Data Monitors vs DataMeter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Data Monitors
Monitor your mobile data usage with this simple iPhone app. It provides timely alerts to prevent overuse and features a clear, visual interface with customizable notification colors. Track your data consumption easily to stay within your limits.
- Mobile traffic monitoring
- Data usage alerts
- Customizable notification colors
- Clear visual interface
- Minimal memory usage
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An app to monitor mobile traffic, specially designed for iPhone ; Particularly, smallest size of memory; Returning used data traffic timely to avoid overuse; Simple notification plugin, mixed with red、orange and green display options，accompanied by blue time axis； Amazingly succinct UI and easy to operate； Pretty clear to know the usage, with ultimate visual experience.
DataMeter
Monitor your mobile cellular and WiFi data usage in real-time with a lightweight widget. View usage directly on your lock screen or notification center, and quickly toggle cellular data on/off. Get precise, up-to-the-minute data tracking to help save money and manage your data consumption effectively.
- Real-time data usage monitoring
- Lock screen and notification center widget
- Quick toggle for cellular data
- Monthly data usage summary charts
- Accurate, up-to-the-minute data tracking
- Automatic unit adaptation (B, M, G)
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Lightweight dataflow monitor widget, fast, cool, Power, save money, clear without delay, Precision, monitoring mobile cellular(2G, 3G, 4G),WiFi data usage! √ Fast: lock screen, drop-down screen, Notification Center direct view real-time traffic data usage. √ Cool: Click the cellular traffic areas in Notification Center , to open or close the mobile cellular switch. √ Power:: no running in the background. √ Clear: the cellular network (2G, 3G, 4G、5G、5.5G) /WiFi, real-time dataflow traffic, monthly summary charts clearly show. √ Precision: My dataflow is accurate to the present time, without delay, the data unit Byte, automatic adaptation B, M, G units.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Data Monitors at none against DataMeter's shown. Data Monitors also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 55%). DataMeter's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 Monitors sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and DataMeter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Data Monitors against 3.7 for DataMeter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DataMeter has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Data Monitors's written reviews are positive against 55% of DataMeter's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Data Monitors | DataMeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better | 3.7 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丹 罗 | 泽辉 王 |
Customer experience
Data Monitors
DataMeter
In-app purchases
Data Monitors
- "Liquid"$0.99
- "Radioactive"$0.99
- "Line"$0.99
DataMeter
- Permanently Remove ads$0.99
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