular and Wi-Fi usage separately - Hourly and daily usage charts. Tap a bar to see its breakdown, including data used by devices on your Personal Hotspot - Monthly plans with any renewal day from the 1st to the 31st - Plans that expire after a set number of days, such as travel eSIMs - Carryover rules, including per-carrier rules such as 100 MB increments - Track add-on data you buy, with its own expiration - Alerts at 50%, 80%, and 90% used, and on renewal day - History of past periods, with overage, expired data, carryover, add-on purchases, and the day your data ran out - Adjust usage by hand to match your carrier's number - Open your carrier's website or app to check your official balance - Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, with an option to show the days left until your plan renews - Apple Watch app and watch face complications - Works on iPhone and iPad - Background updates (not available if the app is force-closed) - Turn off usage analytics in Settings - Review and share diagnostic information to help investigate issues Data Remaining PRO (subscription or one-time purchase) - Forecast your usage through your next renewal or plan end, with a pace indicator (on track / over pace) - iCloud Sync: pick up where you left off on a new phone, and see remaining data combined across your iPhone and iPad - Medium and Large Home Screen widgets for remaining data, with the forecast and your pace. Large adds a guide line for making your data last - Extra-large widgets on iPad, and extra-tall widgets on iOS 27 - Cellular and Wi-Fi usage widgets in Small, Medium, and Large, with hourly bars for today and daily bars for this month - Lock Screen widgets (days left, and today's and this month's cellular and Wi-Fi usage) - Apple Watch usage summary and usage complications - No ads Tip Open the app regularly for more detailed usage records. Check your remaining data at a glance from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Note This app measures data from records stored on your device, so the numbers may differ from your carrier's official usage. Please use the app with this in mind.

Screenshots

Data Usage Cat4 screens
Data Remaining4 screens

Verdict

The call

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 (57 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 57 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Data Usage Cat ships an update every 3 weeks, Data Remaining every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Data Usage Cat versus Data Remaining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterData Usage CatData Remaining
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.1 (57 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.9% of reviews — better32.4% of reviews
Number of ratings157 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJchanKchanRigato inc

Customer experience

Data Usage Cat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive55.9%
Neutral8.8%
Negative35.3%

Data Remaining

All ratings57 ratings
Positive75.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive32.4%
Neutral16.2%
Negative51.4%

In-app purchases

None

Data Usage Cat

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Data Remaining

Subscriptions2
  • Giga PRO Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Giga PRO Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ad Banner$2.99
  • Giga PRO Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Data Usage Cat free?
Data Usage Cat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Data Remaining free?
Data Remaining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Data Usage Cat or Data Remaining?
Data Remaining is rated higher. Data Usage Cat averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Data Remaining averages 4.1 from 57 ratings.
Do Data Usage Cat or Data Remaining have ads?
Data Remaining shows ads; Data Usage Cat does not.
Which is updated more often, Data Usage Cat or Data Remaining?
Data Usage Cat ships an update every 3 weeks, and Data Remaining every 6 days. Most recently, Data Usage Cat was updated on November 1, 2026 and Data Remaining on November 6, 2026.

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