Comparison

Counter vs UtilKB

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

Head to head
About

Counter

Create and manage custom counters with ease. Track progress with daily counters and access them via widgets or watch complications. Synchronize your counters across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable counters
  • Quick value editing
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Custom step and unit
  • Daily progress tracking
  • Widgets and watch complications
Features
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Counter let you create customizable counters with quick access to edit their value easily. The counters are automatically synchronized between all your device using iCloud You can set a custom step, values up to 9 decimals, and a custom unit, even and emoji Daily counters let you track your progress on a counter Widgets are available (as well as complications for your watch!) You can request a new feature in app reviews Available on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac

About

UtilKB

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A utility keyboard for iOS that helps developers, testers, and power users quickly insert useful content like, hashes, encodings, UUIDs, timestamps and dummy data โ€” right from the keyboard. Features - Dummy Data - Lorem Ipsum - Words, sentences, paragraphs - UPPER / lower / Title Case / Sentence case - Random names and addresses - Dummy email addresses in latin characters - Addresses in regional format (CA, CN, JP, RU, UK, US) - Timestamps - Epoch (seconds and milliseconds) - ISO 8601 (standard and compact, custom format) - Encode & Decode - Base2 (binary) - Base64 - Hash - SHA-256 - SHA-1 - MD5 - CRC32 - Random - UUID v4 (UPPER and lower case) - ASCII - Simple and Full US Keyboard - More keyboard layout (customizable) coming soon. ---- More keyboard functionalities will be added soon. Feature request is welcomed! This app is in early development stage.

Screenshots

Counter4 screens
UtilKB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: UtilKB at Free against Counter's $0.99. UtilKB also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

UtilKB is free to download; Counter costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counter ships an update every 3 months, UtilKB daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Counter versus UtilKB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounterUtilKB
Price$0.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 โ€” better17
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuillaume ClaverieAngda Song

In-app purchases

None

Counter

No in-app purchases

None

UtilKB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Counter free?
Counter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is UtilKB free?
UtilKB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Counter or UtilKB have ads?
Neither Counter nor UtilKB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Counter or UtilKB?
Counter ships an update every 3 months, and UtilKB daily. Most recently, Counter was updated on November 3, 2026 and UtilKB on November 12, 2026.

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