Comparison

Tally vs Pollmachine

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

Head to head
About

Tally

This app helps you track anything, from habits and medications to spending and moods. It offers customizable trackers, detailed statistics, and helpful reminders to identify patterns and achieve your goals. Integrates with Apple HealthKit for automatic tracking.

Highlights
  • Track anything (habits, money, symptoms, etc.)
  • Customizable trackers (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Progress statistics and pattern analysis
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Widget and Apple Watch support
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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TALLY is a simple tool to help you track absolutely anything. Some uses for TALLY: • Tracking habits • Tracking medications / vitamins • Daily planner / to-do list • Tracking daily/weekly/monthly spending • Budgeting or saving money • Pain journal • Symptom tracking • Mood tracking • Finding patterns in your life Whether you’re trying to track how many times you ate vegetables this week, how many cups of coffee you drank, or whether or not you took your vitamins today, TALLY can help you get where you want to go. With its simple and encouraging interface, logging activity is a delight. Each TALLY box will tell you the current tracker count and how long it's been since you last logged activity. Each tracker is fully customizable. Set your tracker to reset every day, week, month, year or never. Use TALLY's charts, calendars, and notes to analyze activity and detect any progress or patterns. The main screen will display all of your trackers. You can use a filter to display your trackers in a way that makes sense to you. TALLY is FREE for up to 3 trackers. For more than 3, upgrade to the Premium Version or subscribe to the Growth Bundle. TALLY Features: • Quick logging with a Widget and Apple Watch app • Enter custom values • Tracking on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or never basis • Easily view progress with statistics • Multiple reminders for each tracker • Fun color options let you customize your list • Easy to edit activities in the past • Backup to Dropbox and iCloud • Shortcuts and Siri Integration TALLY also integrates with Apple HealthKit. This lets you set and track tallies automatically based on your activity. Ex. if you want to track how many steps you take every day, our HealthKit integration will help you with this by attributing your steps data from HealthKit directly in the app. Building amazing new habits has never been easier! TALLY contains optional annual subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, for the chosen plan's price. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://kodeon.ai/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://kodeon.ai/terms-of-use

About

Pollmachine

Features
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Do you want to create a quick poll to get the opinion of your audience? With Pollmachine you can do exactly this, Pollmachine has also a website, so your audience is not needing the Pollmachine app to vote on your polls. First create a poll, you can decide if it's public or private. Private polls can be only access via the link and public polls can access by anybody using the explore tab in the app. You are also able to send an end date for the polls and a custom image that is displayed on the poll site.

Screenshots

Tally4 screens
Pollmachine3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pollmachine at none against Tally's 12. Pollmachine also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Tally sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pollmachine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tally versus Pollmachine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTallyPollmachine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (4.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKodeon, Inc.Manuel Schuler

Bugs and requests

Tally

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Tallies not syncing correctly across devices
  • Timestamp issues and incorrect date/time display
  • Inability to restore previous purchases
  • Broken or non-functional support/feedback channels

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit or remove individual tallies
  • Improved Apple Watch integration and complications
  • Export options for data backup and analysis
  • More color and customization options
  • Easier navigation and organization of tallies

Pollmachine

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tally

Subscriptions9
  • Tally Growth Bundle: Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription1 Year trial$14.991 Year
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  • Tally Growth Bundle: Yearly$18.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Tally Growth Bundle: Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-Time Upgrade$6.99
None

Pollmachine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pollmachine free?
Pollmachine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tally or Pollmachine have ads?
Neither Tally nor Pollmachine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tally or Pollmachine?
Tally ships an update every 2 months, and Pollmachine every 2 months. Most recently, Tally was updated on September 28, 2026 and Pollmachine on August 22, 2026.

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