Comparison

FlinkCounter vs ampee

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

Head to head
About

FlinkCounter

This simple utility app allows for easy counting with a full-screen button interface, eliminating the need to precisely hit small increment buttons. It's designed for quick, one-handed use and is also optimized for Apple Watch. The app prioritizes user privacy with no data storage or internet connection required.

Highlights
  • Full-screen tap button
  • Apple Watch support
  • Offline functionality
  • No data storage
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Counting as easy as 1-2-3. With this simple counting app you don't have to look on your device to make sure you hit a small +1 button, because in FlinkCounter the whole screen is the button. Perfect also on the Apple Watch. • Supports Apple Watch complications Playing Golf? Check out my "FlinkGolf - Scorecard" app which offers a counter for every hole. Less is More: - NO in-app purchases - NO ads - NO storing of any private data - NO internet connection needed (100% offline) - NO accounts/logins Works on iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple Watch.

About

ampee

This app intelligently charges your electric vehicle using your home's solar power. It automatically adjusts charging speed to match surplus solar energy, ensuring your car uses your own sunshine instead of grid power.

Highlights
  • Automatic solar charging
  • Real-time surplus matching
  • Vehicle and solar system integration
  • Departure and boost charging
  • Home battery priority
  • Live dashboard and history
  • In-app assistant
Features
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ampee charges your electric car with your own solar power - automatically. If you have solar panels and an EV, ampee makes sure your car soaks up your surplus sunshine instead of exporting it cheaply to the grid or charging from expensive grid power. It watches your solar production in real time and continuously adjusts your car's charging speed to match the surplus - no manual tweaking, no schedules to babysit. HOW IT WORKS - Connect your vehicle: Tesla, plus Rivian, Polestar, Ford, Volvo, and Lucid - Connect your solar system or energy monitor: Enphase, SolarEdge, Fronius, Solarman, Growatt, Tesla, Sense, or Emporia - Plug in - ampee reads your surplus every 30 seconds and sets the charge rate to use it FEATURES - Solar mode: charge only on excess solar, automatically - Boost, Overnight, and Charge-to-% commands for a quick or full top-up - Departure charging: reach the level you want by the time you leave - Home-battery priority: fill your home battery first, then the car - Charge and battery limits, schedules, and export-limit awareness - Live dashboard of solar, house, car, and available power - Session history and savings: see how much solar you captured - Notifications that explain why charging started, paused, or resumed - "Ask ampee" in-app assistant for instant help ampee is free during beta. Charge on sunshine.

Screenshots

FlinkCounter3 screens
ampee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ampee at 5.0 against FlinkCounter's 3.7. ampee also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). FlinkCounter's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 3) and device support (4 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ampee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FlinkCounter's written reviews are positive against 100% of ampee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlinkCounter ships an update every 5 months, ampee every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FlinkCounter versus ampee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlinkCounterampee
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (14 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB55 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHarald LamerAmpee LLC

Customer experience

FlinkCounter

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

ampee

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FlinkCounter

No in-app purchases

None

ampee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlinkCounter free?
FlinkCounter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ampee free?
ampee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FlinkCounter or ampee?
ampee is rated higher. FlinkCounter averages 3.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while ampee averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do FlinkCounter or ampee have ads?
Neither FlinkCounter nor ampee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlinkCounter or ampee?
FlinkCounter ships an update every 5 months, and ampee every 2 weeks. Most recently, FlinkCounter was updated on October 24, 2026 and ampee on October 24, 2026.

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