FlinkCounter vs ampee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Full-screen tap button
- Apple Watch support
- Offline functionality
- No data storage
- No ads or in-app purchases
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
FlinkCounter ships an update every 5 months, ampee every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FlinkCounter | ampee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Harald Lamer | Ampee LLC |
Customer experience
FlinkCounter
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In-app purchases
FlinkCounter
No in-app purchases
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