Comparison

Shared Counter vs HeadCounter App

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

Head to head
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.

About

HeadCounter App

Easily track the number of people entering or leaving a space. Supports multiple languages and real-time sharing of count status. Regularly updated with new features based on user feedback.

Highlights
  • Add and subtract people
  • Real-time count sharing
  • Multiple language support
  • User feedback integration
  • Regular updates
Features
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With HeadCounter, you can easily add and subtract people from the counter, when they go in and out of any given space. Now with multiple language support, the ability to share your count status in real time. We will be updating the app with new features regularly, so please leave your feedback on how we can improve it to make it ever more useful.

Screenshots

Shared Counter4 screens
HeadCounter App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shared Counter at 4.5 against HeadCounter App's 2.8. HeadCounter App's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shared Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Shared Counter's written reviews are positive against 100% of HeadCounter App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Counter ships an update monthly, HeadCounter App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shared Counter versus HeadCounter App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared CounterHeadCounter App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDinDonDan Appbeamian

Customer experience

Shared Counter

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

HeadCounter App

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shared Counter

No in-app purchases

None

HeadCounter App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shared Counter free?
Shared Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HeadCounter App free?
HeadCounter App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shared Counter or HeadCounter App?
Shared Counter is rated higher. Shared Counter averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while HeadCounter App averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Shared Counter or HeadCounter App have ads?
Neither Shared Counter nor HeadCounter App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shared Counter or HeadCounter App?
Shared Counter ships an update monthly, and HeadCounter App every 2 months. Most recently, Shared Counter was updated on October 24, 2026 and HeadCounter App on October 25, 2026.

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