Comparison

Counter≜ vs Handy Counter | Control volume

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

Head to head
About

Counter≜

Easily track anything with this user-friendly counting app. It offers customizable sound and vibration feedback, with spoken updates at set intervals. Save, share, and resume your counts seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Save counted records
  • Share saved records
  • Vibrates every count
  • Sound notification on click
  • Speaks every 25 counts
  • Count up and down
  • Resume count after closing app
  • Cross-device counting (phone/watch)
Features
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This application lets you keep track anything. It has user-friendly design easy to use. I gives sound and vibration notification also gives talks every 25 count. Features: - You can save the counted records - You can share the saved counter records - It vibrates every count - It gives sound ever sound as click - It speaks every 25 count - You can count down and up - It save last counted number even you close the app - You can start count on your phone and continue on your watch or vise versa

About

Handy Counter | Control volume

Features
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The counter can be operated with only the volume buttons. Good feeling of pressing buttons with realistic operation! Let's count things while having fun without stress!

Screenshots

Counter≜4 screens
Handy Counter | Control volume2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Handy Counter | Control volume at none against Counter≜'s shown. Counter≜'s advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 22 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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

Counter≜ ships an update every 8 months, Handy Counter | Control volume every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Counter≜ versus Handy Counter | Control volume: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounter≜Handy Counter | Control volume
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 22 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniCom TechnologyYu Hiraoka

Bugs and requests

Counter≜

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard covers save button on small screens
  • Counter resets when app is minimized on watch
  • Buttons not accessible in horizontal iPad mode

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to count with volume buttons
  • Implement 10,000+ counting
  • Allow multiple counters and naming of counters
  • Add confirmation prompt before clearing counter

Handy Counter | Control volume

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Counter≜

No in-app purchases

None

Handy Counter | Control volume

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Counter≜ free?
Counter≜ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Handy Counter | Control volume free?
Handy Counter | Control volume is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Counter≜ or Handy Counter | Control volume have ads?
Counter≜ shows ads; Handy Counter | Control volume does not.
Which is updated more often, Counter≜ or Handy Counter | Control volume?
Counter≜ ships an update every 8 months, and Handy Counter | Control volume every 22 months. Most recently, Counter≜ was updated on November 3, 2026 and Handy Counter | Control volume on October 25, 2026.

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