Comparison

Usage Device Monitor 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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Data Remaining

Monitor your cellular and Wi-Fi data consumption with this app. It visualizes your usage, tracks both mobile and Wi-Fi, and allows for custom data plan configurations. Widgets provide at-a-glance information on your home and lock screens.

Highlights
  • Tracks mobile and Wi-Fi usage
  • Visualizes remaining data on a graph
  • Configurable data plan
  • Graphical display of traffic
  • Background updates
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
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

Usage Device Monitor4 screens
Data Remaining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Usage Device Monitor at 4.6 against Data Remaining's 4.1. Usage Device Monitor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (60% vs 32%). Data Remaining's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Usage Device Monitor sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Data Remaining sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Usage Device Monitor holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Usage Device Monitor has 3.9K ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Usage Device Monitor's written reviews are positive against 32% of Data Remaining's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Usage Device Monitor ships an update every 2 months, Data Remaining every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Usage Device Monitor versus Data Remaining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUsage Device MonitorData Remaining
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better4.1 (57 ratings)
Positive reviews60.3% of reviews — better32.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3.9K — better57
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleh StasulaRigato inc

Customer experience

Usage Device Monitor

All ratings3,852 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews292 reviews
Positive60.3%
Neutral11.6%
Negative28.1%

Data Remaining

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

Bugs and 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

Data Remaining

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Usage Device Monitor

One-time6
  • Compare UnlockFree
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Nice Surprise$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Massive Support$3.99
  • Usage Pro$3.99
  • Usage Pro$5.99
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 Usage Device Monitor free?
Usage Device Monitor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Data Remaining free?
Data Remaining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Usage Device Monitor or Data Remaining?
Usage Device Monitor is rated higher. Usage Device Monitor averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Data Remaining averages 4.1 from 57 ratings.
Do Usage Device Monitor or Data Remaining have ads?
Data Remaining shows ads; Usage Device Monitor does not.
Which is updated more often, Usage Device Monitor or Data Remaining?
Usage Device Monitor ships an update every 2 months, and Data Remaining every 6 days. Most recently, Usage Device Monitor was updated on November 6, 2026 and Data Remaining on November 6, 2026.

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