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NetworkUsageView vs Data Monitor: catalog facts
NetworkUsageView	Data Monitor
Best for: Finding which Windows applications have used the most network data	Best for: Android users on a capped mobile data plan
Free Freeware from NirSoft with no paid tier.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows	Android
Shows historical data use per app and per user Summary modes by app, user or both All 4 strengths for NetworkUsageView Shows historical data use per app and per user Summary modes by app, user or both Reads databases from external drives and remote computers Command-line export with selectable columns	Per-app data usage statistics Separate tracking of mobile and Wi-Fi data All 4 strengths for Data Monitor Per-app data usage statistics Separate tracking of mobile and Wi-Fi data Widgets and notification for quick checks Available on Google Play and GitHub
Works only on Windows 8, 10 and 11 Data is recorded hourly, not in real time All 3 limitations for NetworkUsageView Works only on Windows 8, 10 and 11 Data is recorded hourly, not in real time Remote loading works only when the database file is not locked	Android only Releases are less frequent than in its early years
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License: Freeware	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for NetworkUsageView nirsoft.net/utils/network_usage_view.html Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Data Monitor github.com/itsdrnoob/DataMonitor f-droid.org/packages/com.drnoob.datamonitor Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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