Bullet vs CountMeSilly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bullet
Capture tasks, notes, events, and habits in one unified timeline. This app streamlines your thoughts and plans with a minimalist design, making it ideal for quick capture and organization without the clutter of multiple tools.
- Unified timeline for all entries
- Rapid logging for quick capture
- Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly logs
- Collections and tagging for organization
- ADHD-friendly minimalist design
- Offline functionality
- Cross-device sync
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The journaling method you know from paper, built for your phone. Tasks, notes, events, and habits - captured in one place so nothing falls through the cracks. Stop juggling five different apps. Start with Bullet. "I've tried close to 20 productivity apps. This is the one I've been looking for." - rcghaseler HOW IT WORKS Open Bullet, tap +, and capture whatever's on your mind. A task for later, a note to remember, an event coming up, a habit to build. Everything lives on one timeline - organized by day, week, month, or year. Schedule entries, set reminders, add sub-tasks, group things into collections, and tag across projects. It's as simple or structured as you need it to be. DAILY LOG, FUTURE LOG, MIGRATION Rapid logging. A Daily Log for today, Weekly and Monthly Logs for planning ahead, and a Future Log for someday. Migration. Collections. If you keep this system in a paper notebook, you'll feel at home in minutes. If you don't, you'll pick it up just as fast - it's simply a quick way to capture and organize your thoughts. Everything the paper system does, without the limitations. Search your entries. Sync across devices. Set reminders. Work offline. "This may be the 1st app to replace my daily notebook planning!" - DiogoSnows REPLACES YOUR APP STACK To-do list, notes app, calendar, habit tracker - Bullet handles all of it. No more switching between tools or wondering where you put something. "It replaces four separate apps that I use." - Pajica ADHD-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN Minimal interface, zero visual clutter, and fast capture. Built for brains that need to get the thought out before it disappears. Multiple users with ADHD have told us this is the first productivity app that actually works for them. "I finally feel like I can declutter my head and have actionable plans." - IMP MD WHAT'S FREE Creating tasks, notes, and events. 3 habits. Calendar sync. Home screen widgets. Collections. Search. Data export. Prompts. Drag and drop. No ads, no tracking. WHAT'S PREMIUM Unlimited habits, recurring entries, sub-tasks, tags, filters, templates, image attachments, and biometric lock. Start with a free trial. BUILT BY ONE PERSON Bullet is indie-developed. No investors, no growth team, no corporate roadmap. Just one developer building the app he wanted to use. Every feature request gets read. "You can tell a lot of thought and care has been put into this." - Samuel Conley Works offline. Syncs across all your devices.
CountMeSilly
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bullet at weekly against CountMeSilly's every 24 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Bullet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and CountMeSilly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bullet ships an update weekly, CountMeSilly every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bullet | CountMeSilly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (320 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 320 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mui Studio Ltd | Nigel Collins |
Bugs and requests
Bullet
Reported bugs
2 issues- Widget not always showing the correct day's tasks
- Inconsistent behavior when marking tasks as complete
Requested features
5 requests- Sync with native calendar app
- Option to start the week on Sunday
- Ability to export data (e.g., CSV, PDF)
- Support for handwriting/sketching
- Multiple journal/notebook support
CountMeSilly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bullet
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
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- Yearly2 variants$14.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly$35.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Habits Lifetime$29.99
- Lifetime$79.99
CountMeSilly
- Premium$0.99
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