Comparison

Counter vs Day Dial

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

Head to head
About

Counter

Easily create and manage counters for anything you want to track. Monitor progress with custom goals, detailed statistics, and interactive home screen widgets. Export your change history as a CSV file.

Highlights
  • Create and manage custom counters
  • Set custom goals for each counter
  • Track progress with detailed graphs
  • Export history as CSV
  • Organize counters into categories
  • Interactive home screen widgets
  • Automate counters with shortcuts
Features
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With Counter, you can easily create and manage counters for anything you want to track and monitor. Whether it's tracking the progress of your book reading, your daily water intake, or a project, Counter makes it simple and intuitive. With a clean and user-friendly interface, you can quickly create new counters and set custom goals for each one. To change the count, press the plus button or enter a new value from the keyboard. You can then easily track your progress and view detailed graphs and statistics that show your progress over time. The history of changes can be exported as a CSV file. For a better overview, the counters can be divided into categories. Use interactive Widgets on your Home-Screen so your goals are always in sight. With the Shortcuts, counters can be automated. Whether you're looking to make positive changes in your daily habits or simply stay organized, Counter is the perfect app for you. Download Counter today and start making progress towards your goals! Privacy Policy: https://zipoapps.com/progresstrackerios/privacy Terms of Use: https://zipoapps.com/progresstrackerios/terms

About

Day Dial

Visualize your progress through daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly time periods with intuitive circular progress bars. See how much time has passed and how much remains at a glance, even from your home screen with widgets.

Highlights
  • Circular progress bars
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tracking
  • Home screen widgets
  • Time management
  • Goal monitoring
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Day Dial is a simple and intuitive time tracking app that helps you visualize your progress throughout the day, week, month, quarter, and year. With its unique circular progress bars, you can easily monitor how much time has passed and how much remains in each time period. The app features widgets that allow you to view your progress at a glance, directly from your home screen. Whether you want to stay on top of your daily tasks, manage your monthly goals, or keep track of your yearly achievements, Day Dial is the perfect companion for anyone looking to make the most of their time. Day Dial is free to use with a limit on color customization. Upgrade to Day Dial Premium to unlock color customization. Terms of Service: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/daydialterms.html Privacy Policy: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Counter4 screens
Day Dial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Day Dial at 5.0 against Counter's 4.6. Day Dial also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Counter's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Counter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days and Day Dial sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Day Dial holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Counter has 62 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Counter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Day Dial's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counter ships an update monthly, Day Dial every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Counter versus Day Dial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounterDay Dial
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (62 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZipoAppsGinkgo Labs LLC

Customer experience

Counter

All ratings58 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative13.2%

Day Dial

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Counter

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$8.997 Days
One-time1
  • Counter Pro$7.99
2 purchases

Day Dial

Subscriptions2
  • Day Dial Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Day Dial Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Counter free?
Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day Dial free?
Day Dial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Counter or Day Dial?
Day Dial is rated higher. Counter averages 4.6 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Day Dial averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Counter or Day Dial have ads?
Neither Counter nor Day Dial shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Counter or Day Dial?
Counter ships an update monthly, and Day Dial every 4 months. Most recently, Counter was updated on August 20, 2026 and Day Dial on September 8, 2026.

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