In this study, two metal-coated fiber Bragg grating (MCFBG) sensors and one bare FBG sensorwere embedded into a cross-ply and a quasi-isotropic-ply laminated composite material tomonitor the property changes of the material during the curing process. Thereafter, the embedded metal-coated and bare FBG were used to calculate the residual curing strain of thecomposite by monitoring the spectrum variations and to make residual strain comparisons in thevarious laminated locations between cross-ply laminates and quasi-isotropic-ply laminates. Thisis a subject of research that has not yet been investigated. The spectra of the metal-coated andbare FBG sensors shift and become deformed during the curing process. This phenomenon iscaused by residual strain during composite curing. According to the experimental results, theresidual axial strain of the cross-ply laminate-layer with a ZrN-coated sensor was reduced by2.742% compared to that of the cross-ply laminate-layer with a bare FBG sensor, while that of thecross-ply laminate-layer with a CrN-coated sensor was reduced by 3.624%. The residual axialstrain of the quasi-isotropic-ply laminate-layer with a ZrN-coated sensor was reduced by 7.553%compared to that of the quasi-isotropic-ply laminate-layer with the bare FBG sensor, while that ofthe quasi-isotropic-ply laminate-layer with a CrN-coated sensor was reduced by8.025%.Therefore, the reduced axial residual strain is more pronounced in the quasi-isotropic-plylaminates than in the cross-ply laminates. We also found that the bare FBG sensors without ametal coating have a greater degree of curvature than the MCFBG sensors, which have a metalcoating. The metal coating on the MCFBG sensor has a good protective effect that can extend theservice life of the sensor. In summary, the effective performance of an FBG sensor coated withnitride thin films has been demonstrated in this study