Data Usage Cat vs Usage Device Monitor
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
Usage Device Monitor
Monitor your device's data usage, network speed, memory, and storage with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Get detailed hardware specifications and compare them with other models. Enjoy a simple, intuitive design with no subscriptions.
- Data usage tracking (monthly and daily)
- Real-time network connection monitoring
- Memory allocation by category
- Storage usage
- Battery graph
- Device hardware specifications
- Customizable home and lock screen widgets
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Usage is a tool to monitor your device's activity, data usage, connection speed, and more. It comes with 21 Home Screen widgets, fully customizable Super widgets, and new Lock Screen widgets! √ Main features: - Monthly and daily Data usage tracking - Real-time Network Connection monitoring, with Receiving and Sending speed - Precise Memory allocation by four categories - Storage usage - Battery Graph - Detailed specification about the device's hardware - The widgets! Beautiful and fully customizable. √ Extra features: - List of current network interfaces with details and IP addresses - Different appearance colors and app icons - Custom ordering - Compare your device's specification with any other iPhone or iPad model ever made - Old-style iOS 13 widgets (not available with iOS 18). √ No subscriptions! √ Simple, intuitive, and modern design. √ Built with SwiftUI! √ Thousands of users love the app. You might fall in love with it too!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Usage Device Monitor at 4.6 against Data Usage Cat's 4.0. Usage Device Monitor also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 1). Data Usage Cat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Usage Device Monitor sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Data Usage Cat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Usage Device Monitor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Usage Device Monitor has 3.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Data Usage Cat's written reviews are positive against 60% of Usage Device Monitor's.
Data Usage Cat ships an update every 3 weeks, Usage Device Monitor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Data Usage Cat | Usage Device Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.9% of reviews | 60.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JchanKchan | Oleh Stasula |
Customer experience
Data Usage Cat
Usage Device Monitor
Bugs and requests
Data Usage Cat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Usage Device Monitor
Reported bugs
4 issues- Spec, Config, and About tabs not working
- Widgets not updating frequently
- Widgets not displaying data correctly
- App crashing when changing color theme
Requested features
5 requests- Add real-time connection and network speed widget
- Improve data usage tracking and reporting
- Add thermal state monitoring
- Combine current and previous version into one app
- Allow setting data limits and alerts
In-app purchases
Data Usage Cat
No in-app purchases
Usage Device Monitor
- Compare UnlockFree
- Kind Tip$0.99
- Nice Surprise$1.99
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- Massive Support$3.99
- Usage Pro$3.99
- Usage Pro$5.99
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