# Counter vs Text Workflow

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Counter at none against Text Workflow's 3. Counter also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Text Workflow's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (176 vs 29). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Text Workflow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Counter against 4.8 for Text Workflow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Workflow has 176 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Counter's written reviews are positive against 95% of Text Workflow's.

Counter ships an update every 32 months, Text Workflow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Counter | Text Workflow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.8 (29 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/counter-simply-count-things/id1099032159/reviews)** | [4.8 (176 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | 29 | **176** |
| Positive reviews | **100.0% of reviews** | 95.2% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | **No** | Yes |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | **Fortnightly** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Free with in-app purchases |
| Size | 3 MB | 32 MB |
| Requires iOS | **13.0** | 15.0 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Terence Williams](https://appshunter.io/developer/666980896) | [Georgios Trigonakis](https://appshunter.io/developer/439577899) |

## What reviewers say

### Counter

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/counter-simply-count-things/id1099032159)

A straightforward tally counter designed for quick and easy tracking of any items. Its large tap area allows for effortless counting without needing to constantly view your screen. The app automatically saves your progress and offers options to clear or undo counts.

**Highlights:** Large tap targets, Increase and decrease count, Autosaves tally, Clear and undo functionality, No ads

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


### Text Workflow

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-workflow-clean-any-text/id1623230250)

Automate repetitive text editing tasks with a powerful yet user-friendly tool. Create custom workflows by combining over 45 transformation actions to format, clean, and convert text. All processing is done on-device for enhanced security and privacy.

**Highlights:** Combine transformation actions, Save and reuse workflows, Over 45 text transformation actions, On-device processing, JSON, CSV, YAML conversion, URL and Base64 encoding/decoding, Shortcuts integration

**Features:** Family Sharing, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $0.99 | per month |
| Text Workflow Full Access | $6.99 | per year |
| Lifetime Premium | $17.99 | one-time |

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Adds significant functionality to Shortcuts
- 💡 Powerful text manipulation and data conversion
- 👍 Excellent for testing Regex patterns
- 👍 Incredibly useful and handy
- 👍 Magic in your pocket

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Family sharing for subscription not enabled
- 🐛 Free plan has a 100-character limit
- 🐛 Restore purchase doesn't work
- 🐛 Last update broke Shortcuts
- 🐛 Redirecting behavior in Shortcuts even without using the action

**Reported bugs**

- Last update broke Shortcuts
- Shortcuts open the app and stop instead of returning data
- Error message when selecting a workflow in Shortcuts action
- Restore purchase doesn't work

**Requested features**

- Support for family sharing for subscriptions
- Support for more languages
- Ability to convert VB code to C#
- Ability to change AI models (e.g., 16K ChatGPT, 32K GPT-4)
- Ability to alter AI temperature settings, top-p, top-K, frequency penalties, token limit, stop sequence


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Counter free?

Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Text Workflow free?

Text Workflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Which has better reviews, Counter or Text Workflow?

Counter is rated higher. Counter averages 4.8 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Text Workflow averages 4.8 from 176 ratings.

### Do Counter or Text Workflow have ads?

Neither Counter nor Text Workflow shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Counter or Text Workflow?

Counter ships an update every 32 months, and Text Workflow fortnightly. Most recently, Counter was updated on October 13, 2026 and Text Workflow on October 18, 2026.

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