Ian’s Awesome Counter vs Labs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ian’s Awesome Counter
This utility app helps users improve focus and self-awareness with customizable prompts. Set intervals, start/end times, and track your progress over time to stay on task. Ideal for individuals or parents assisting with attention management.
- Customizable prompt intervals
- Set daily start and end times
- Track successful focus periods
- View historical performance
- Optional notification alerts
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Ian's Awesome Counter is a utility designed to help you be more focused and aware of yourself. My son, Ian, can sometimes have difficulty with regulation and management of his attention. We’ve tried several different strategies for helping him with this. One of the strategies that we found most successful was giving him regular prompts throughout the day and ask whether he thought he was on task and staying focused. Initially this took the form of a repeating countdown timer and a hand clicker, but after a while this became rather onerous to keep up with, so instead he and I worked together to design an Apple Watch app that would make this easier to do. The result is this app. You configure how often you want to be prompted, when the prompts should begin and end each day, and what your goal for successful periods is. Then Ian’s Awesome Counter does the rest. If you turn on notifications you’ll get an alert at the end of every period asking how you did and the values are recorded in the app. You can see your last week’s performance in the History view. This app is provided completely free of charge. I’ve found it really helpful for my family and my hope is that by sharing it, other families will find similar help from it. It can be worn either by the person working on their focus or by a parent/carer who can then relay the prompts.
Labs
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Labs at every 4 weeks against Ian’s Awesome Counter's every 33 months. Labs also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ian’s Awesome Counter ships an update every 33 months, Labs every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ian’s Awesome Counter | Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (55 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cross Forward Consulting, LLC | Loftus Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Ian’s Awesome Counter
No in-app purchases
Labs
No in-app purchases
Questions
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