Word Count Notes, Word Counter vs Documentally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Word Count Notes, Word Counter
This app helps you manage your notes with features like unlimited folders, customizable text, and reminders. It offers word and character counting, text-to-speech, and home screen widgets for easy access. All functionalities are free to use.
- Unlimited folders and notes
- Word and character counting
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Reminders and deadlines
- Customizable font styles
- Home screen widget
- Dark mode
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It's a simple and easy-to-use word count notes app. Folders, templates, saved history, string replacement, text-to-speech, widgets, reminders, etc. are available. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Create unlimited folders and notes - Count up/down the number of characters and words - Customize font style and size - Set deadlines and reminders for notes - Color coding, pinning and priority settings - Copy and share notes - Auto-save notes and auto-string replacement - Load notes from saved history - Easy input from template - Read notes aloud - Calculate total number of characters per folder - Home screen widget - Notifications with badges and alerts - dark mode - free URL scheme: countnotes://
Documentally
This app provides comprehensive text analysis, including word, character, sentence, line, paragraph, and byte counts. It offers advanced customization for counting, version history, document protection with a PIN, and various sorting and formatting options. Export your work in .txt format and work offline.
- Multiple text count metrics (words, characters, sentences, lines, paragraphs, bytes)
- Customizable word count based on language and encoding
- Unlimited version history with undo/redo
- Secure Safe Folder with PIN protection
- Document search and sorting options
- Adjustable font size and text formatting
- Offline functionality
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In addition to "Word count", it also provides counts for "Characters", "Sentences", "Lines", "Paragraphs", and "Bytes". This app is especially handy when you need to adhere to specific word or character limits, such as for reports, essays, columns, speech scripts, novels, and more. SELECT WORD COUNT FEATURE You can customize the word count feature based on the text by switching languages. You can also configure text encoding, punctuation, and more. UNLIMITED VERSION HISTORY Track changes made to your documents and undo anything you choose. PROTECT YOUR DOCUMENTS WITH SAFE FOLDER You can hide documents in your Safe folder and control access with a PIN. Screenshots of the Safe folder can’t be taken. FIND YOUR DOCUMENTS Please enter keywords in the search bar to locate your documents. SORT OPTIONS You can sort your notes alphabetically, numerically, or by date. ADJUST FONT SIZE You have the option to change the font size for better visibility on your screen. Word Count: Counts the number of words as you type • Example 1: "Word Count in Documents" -> 4 • Example 2: "I'm you." -> 2 • Example 3: "Do you live in real-time???" -> 5 Character Count: Displays the total number of characters as you type • Example 1: "Green" -> 5 • Example 2: "Word Counter in Documents" -> 25 • Example 3: "I am a pencil." -> 14 Here are the main functions: • Count the "number of bytes" as you write. • Create new documents or edit existing files. • Working, with or without Internet. • Export your work in .txt format. • Undo / Redo your notes' input. • Delete your notes whenever you like. • You can print. However, your document may appear differently in the preview window. Instead, you can use "Print as Image". • The character limit for input is determined by your smartphone device; the app does not impose any limits. Settings: • Sort by: Name / Last modified / Last opened / Date trashed / Items / Characters / Words / Sentences / Lines / Paragraphs / Bytes • Font size: 12.0 - 40.0 • Font: Noto Sans / Open Sans / Roboto / Oswald / Courier Prime / Red Rose / M PLUS 1 / M PLUS 1p / M PLUS 1 Code / M PLUS 2 / M PLUS Rounded 1c / Sawarabi Gothic / Hina Mincho / Klee One / Kaisei HarunoUmi / Kaisei Tokumin / Kaisei Opti / Kaisei Decol / RocknRoll One / DotGothic16 / Zen Kurenaido / Zen Kaku Gothic New / Zen Maru Gothic / Zen Antique / Sunflower / Gothic A1 / Gowun Dodum / Gowun Batang / Song Myung / Poor Story / Hahmlet / IBM Plex Sans KR / Stylish • Bold text: ON / OFF • Italic text: ON / OFF • Underline: None / Solid / Double / Dotted / Dashed / Wavy • Letter spacing: -1.0 - 10.0 • Word spacing: -2.0 - 10.0 • Line spacing: 1.0 - 3.0 • Language: English / Japanese / Korean / Indonesian • Count line breaks: ON / OFF • Count spaces and tabs: ON / OFF • Punctuation marks • Text encoding: EUC-JP / ISO-2022-JP / ISO-2022-JP-1 / ISO-2022-JP-2 / Shift_JIS / ISO-8859-1 / ISO-8859-2 / ISO-8859-3 / ISO-8859-4 / ISO-8859-5 / ISO-8859-6 / ISO-8859-7 / ISO-8859-8 / ISO-8859-9 / ISO-8859-10 / ISO-8859-13 / ISO-8859-14 / ISO-8859-15 / UTF-7 / UTF-8 / UTF-16 / UTF-16BE / UTF-16LE / UTF-32 / UTF-32BE / UTF-32LE / US-ASCII / EUC-KR / ISO-2022-KR / windows-1250 / windows-1251 / windows-1252 / windows-1253 / windows-1254 / windows-1255 / windows-1256 / windows-1257 / windows-1258 Terms of Use: https://note.com/documentally/n/n0f4e75fd9170 Privacy Policy: https://note.com/documentally/n/n11df06d7073e
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Word Count Notes, Word Counter at 4.5 against Documentally's 3.7. Word Count Notes, Word Counter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Documentally's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Documentally sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Word Count Notes, Word Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Word Count Notes, Word Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
Word Count Notes, Word Counter ships an update every 4 weeks, Documentally weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Word Count Notes, Word Counter | Documentally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Yoshinori Tsuchiya |
Customer experience
Word Count Notes, Word Counter
Documentally
In-app purchases
Word Count Notes, Word Counter
No in-app purchases
Documentally
- 1 Week Plan$0.997 Days
- 1 Month Plan$1.991 Month
- 6 Months Plan$9.996 Months
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- Annual Plan$17.991 Year
- Lifetime Plan$29.99
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