Comparison

Smart Counter vs CountMeSilly

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

Head to head
About

Smart Counter

Easily track and monitor anything with an unlimited number of customizable counters. Organize your tallies into groups, visualize your progress with charts, and receive audio or haptic feedback. Perfect for habit tracking, inventory, or scorekeeping.

Highlights
  • Unlimited counters and custom groups
  • Pie and bar charts for visual feedback
  • Customizable increments and limit alerts
  • Sound, vibration, and voice feedback
  • Dark and light themes
  • Offline use
Features
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Count smarter and stay organized. Smart Counter is a powerful multi-counter app that makes tracking anything simple and efficient. Use it to log workouts, inventory, habits, game scores, or event attendance — anything you want to count or monitor. Create unlimited counters and arrange them into custom groups for clarity and control. Each counter can be personalized with a name, color, and increment/decrement steps. View detailed count history and visual charts to see how your numbers change over time. **Key Features** • Unlimited counters and custom groups • Pie and bar charts for clear visual feedback • Drag & drop sorting and multi-select bulk counting • Custom increments, start values, and limit alerts • Sound, vibration, and voice feedback • Dark and light themes • Portrait and landscape support • Offline use — no account required • Quick sharing via clipboard or email **Perfect for** Habit tracking, inventory control, scorekeeping, survey tallies, attendance checks, event management, and anything else that needs accurate counting. Smart Counter helps you count smarter — not harder. Download now and take control of your counts today!

About

CountMeSilly

Features
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CountMeSilly is the only counting/tally app you will ever need! CountMeSilly has a beautifully simplistic interface that allows you to count anything with ease. Customisations can be made to the counter's name and colour, and you can even have your counters reset back to zero on a daily, weekly, monthly, or custom timeframe that suits you. CountMeSilly is also fully accessible using VoiceOver. CountMeSilly can be used to keep count/tally of anything you'd like, including: - Tracking the amount you've drunk that day. - Counting how many people are entering or leaving. - Logging your step count to compare daily trends. - Keeping score in board game matches. And much more, the possibilities are endless! The free version of CountMeSilly allows you to create 2 counters with limited customisation. CountMeSilly Premium (one-time purchase) unlocks the following features: - Full customisation including choosing when your counter auto-resets. - The ability to sync and back up all your data to iCloud which allows syncing between devices. - Export your counters in JSON format for easy backup on your own device or to restore your counters quickly and easily. - Support of a small Indie app developer like myself.

Screenshots

Smart Counter4 screens
CountMeSilly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CountMeSilly at none against Smart Counter's shown. Smart Counter's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 24 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Smart Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CountMeSilly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Counter ships an update weekly, CountMeSilly every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smart Counter versus CountMeSilly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart CounterCountMeSilly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (307 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings307 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 24 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperL.droid AppsNigel Collins

Bugs and requests

Smart Counter

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes when tapping 'Remove Ads'
  • App crashes with large counts (e.g., 6000)
  • App freezes iPad
  • App skips counts for odd numbers
  • Sound/video playback stops when launching app
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  • Cannot rename groups from 'New Group 1'
  • Total group counter doesn't always total correctly
  • App crashes when trying to remove ads

Requested features

4 requests
  • Make sound/video playback not stop when launching app
  • Add iCloud support
  • More color options
  • Allow unlimited free counters

CountMeSilly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Counter

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$3.99
1 purchases

CountMeSilly

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99

Questions

Is Smart Counter free?
Smart Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CountMeSilly free?
CountMeSilly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smart Counter or CountMeSilly have ads?
Smart Counter shows ads; CountMeSilly does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart Counter or CountMeSilly?
Smart Counter ships an update weekly, and CountMeSilly every 24 months. Most recently, Smart Counter was updated on September 28, 2026 and CountMeSilly on September 23, 2026.

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