Comparison

Swear Jar Lite vs Shared Counter

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

Head to head
About

Swear Jar Lite

Easily track swears or other bad habits within your family. Send reminders to those who owe money directly from the app. Upgrade to unlock unlimited profiles and ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Track swears and bad habits
  • Send payment reminders via text
  • Simple and easy-to-use interface
  • Track one profile
  • Upgrade for unlimited profiles
Features
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With the Swear Jar Lite app, you'll be able to quickly and easily track swears from the family in the simple and easy to use format. When you're ready for the amount due in the app to be paid out by the swearer, you can send them a text straight from the app to let them know how much they owe. The tracking doesn't have to only stop at swears; you can track any bad habit to help curb any bad behavior! The Swear Jar Lite app allows you to keep track of one swear jar on your phone, but if you would like to track more profiles you can upgrade to Swear Jar Pro. In addition to tracking an unlimited amount of profiles, you'll also get rid of all ads and have more edit options for each of your profiles.

About

Shared Counter

This tool helps manage people flow for events, businesses, and religious functions by allowing real-time, synchronized counting across multiple devices. Set capacity limits and share counters via links or QR codes for easy monitoring.

Highlights
  • Real-time synchronized counting
  • Multi-device support
  • Capacity setting
  • Shareable counters via link/QR code
  • Event and business visitor tracking
  • Church-specific features and statistics
Features
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Shared Counter is the simple and effective tool for counting visitors to events, local businesses, religious functions and much more, even with multiple entrances. To begin, create a new counter, optionally specifying the capacity. You can then share the counter with other devices, for example to monitor multiple entrances at the same time, via a simple link or QR code. You will always have under control the total count of all devices, synchronized in real time. The service was created in particular for monitoring access to the churches, but is now freely available. If you are in charge of a church you can access the "Reserved area for churches", to benefit from usage statistics and other useful services on the DinDonDan Web Services. Shared Counter is an open source project offered and maintained by the DinDonDan App association.

Screenshots

Swear Jar Lite4 screens
Shared Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Shared Counter at free against Swear Jar Lite's freemium. Shared Counter also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swear Jar Lite ships an update every 5 months, Shared Counter monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 9, 2026 and July 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Swear Jar Lite versus Shared Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwear Jar LiteShared Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (164 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings164 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.4 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHenry BensonDinDonDan App

Customer experience

Swear Jar Lite

All ratings164 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Shared Counter

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Swear Jar Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Shared Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swear Jar Lite free?
Swear Jar Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shared Counter free?
Shared Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swear Jar Lite or Shared Counter have ads?
Neither Swear Jar Lite nor Shared Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swear Jar Lite or Shared Counter?
Swear Jar Lite ships an update every 5 months, and Shared Counter monthly. Most recently, Swear Jar Lite was updated on August 9, 2026 and Shared Counter on July 18, 2026.

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