Count How Many vs Grid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Count How Many
Test your counting speed and focus in this arcade game. Drag to rotate and count 3D shapes, with increasing difficulty as you progress. Compete globally or with friends on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Rotate and count 3D shapes
- Increasing difficulty
- Global leaderboards
- GameCenter friend challenges
- 12 unique achievements
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Flex your counting speed and your focus in Count How Many. Drag across the screen to rotate and count the 3D shapes you see on the screen as fast as you can. Get rewarded for your speed, but make one mistake, and it's Game Over. Can you Count How Many? The more rounds you beat, the more objects you'll have to count. Soon enough, shapes will be moving or fading in and out of the screen, making it even more difficult to count the right number. Test your counting ability against the world in the global leaderboards. Or, get personal and challenge your GameCenter friends. Compete to find out if they can beat your score or match your achievements. See if you can get all 12 unique GameCenter achievements!
Grid
This puzzle game challenges players to strategically place blocks to form complete horizontal and vertical lines. Clear lines to prevent the screen from filling up, offering an easy-to-learn yet challenging experience.
- Unique and simple gameplay
- Easy to learn
- Fun to master
- Create and destroy full lines
- Avoid filling the screen
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Grid! is an engaging puzzle game with a very unique and simple gameplay. The easy to learn and fun to master gameplay makes Grid! the perfect mobile puzzle game. Simply drop blocks to create and destroy full lines both vertically and horizontally and avoid letting the blocks fill the screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Count How Many at 5.0 against Grid's 4.4. Count How Many also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Grid's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Grid sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Count How Many asks for nothing beyond the download.
Count How Many holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grid has 126 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Count How Many's written reviews are positive against 66% of Grid's.
Count How Many ships an update every 9 months, Grid fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Count How Many | Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better | 4.4 (126 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 65.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 126 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluca Capraro | Steven Cravotta |
Customer experience
Count How Many
Grid
In-app purchases
Count How Many
No in-app purchases
Grid
- 5 Tile Swaps$0.99
- 3 Bombs$1.99
- 15 Tile Swaps$1.99
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- Remove Ads$1.99
- 10 Bombs$2.99
