Comparison

Character Counter vs uWeb Server2

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

Head to head
About

Character Counter

Analyze your written text to discover character, word, sentence, and paragraph counts. It also identifies word types like nouns, verbs, and adjectives, updating in real-time as you type or paste.

Highlights
  • Character counting
  • Word counting
  • Sentence counting
  • Paragraph counting
  • Word type identification (Nouns, Verbs, etc.)
  • Live updates
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Character Counter โ€” Count characters, words, and more as you type! Character Counter is the fast, beautiful way to count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs in real time. Whether you're trimming a social post to fit a limit, hitting an essay word count, or polishing a caption, your totals update live as you write โ€” no buttons, no waiting. Just start typing or paste your text, and everything is counted instantly in a clean, full-screen writing area designed to keep you focused. Know your writing inside out Go beyond the basics with live English part-of-speech counts โ€” nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and pronouns โ€” so you can understand the shape of your writing, not just its length. Never lose a draft Version History automatically snapshots your text as it changes, so you can always go back. Gone off track? Rewind. Save important drafts manually, then preview, restore, or delete any version whenever you like. Write your way Make it yours with customisable colour themes โ€” Auto, Light, Dark, Mint, Sepia, Beige, Purple, Night, and Forest โ€” plus adjustable font styles (Sans Serif, Serif, Mono) and font sizes. Optional text persistence keeps your work waiting for you next time you open the app. Built for how you work Share text on its own or with the full counter stats attached. Copy, paste, undo, and redo are built right in. Handoff lets you carry on editing across your Apple devices, and a responsive design with Liquid Glass controls adapts to look great on every screen. Perfect for writers, students, social media, notes, essays, captions, and quick text checks โ€” Character Counter gives you the count you need and the tools to write better.

About

uWeb Server2

Features
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Ultra small web server. Share your file to any device. Fast transfer and manage files with web browser. This is the iOS version of uWeb Server, designed for personal private usage, without user authentication, without boring complex configuration. uWeb Server is a small utility provides an intuitive and concise user interface to fast download, upload and view files with all kinds of web browser regardless what type of devices it is running on. It provides a capability that can share files for web browser accessibility directly, user can quickly view and manage files in an intuitive and efficient way. This app is a redesign of a tool software that was already used in daily works years for convenient office and home local Wi-Fi share and air play, watching video, listening musics, preview files with web browser on any type of computer, server, game box and mobile device without download them. Fast download, upload and preview images, PDF files, source code files and other type of files, watch video and listen music with a well-designed user interface of web browser regardless what the operation system and device it is running on. What's new Run as a WebDAV Server, hidden protected resources access with a simple rules based filter file. Basic Usage: 1. load files in the app from any source in your device. 2. start the web server. 3. access or download the files via any web browser. 4. upload file to the device. Features: a. Ultra small. b. No user authentication, no login and password required. c. File manager, fast download, upload all kinds of files and review them online. d. Fast generate file list for selected folder, sorting with file attributes, file name, size and modified date. e. Fast search items in the generated file list. f. Generate file list for selected folder with combined filter parameters, list hidden files or not, filter by file extensions or not.

Screenshots

Character Counter4 screens
uWeb Server24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: uWeb Server2 at every 3 weeks against Character Counter's every 11 months. uWeb Server2 also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Character Counter's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $6.99). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Character Counter costs $2.99 and uWeb Server2 $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Character Counter ships an update every 11 months, uWeb Server2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Character Counter versus uWeb Server2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharacter CounteruWeb Server2
Price$2.99 โ€” better$6.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro โ€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas Coomerๆ–Œ ่™ž

In-app purchases

None

Character Counter

No in-app purchases

None

uWeb Server2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Character Counter free?
Character Counter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is uWeb Server2 free?
uWeb Server2 costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Character Counter or uWeb Server2 have ads?
Neither Character Counter nor uWeb Server2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Character Counter or uWeb Server2?
Character Counter ships an update every 11 months, and uWeb Server2 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Character Counter was updated on September 10, 2026 and uWeb Server2 on September 13, 2026.

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