App Attack #024: Apps to Monitor Data Usage
App Attack #024: Apps to Monitor Data Usage
App Attack #024: Apps to Monitor Data Usage
With the three telcos implementing data caps on their smartphone plans, it has become necessary to keep a closer watch on the amount of data your mobile device consumes. Here's a selection of apps that can help you do just that:
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Price: | Free | |
Category: | Utilities for iOS / Tools for Android | |
Platforms: | Apple iOS / Google Android (specific Android 4.0 devices only) | |
Besides being a data monitoring app, Onavo Extend goes a step further by minimizing your data usage (and your bills). Using data compression technology on Onavo's cloud servers, the app automatically compresses download data on your device. While iOS isers can view the data usage by each app on Onavo Extend, Android users have to download a separate free app, Onavo Count. |
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Price: | Free | |
Category: | Utilities for iOS / Tools for Android | |
Platforms: | Apple iOS / Google Android | |
You can track data usage across three areas, which are Mobile, Roaming and Wi-Fi. For the Mobile section, you fill in the details regarding the type of mobile plan you have - pay monthly or pay-as-you-go, the amount of free data bundled, and the date of your billing cycle. You also can create notifications to alert once you've hit the data limit, after which My Data Manager will disable the data connection. If you want a detailed breakdown of your data usage, My Data Manager presents it in three categories: month, day and hour. |
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Price: | Free | |
Category: | Utilities for iOS / Tools for Android | |
Platforms: | Apple iOS / BlackBerry / Google Android / Windows Mobile / Windows Phone 7 and above / Meego / Symbian QT | |
M1 customers can check service-related information such as re-contract eligibility and unbilled usage from the free My M1 app. Information presented under "My Usage" shows the estimated unbilled usage of calls/SMS/MMS/data from the customer's last bill cycle. |
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My SingTel App |
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Price: | Free | |
Category: | Utilities in iOS / Tools in Android | |
Platforms: | Apple iOS / Google Android | |
SingTel customers have access to the My SingTel app, which allows them to check their latest local and roaming data usage records on-the-go. Data usage records are updated once a day and may vary from the actual bill statement. Customers also can view their bills in PDF format. |
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Price: | Free | |
Category: | Utilities for iOS / Tools for Android | |
Platforms: | Apple iOS / Google Android | |
Using your Hub IDs, StarHub customers can login to My StarHub app to view billing details, check service contract expiry date, activate International Roaming service and of course, monitor their data usage. |
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