Counting vs MDA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Counting
Build consistent daily habits with a clean, minimal tracker. Easily check off activities, view your progress on a calendar, and stay motivated with streaks and reminders. Organize habits with tags and visualize your year with a heatmap.
- One-tap habit check-in
- Calendar view for history
- Streak and goal tracking
- Customizable reminders
- Habit organization with tags
- Detailed stats dashboard
- Yearly heatmap visualization
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Small daily habits lead to big changes. Counting is a clean, minimal habit tracker that helps you build consistency β one tap at a time. KEY FEATURES β One-Tap Check-in Check off today's habits right from the home screen. β Calendar View See your entire history at a glance with an intuitive calendar. β Streaks & Weekly Goals Auto-tracks current streaks and weekly goal progress in real time. β Reminders Set custom reminders by day and time. Weekdays, weekends, or every day. β Tags Organize habits with tags like Health, Study, Lifestyle. Create custom tags too. β Stats Dashboard Total check-ins, completion rates, best streaks, consistency rankings, and monthly trends. β Yearly Heatmap A GitHub-style heatmap visualizing your past year of activity. β 40+ Icons Customize each habit with icons for exercise, reading, yoga, and more. β Dark Mode & Multilingual English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese. Auto dark/light theme switching. β Fully Offline Works without internet. All data stored securely on your device. Start your streak today with Counting.
MDA
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We live in a world where we are losing the habit of writing. Most people only write what is necessary, such as emails, text messages, meeting notes, or reminders. Nowadays, few have the habit of putting their feelings and reflections on paper. However, journaling can be a transformative habit. Countless studies point out that writing about our daily lives, ideas, emotions and goals has a very positive effect on our physical and mental health. "Writing in a diary increases self-esteem and motivation, and promotes self-confidence." My Diary App (MDA) is the way for you to record your entire day by organizing everything into categories or different diaries! Your diary MDA helps you keep track of all the happenings. Record your day-to-day events and never forget when they happened. Multiple diaries You can separate your registers into different diaries, creating a special diary for each subject. Freemium / PRO MDA is a free app, but you also have the option to unlock even more features by activating the PRO package. - Create as many diaries you want - Backup and restore your diaries - Use dark mode - Export to PDF We are constantly evolving the app! Many more features will be added in the future. Send your opinion and suggestion to the email dev.tcsolution@gmail.com We hope that the MDA will help you not to forget the events of your daily life!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MDA at Free against Counting's $0.99. Counting's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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MDA is free to download; Counting costs $0.99 up front. MDA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Counting asks for nothing beyond the download.
Counting ships an update every 4 weeks, MDA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Counting | MDA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free β better |
| Positive reviews | 47.1% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoh Rim Choi | Tulio Calazans |
In-app purchases
Counting
No in-app purchases
MDA
- PRO Pack$4.99









