Melo vs WhatCounts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melo
This app offers a straightforward and visually appealing way to manage daily tasks on iOS devices. Its focus is on quick, simple task creation within a detailed, colorful interface designed for efficiency.
- Simple task management
- Colorful user interface
- Quick reminder creation
- iOS exclusive design
- Efficient task manager
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Melo is designed and built exclusively for iPhone and iOS. His goal is to make the management of daily tasks quick and easy while immersed in a colorful and simple user interface, but treated in detail, in full iOS style. Melo's strength is simplicity and immediacy: it is the app for those who are looking for a simple and efficient task manager with a beautiful user interface. Just few taps and your reminders are already in Melo's head.
WhatCounts
Easily track important dates and events with customizable reminders. This app helps you count down to future occasions and count up from past milestones, offering personalized notifications and a variety of display options.
- Customizable event countdowns
- Past event tracking
- Personalized reminders
- Notes and ideas entry
- Customizable display options
- Categorization of events
- Dark Mode
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WhatCounts helps you keep track of all your important events and dates: set a daily, weekly or monthly reminder to receive early notifications and never miss a thing! You can track important events such as: Future Holidays, Holidays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Goals, Concerts and much more. WhatCounts also counts how many days have passed since a date such as your birthday, wedding and more. Features: - Customize the count with colors of your choice. - Customize with camera roll photos. - Enter notes, ideas or things to remember. - Choose whether to display more or less information. - Categorize your countdowns into custom groups - Set up weekly, monthly or yearly reps. - Set alerts one day before, one week before, or one month before. - Customize the details *. - Choose the format in which to view the details (months, weeks, days, etc) *. - Customize the application icon *. - Sort by: ascending date, descending date, color or name *. - Dark Mode *. - Enter infinite countdowns *. - Enter infinite forward counts *. * PRO functionality We aim to improve our application as much as possible, always adding new functions. If you have ideas or suggestions to improve it, do not hesitate to contact us! Email: support@johan.ink
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Melo at none against WhatCounts's shown. Melo also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). WhatCounts's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 75%). On price, update cadence, 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. Melo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WhatCounts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Melo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Melo has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Melo's written reviews are positive against 88% of WhatCounts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Melo ships an update every 3 months, WhatCounts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melo | WhatCounts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Edoardo Vicoli | Marco Monti |
Customer experience
Melo
WhatCounts
In-app purchases
Melo
- Melo+$2.99
WhatCounts
- WhatCounts PRO$4.99
