CounterPlusMinus vs Spending Rate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CounterPlusMinus
A versatile tally counter application designed for multiple devices. It allows users to manage up to five distinct counters with customizable titles and notes, offering both collective and individual viewing modes. Features include easy resetting, sharing, side-by-side comparison on iPads, and personalization options like themes and sound/vibration feedback.
- Up to 5 customizable counters
- Dashboard and full-screen views
- Titles and notes for counters
- Easy reset and sharing
- Side-by-side counter comparison (iPad)
- Customizable themes and sounds
- Usage metrics
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Counter+- is an easy-to-use and feature-packed tally counter for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and the Mac. Some of the highlighted features of Counter+- are below: - Use up to 5 counters. - View them collectively in the dashboard or individually as a full-screen counter. - Set titles and notes for your counters so you can add description and tell them apart from your others. - Reset your counters easily. - Share the content of your counters easily. - Compare two counters side-by-side on iPads. - An extra notepad for jotting down extra thoughts. - A settings menu for personalising the app. - Set a theme out of “Default”, “Ocean Blue”, “Sunrise Red” and 7 other plain colours. - On iPhones, set a vibration that plays when you use a counter. - Set a sound that plays when you use a counter. - View metrics on how you use your counters. - Access this website’s help desk directly from the app to assist you. - Access the privacy policy from the app. - Much, much more. Happy counting!
Spending Rate
This app helps you track your daily spending pace and project your balance until payday. Log expenses, visualize spending by category with charts, and manage your budget effectively. Your financial data is kept private with iCloud sync and no ads or tracking.
- Log daily expenses
- Project balance until payday
- Visualize spending by category
- Calendar view of expenses
- Private iCloud sync
- No ads or tracking
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How much have I spent? Will I make it to payday? Spending Rate answers both — a pace-aware tracker that projects your balance and shows where your money goes. CALENDAR Log every spend on the day it happened. See your month at a glance — each day shows what you bought and how much. Tap any day to add, edit, or review entries. CHARTS A 30-day breakdown by category. Stacked bars by day so you can spot the days that ran hot, and the categories that ate the budget. Header shows total + per-day average. DEBIT + CREDIT Set today's balance and your next payday. The app projects whether you'll make it, factoring in your daily spending pace and any credit card bill due. CATEGORIES Tag each spend (Groceries, Coffee, Transit) and watch them light up the chart in its own color. Manage categories from Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad - No accounts, no ads, no tracking - Your data stays in your private iCloud
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CounterPlusMinus at every 2 weeks against Spending Rate's every 2 months. CounterPlusMinus also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CounterPlusMinus ships an update every 2 weeks, Spending Rate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CounterPlusMinus | Spending Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luigi Mazzeo | Seung-Un Ham |
Customer experience
CounterPlusMinus
Spending Rate
In-app purchases
CounterPlusMinus
No in-app purchases
Spending Rate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CounterPlusMinus free?
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Do CounterPlusMinus or Spending Rate have ads?
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