Comparison

Shared Counter vs Abarc

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Abarc

Features
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Abarc รจ l'App ufficiale dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria. Il sistema consente agli utenti di gestire in modo semplice ed evoluto i vari aspetti dell'accademia, dai corsi al calendario delle lezioni, dalle presenze ai recuperi, i pagamenti degli iscritti e verso i docenti. Tramite lโ€™app per Smartphone, i docenti gestiscono il proprio calendario, inseriscono le presenze, inviano comunicazioni e ricevono notifiche; hanno accesso allo storico delle ore effettuate ed ai compensi maturati. Gli allievi ed eventualmente i genitori possono verificare il calendario delle lezioni e le presenze e ricevere le comunicazioni e le notifiche dell'accademia.

Screenshots

Shared Counter4 screens
Abarc4 screens

Verdict

The call

Shared Counter and Abarc are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shared Counter ships an update monthly, Abarc every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Shared Counter versus Abarc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShared CounterAbarc
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews75.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthly โ€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size58 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDinDonDan AppBluCloud Srl Semplificata

In-app purchases

None

Shared Counter

No in-app purchases

None

Abarc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shared Counter free?
Shared Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Abarc free?
Abarc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shared Counter or Abarc have ads?
Neither Shared Counter nor Abarc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shared Counter or Abarc?
Shared Counter ships an update monthly, and Abarc every 6 weeks. Most recently, Shared Counter was updated on October 7, 2026 and Abarc on October 10, 2026.

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