Comparison

Tally vs Talklight

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 provides a simple yet powerful way to track multiple counts and scores using interactive widgets. Customize counters with colors, notes, and sound feedback. Premium features include unlimited counters and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Home Screen interactive widgets
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts
  • Notes for counters
  • Counting history
  • Customizable counter colors
  • Sound and haptic feedback
Features
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Tally: Clicker & Score Counter is simple enough to pick up and use immediately, and powerful enough to tweak it just as you want. Key Features: - Simple interface - Home Screen interactive widgets - Lock Screen widgets - Siri Shortcuts - Dark mode - Notes - Auto-reset - Counting history - Context menu for counters - Hotkeys for external keyboard - Mouse right-click support - Total counters value - Last change timer - A lot of sorting options - Assigning different colors to counters - Sound confirmation of counts - Haptic feedback on supported devices Multiple counters, as many as you need. To delete, reset, or edit the counter, swipe left on it. Swipe right or use touch and hold gestures in the middle of the counter to add/edit a note or open a quick change popup. Notes can also be added/edited in the History tab like in the Counters tab. To increase or decrease the counter value, tap at any point on the ​left or right side. Use touch and hold gestures in the middle of the counter to reveal the context menu. Long press on the sides of the counter to reorder. Tally Premium benefits: - Unlimited counters - iCloud sync - Export to CSV/Excel - Support Indie Development If you decide to get a Tally Premium subscription, your purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. One month costs $4.99 and 1 year costs $29.99. Active subscriptions will be auto-renewed 24 hours before the expiry date. You can manage subscriptions from an Account in iTunes after subscribing, and you’ll also be able to cancel the auto-renewing subscription from there at any time. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to Tally Premium before your trial expires. Terms & Conditions: https://yahenskyi.dev/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://yahenskyi.dev/privacy-policy/

About

Talklight

Features
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Talklight keeps every talk on time. Set green, yellow and red at the minutes you choose, give the speaker a screen they can read from the back of the room, and run it from your seat On stage • Three looks: full-screen color, colored digits on black, or color only to use the screen as timing lights. • Counts down or up. After time's up it stays red and counts the overrun as +m:ss. • Tap anywhere to start. The controls fade while the clock runs and the screen stays awake. • A touch lock ignores stray taps on the lectern. • +1 and −1 move the end by a minute, and the color cues move with it. Touch and hold for 10 seconds, 30 seconds or 5 minutes. • A progress bar with a mark at each cue, the time of day and a flash at zero, each of them optional. • A chime or bell and a vibration at each cue. Sound follows the silent switch unless you tell it not to. • A color-blind palette: blue, yellow and orange. Timers • Starts simple with three timers: a club speech, a lightning talk and a conference talk. Templates add evaluations, pitches, sermons and more in one tap. • Add as many of your own as you like, from 5 seconds to 24 hours, each with its own cues, look and sound. • Quick-start lengths from 1 to 20 minutes, any custom length, or a timer that ends at a clock time, such as 8:30. For timekeepers • Qualifying time windows with a grace period, judged in whole seconds: each run is marked qualified, under time or over time. • History keeps every run with the speaker's name and the actual time. • Share the day's timer's report as plain text in one tap, ready to read out at a speech club or paste into the group chat. Control it from your seat • Put an iPad on the lectern as the display and control it from your iPhone: start, pause, add time and move to the next speaker. • The two devices connect to each other directly over Wi-Fi or peer-to-peer, with a four-digit code. No internet, no account, no server. • If the link drops, the display keeps counting and the remote reconnects by itself. • Message the speaker: "Please wrap up", "One minute left" or anything you type, with an optional blink to catch their eye. Run of show • Line up a meeting or a session with a timer and a name for each speaker. • On stage, Next and Previous move through the lineup and "Up next" shows who follows. • Every talk lands in History for the report. On every screen • TV or projector: connect an HDMI adapter or use AirPlay. The big screen shows only the clock while your device keeps the controls. • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Pocket alerts: lock your iPhone and put it away. A time-sensitive notification arrives at each color change, and an Apple Watch turns it into a tap on your wrist. Built to be trusted • Time is measured from the clock, not counted in ticks, so it stays right through rotation, locking and switching apps. A started run even survives the app being closed. • Your timers and history stay on your devices. A second device connects to this one directly, never through a server. Made for speech-club timekeepers, conference and event organizers, AV crews, pastors, teachers, debate coaches and anyone rehearsing a talk. Talklight is free: every feature, no ads, no account, no subscription. If it has kept a talk on time, there is an optional tip jar. Tips unlock nothing.

Screenshots

Tally4 screens
Talklight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Talklight at every 4 days against Tally's every 2 weeks. Tally's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Talklight sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tally ships an update every 2 weeks, Talklight every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tally versus Talklight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTallyTalklight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVolodymyr YahenskyiShahriar Ahmed

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Tally

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly plan$2.997 Days
  • Monthly plan2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Monthly plan$6.991 Month
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  • Annual1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual$29.991 Year
  • Tally Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly plan$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Lifetime plan$9.99
  • Lifetime$59.99
4 purchases

Talklight

One-time4
  • A thank-you$0.99
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Lunch$4.99
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  • A month on the App Store$9.99

Questions

Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Talklight free?
Talklight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tally or Talklight have ads?
Neither Tally nor Talklight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tally or Talklight?
Tally ships an update every 2 weeks, and Talklight every 4 days. Most recently, Tally was updated on November 2, 2026 and Talklight on October 9, 2026.

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