SimpleTally vs Syscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleTally
This utility app allows you to easily track multiple counts simultaneously with a unique linking feature. Navigate counts with simple gestures and customize your experience with themes and feedback options. Share your results effortlessly.
- Tap to count up, swipe down to count down
- Unlimited counters
- Link counters together
- Customizable counter themes
- Haptic and audio feedback
- Prevent display sleep
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SimpleTally is an easy to use tally counter with a twist. What's the twist? You can link counters together so you can count multiple things at the same time. Keep your eyes on what you're counting and not on your device with simple counting gestures. It's available for your iPhone or iPad. Key Features: - Simple intuitive interface, just tap to count up and swipe down to count down. - Unlimited counters - Supports dark mode - Counter color themes - Create up or down counters with initial value, step size, and reset value - Lock counter to avoid value being changed - Create one-way links between counters so that changing one changes them all - Easily share results with others for a single counter or all counters - Simple reset of a single counter or all counters - Enable haptic feedback on supported devices - Enable audio feedback with tap sound or voice - Enable to prevent display from sleeping when SimpleTally is active - No ads to interrupt your experience
Syscope
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Measure real speeds on your own network with iPerf3. Run upload and download tests between your iPhone or iPad and a Mac, PC, NAS, or another device running iPerf3 on your local network — or turn Syscope into an iPerf3 server and pair with a QR code. Is it the Wi-Fi or the internet? Did moving closer to the router make a difference? Syscope also brings device information and network checks together, so CPU, memory, storage, DNS, and connection details are all in one place. INCLUDED FOR FREE • Live CPU, memory, storage, battery, and thermal information, with device-wide and Syscope-specific readings clearly labeled. • A one-hour view of locally recorded metric history. • Connection details, local IP addresses, DNS lookup, and TCP connection checks. • A quick health check that pings your router, then checks DNS and HTTPS, to show whether a problem is more likely on your Wi-Fi or beyond it. Includes a shareable summary. • Bonjour discovery and manual iPerf3 server entry. • TCP upload and download tests: 10 seconds, one stream. • Foreground iPerf3 server mode and QR-code pairing on a local network. • A one-time Wi-Fi reading through an optional Shortcut, with suggestions for weak signal, low signal-to-noise ratio, or an older Wi-Fi standard. On supported iPhone and iPad models, it also tells you when enabling 160 MHz on your router could raise the link rate. • Widgets for quick access. SYSCOPE PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • 24-hour and 7-day history views, configurable local retention, and metric export. • Repeated DNS measurements and detailed HTTPS connection timings. • UDP tests, parallel streams, custom duration or transfer size, and on-demand local-subnet discovery on a single TCP port. • Latency under load: Syscope pings your router before and during each iPerf3 test to reveal bufferbloat, the queueing delay that makes calls and games stutter. • Saved tests, labels, reusable profiles, reruns, and side-by-side comparisons. • Room-by-room comparison: tag each test with a location to compare speed, Wi-Fi signal, and latency across your home or office. • Continuous Wi-Fi readings and charts through the optional Shortcut. • PDF, JSON, and CSV test reports. Network identifiers are hidden by default. Pro is an optional, non-consumable in-app purchase, not a subscription. See the app for your local price. Restore purchases with the Apple Account used for the purchase. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account, ads, or tracking. The Syscope developer does not collect your personal data. Metrics and saved tests are processed and stored on your device unless you choose to export or share them. Network diagnostics send traffic to the target you choose, which can see your source IP. Purchases are handled by Apple. Optional Wi-Fi name access may require iOS location permission; Syscope does not read or save location coordinates. BEFORE YOU TEST iPerf3 requires a reachable compatible server, such as another device on your network. Syscope does not provide a public speed-test server network. Throughput tests can use substantial traffic; cellular testing is disabled by default. Server mode runs only in the foreground on Wi-Fi or a wired local network. Syscope does not list other apps or show their individual memory use. It records metrics while in the foreground, not as an always-on background monitor. Requires iOS 17 or later. Available for iPhone and iPad, in English and Traditional Chinese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimpleTally at none against Syscope's 1. Syscope's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Syscope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SimpleTally asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleTally ships an update every 3 weeks, Syscope weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleTally | Syscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Robison | CHUNG-HO LEE |
In-app purchases
SimpleTally
No in-app purchases
Syscope
- Syscope Pro$2.99









