Comparison

Counters 2 vs SimpleTally

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Counters 2

Track personal goals and objectives with customizable counters. Visualize progress over time with insightful graphs and easily correct past entries. Ideal for monitoring habits, achievements, or any quantifiable activity.

Highlights
  • Create custom counters with icons
  • Define targets and tracking periods
  • Visualize progress with graphs
  • Edit past entries
  • Real-time recalculations
Features
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Counters let you track everything that is important to you, and see how you respect your objectives and goals over time ! - Create your own counters with nice icons - Define your targets (or not) - Define a tracking period (day, week, month) - Exclusive : See how you perform over time with nice graphs - Exclusive : Change old values in case of errors or forgetting Examples : - Eat at least 5 fruits and vegetables per day - Do not smoke more than 3 cigarettes a day - Go twice a week at the swimming pool - Track my kids sickness - Count my sport achievements - Etc. You can modify your counters and everything is recalculated in real time ! And most important : see how you respect your objectives over time, only this app let you track that ! New improvements soon : iCloud sync, Apple watch app, ... Stay tuned!

About

SimpleTally

This utility app allows you to easily track multiple counts simultaneously with a unique linking feature. Navigate counts with simple gestures and customize your experience with themes and feedback options. Share your results effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Tap to count up, swipe down to count down
  • Unlimited counters
  • Link counters together
  • Customizable counter themes
  • Haptic and audio feedback
  • Prevent display sleep
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SimpleTally is an easy to use tally counter with a twist. What's the twist? You can link counters together so you can count multiple things at the same time. Keep your eyes on what you're counting and not on your device with simple counting gestures. It's available for your iPhone or iPad. Key Features: - Simple intuitive interface, just tap to count up and swipe down to count down. - Unlimited counters - Supports dark mode - Counter color themes - Create up or down counters with initial value, step size, and reset value - Lock counter to avoid value being changed - Create one-way links between counters so that changing one changes them all - Easily share results with others for a single counter or all counters - Simple reset of a single counter or all counters - Enable haptic feedback on supported devices - Enable audio feedback with tap sound or voice - Enable to prevent display from sleeping when SimpleTally is active - No ads to interrupt your experience

Screenshots

Counters 24 screens
SimpleTally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimpleTally at 100% against Counters 2's 53%. SimpleTally also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Counters 2's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Counters 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SimpleTally asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimpleTally holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Counters 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of SimpleTally's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counters 2 ships an update every 20 months, SimpleTally every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Counters 2 versus SimpleTally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounters 2SimpleTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (7 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings718 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBegoodiDouglas Robison

Customer experience

Counters 2

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive53.5%
Neutral18.6%
Negative27.9%

SimpleTally

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Counters 2

One-time1
  • unlimited counters$1.99
None

SimpleTally

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Counters 2 free?
Counters 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SimpleTally free?
SimpleTally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Counters 2 or SimpleTally?
SimpleTally is rated higher. Counters 2 averages 2.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while SimpleTally averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Counters 2 or SimpleTally have ads?
Neither Counters 2 nor SimpleTally shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Counters 2 or SimpleTally?
Counters 2 ships an update every 20 months, and SimpleTally every 3 weeks. Most recently, Counters 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and SimpleTally on October 24, 2026.

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