# CountThings from Photos — user reviews > 84 indexed App Store user reviews of CountThings from Photos by Dynamic Ventures, Inc., rated 3.80/5 from 152 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countthings-from-photos/id1196810823/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countthings-from-photos/id1196810823.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 89 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of CountThings from Photos? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎯 Highly accurate counting for most items - 🚀 Fast and efficient counting process - 📋 Extensive pre-built templates for various items - 🏷️ Labels each item individually with numbers - 💾 Saves photos for documentation and reference - 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface - ⚡ Reliable tool for inventory management - 🎨 Works well with diverse shapes and sizes - 🆓 Free guest access with limited counts - 🤝 Excellent customer service and support **Cons** - 💰 Extremely expensive pricing ($80-$160/month) - ❌ Frequently inaccurate counting results - 🔍 Struggles with partially hidden or overlapping items - 📐 Difficulty with depth perception in stacked items - 🎭 Fails with similar-shaped objects in same photo - ⚠️ Inconsistent performance across different scenarios - 🚫 Limited free trial (only 10 items) - 🔧 Manual counting feature has usability issues - 📸 Photo attachment issues on some devices - 💸 No tiered or educational pricing options **Commonly reported bugs** - Counts blank spaces or background areas incorrectly - Significant undercounting of small items (pills, nematodes) - Overcounting identical items dramatically (365 instead of 105) - Fails to count items consistently across photo rotations - Manual counter only counts 1 item regardless of input - Cannot detect items in screenshots of app demos - Counts corner boxes twice due to depth perception - Photo attachment not working on iPhone 13 - Inconsistent results with similar-colored objects **Most requested features** - Lower monthly subscription pricing ($20-30/month range) - One-time lifetime purchase option - Tiered pricing for occasional users - Educational discount or free trial for students - Postage stamp counting template - Better manual counting circle sizing before capture - Improved photo saving and organization features - Gold bar counting template - Higher free trial limit for evaluation ## Newest reviews (10 of 84) ### 3/5 — Best app out there *2025-08-06, version 2.242.0* This is THE BEST counting app out there. Has not missed a count yet. The only negative, it is extremely expensive. I just can’t afford it. ### 4/5 — いいアプリです *2024-08-02* 試用段階で新しくカウントテンプレートを作っていただいてかなり良い精度でカウントしてくれます！ 大幅な工数削減になりました。 ### 4/5 — Rev do *2024-06-18* Works extraordinarily with a fairly large variety of shapes & sizes. It circle’s each object and assigns a number to each. You could check yourself if doubt the count it gets. My only grip is the price. Using the app does not contribute to my business income, or any income. Too bad the hígh price excludes me from using freely. ### 2/5 — Overpriced . *2023-10-11, version 2.115.0* If you are looking for the most overpriced app, look no further. Otherwise works great. (Is there even a template to count gold bars?🤔🤔) ### 4/5 — Stamps please! *2023-06-07* Very impressive! Counted my pills perfectly where other apps couldn’t tell the difference between 15 and 4. Didn’t ask me for any money and let me use the app as a guest and it worked fine. Would love to see a template that counts postage stamps. I’ll try one of the other templates in the meantime. If it lets me count the stamps, I’ll be back to change my four stars to five. (It’s not letting me attach a photo in the request a template message area inside the app. I’m on an iPhone 13.) **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate it. To help us investigate the issue with attaching photos in the request a template message area, could you please email us a screenshot of the problem and any related messages? This will assist us in resolving the issue. Regarding counting postage stamps, you can try using the "Keyboard & Remotes ID:435" or "Packets ID:117" templates. Let us know if either of them works for your needs. Please contact us at support@CountThings.com with the details. We're here to assist you!" ### 5/5 — Best app *2023-01-29, version 2.98.0* For it to work good use good lighting ### 3/5 — Exceptional functionality exceptionally high price *2022-12-19* This app works great for what I need. $120 per month for 1 license seems a bit steep though. I’d pay $20 per month for this. Done using it at this point in time. ### 1/5 — Trash!!’n *2022-10-08, version 2.93.0* This is a bait and switch, they charge you and force you to use templates that don’t work. Very frustrating! ### 1/5 — Work good but… *2022-09-16, version 2.90.0* App works great actually but 100$ a month is completely insane what a joke ### 5/5 — It is one of the best counting apps I’ve ever used *2022-09-10, version 2.90.0* 10/10 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2025-12-13* This app is expensive and very inaccurate. I tried to use it for our annual inventory at the manufacturing plant I work at and while comparing the hand count and the app count the quantity off was very significant. More than 10% off. Do not waste your time or money on this app. **Developer response:** When the Counting Template is a correct match for your specific items and environment, the app is highly accurate and reliable for industrial inventory. Please contact our support team at support@countthings.com. We would be glad to look at your setup and work with you directly to ensure you get consistent, accurate