Comparison

Kounters vs MarkNote Lite

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

Head to head
About

Kounters

Quantify and track your daily activities, habits, and goals with customizable counters. Log events with notes, images, and locations, and visualize your progress with detailed graphs. Offers flexible counting methods and export options.

Highlights
  • Customizable counters (auto/manual)
  • Event logging with notes and images
  • Progress visualization with graphs
  • Shake and sound to count options
  • Data export to PDF/CSV
  • Categorization and favorites
Features
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Track your life, reach goals, quantify. Kounters is an application that will let you count user defined events. Use it to count/quantify/track progress on different day to day tasks like: - workouts - habits - expenses - sales - weight - scores - goals Each counter has it's own event log, to let you track when they happen. You can even add an image and/or a text note to each event. Features: • 2 different types of counters: a) Auto: you specify the incremental amount b) Manual: you enter the count amount for each event • Favorites: 8 spots where you can assign any counter. • Categories: let’s you organize your counters into collections • Counters: - counter information: name, type, count amount, thumbnail - add, delete - thumbnails: use your Photo Library or camera to assign a thumbnail to any counter
 • Graphs: shows a Graph for each counter to let you quickly see your progress: - day counts: active/inactive, first/last event dates - inactivity feedback - Landscape Graph: rotate your device to landscape to see a detailed bar graph with 
 totals for up to 3 years, max count, average count
 • Events: - event information: date, time, location (optional), image, note - edit Events: lets you change any of the above - add, delete events - shake to count: count by shaking your device ‣‣‣ preference to turn on/off ‣‣‣ shake sensitivity - sound to count: count when sound above a user defined level is detected ‣‣‣ preference to turn on/off ‣‣‣ sound sensitivity - Event location: save the latitude and longitude of each event ‣‣‣ preference to turn on/off - Export list of all the events for a counter as PDF or CSV ‣‣‣ iTunes ‣‣‣ email - reset Events: deletes all events in a counter Please contact us to report any bugs or suggestions. Requires iOS18 or later

About

MarkNote Lite

Create and organize notes using markdown formatting. Embed images, create tables, and even include code snippets and mathematical formulas. Sync your notes across all your Apple devices and share them easily.

Highlights
  • Markdown note creation
  • Embed photos and images
  • Live preview
  • iCloud sync
  • Share notes
  • Publish as blog posts
  • Web page import
Features
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Take notes with markdown. Sync notes into iCloud. Access your documents with any of your mac or iOS devices. Share your notes with your friend. You can easily embed photos, format text, create tables, send rich formatted mail message, and share and edit notes from any devices. FEATURES - Embed photos and images into note - Live preview while writing - Auto save - Send mail with rich format - Swipe to delete a note - Syntax highlighting - Embed code snippets and mathematics formulas - Click to update the task status in todo list - Review and edit your notes from any web browsers or smart devices - Sync your notes into iCloud drive, and share with all your devices. You can read and edit your notes with marknote app on iPhone/iPad or marknotes on mac - Publish your note as blog posts - Import web page shared from apps like mobile safari, save in markdown format, so that you can read it later or edit it later - graph view, visualize notes relations You have complete control to your data. SUPPORT If you have any feedback or questions, reach us by mail at marknote@aliyun.com

Screenshots

Kounters4 screens
MarkNote Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kounters at 100% against MarkNote Lite's 0%. Kounters also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). MarkNote Lite's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MarkNote Lite is free to download; Kounters costs $0.99 up front. MarkNote Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kounters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kounters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Kounters's written reviews are positive against 0% of MarkNote Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kounters ships an update every 7 months, MarkNote Lite every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Kounters versus MarkNote Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKountersMarkNote Lite
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiPinsoft淑敏 孙

Customer experience

Kounters

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MarkNote Lite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kounters

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MarkNote Lite

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium Version$1.99

Questions

Is Kounters free?
Kounters costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MarkNote Lite free?
MarkNote Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kounters or MarkNote Lite?
Kounters is rated higher. Kounters averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MarkNote Lite averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kounters or MarkNote Lite have ads?
Neither Kounters nor MarkNote Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kounters or MarkNote Lite?
Kounters ships an update every 7 months, and MarkNote Lite every 4 weeks. Most recently, Kounters was updated on November 1, 2026 and MarkNote Lite on November 2, 2026.

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