results for your manufacturing plant's annual inventory. ### 1/5 — Expensive Monthly Fee *2025-08-07, version 2.242.0* $119/month, only rich company can afford it ### 1/5 — Money hungry flogs *2024-06-11, version 2.226* Not worth the money what a joke ### 1/5 — Extremely Inaccurate! *2024-05-02, version 2.225.0* Testing this app, I poured 105 identical pink pills into a white paper plate, took a photo inside the app, pressed “Count”, the app counted 365. Rotated photo 90°, then 180°, all three times, same count, 365. No point in testing further, or keeping this horribly inaccurate app. DELETED! ### 1/5 — Useless app - don’t waste your time *2024-04-23, version 2.225.0* I selected 20 different templates to do a simple count on the numbers of scabs on my head which are clearly visible - these appear after a hair transplant. No luck! Waste of time! ### 1/5 — Insane pricing *2024-04-01* As a digital creator I hoped up to use this app to count individual colors within designs and recommend it for friends to use however to have to pay $80+ to use it is absurd. I see that many people have had the same issues it’s a shame they still attempt to charge so much. ### 1/5 — Bummer *2023-12-28* I used another app that was equally as good that had a week license for less than this one charges for a day but I switched to this one not realizing it charged because it never asked me to pay until today and the prices are outrageous. I’d happily pay a fair price for a endless license but no I won’t be paying monthly to count pills 2 to 3 times a month. I won’t be recommending this app anymore. I’m hoping to see another pop up that isn’t trying to get rich over night. I just needed to count 3 separate pill bottles for my grandma but I’ll do it the old fashioned way that doesn’t cost a fortune.. don’t support these greedy people. **Developer response:** If you need to count pills, you can use the app for free to count pills once a day. In reality you can make a few counts if you are doing them within a very short time period, once a day. So if you need to count 3 separate pill bottles for your grandma , try to count all 3 bottes within short time and you will not be prompted to pay. ### 1/5 — This is absolutely rubbish ! *2023-08-27, version 2.112.0* Dont waste your money on it, it promises alot but delivers nothing. Tried to use it and it didnt work on anything. I even screen-shot the image of logs used in the demo and the app and couldnt count anything. Count total is always 1 🤣🤣🤣 It is lucky to get one star ! ### 1/5 — Manual counter *2023-04-21, version 2.105.0* They’ve ruined the manual counting. You can’t count with the right size circle. You can only change the size after the fact. Really bad. ### 1/5 — Great App - Too Expensive *2022-10-12, version 2.93.0* I would have bought this app but not at this price. I realize the developers put a lot is time into this app but it is definitely overpriced. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — so helpful *2026-04-27* Im so glad this app exists because I had to count a bag full of beans for biology class and obviously i wasnt gonna count all of that so im grateful for this app thank yew ### 5/5 — Amazing App! *2025-02-16* Out of all the counting apps I have tried this one is by far the most accurate and detailed! There’s SO many different templates to choose from, whether you’re counting medication, zigzag rebar, livestock, small organisms in a petri dish!?! Pretty much anything you could possibly imagine is there! It’s so quick and if it isn’t correct (rarely & in my experience only if there’s a very similar shape to the objects being counted also in the photo) there’s a very easy way to correct and guide it for the next count. Literally labels each individual item with it’s own number for legibility and accuracy. LOVE THIS APP. I get enough free counts as a guest to suit my needs which I also appreciate :3 Give this app a try if you haven’t and be wow-ed as well :3 ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-11-15* Great application. A real time saver. Very accurate in counting even the smallest of items. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Pipe counter *2024-10-03, version 2.227.0* Really reliable and helpful 10 out of 10! ### 5/5 — Perfect for steel inventory *2024-09-04* CountThings has been a life-saver for our company. Millions of pounds of steel of all sizes and shapes stacked in bundles on racks has been hugely expensive and problematic to count manually. With CountThings photo inventory we have a very reliable tool which incidentally saves proof of the count by tagging each item in a photo saved to a network folder. The photos are cross-referenced in the spreadsheet generated by the app. I couldn’t ask for more. The guys in the warehouse continue to offer new ideas on expanding use for picking, moving and shipping using the app. ### 5/5 — so great *2024-04-27* didnt ask for any money + counted perfectly Super fast and no bugs ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2024-03-02* I highly recommend this app. We do inventory ones a month at a saw mill, and ones it comes to counting logs. This is the absolute. Best tool to have to get an accurate count. Thanks count things your app rocks. ### 5/5 — Great for counting bolts *2023-12-29* Wish the app didn’t cost so much is the only down side of it! ### 5/5 — Hello world *2023-06-12* I have been trying to count the bristles on this silicon scrub brush and I won the bet by using this app. Thank you so much ### 5/5 — Very impressed *2023-05-22* This helped me count the houses on Google Maps so I didn’t have to do it manually. I see great potential in this app! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*