Comparison

My CountUp vs FindMyShadow

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

Head to head
About

My CountUp

Easily track and manage daily activities like water intake, exercise, or learning. Visualize your consistency with a calendar view and share progress to stay motivated. Adjust past entries for accurate record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Multiple project creation
  • Quick tap logging
  • Calendar progress visualization
  • Record editing
  • Progress sharing and export
Features
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CountUp is a simple yet powerful counting tool designed to help you track and manage your daily activities. Whether it’s water intake, exercise sets, reading sessions, or learning progress, CountUp makes it easy to record and visualize your consistency. Key Features • Multiple Projects: Create and manage different counting projects for various activities (e.g., water, exercise, reading). • Quick Counting: Tap the blue button to instantly add a new record. • Calendar View: Visualize your activity history and track your progress over time. • Edit Records: Adjust timestamps or update past records to ensure accuracy. • Share & Export: Generate beautiful progress images and share them with friends to stay motivated. Tips • Create separate projects for different activities, like “Water Intake,” “Exercise,” or “Reading.” • Use the calendar to track your consistency at a glance. • Edit your records if you forget to log something. • Share your progress to keep yourself motivated.

About

FindMyShadow

Visualize sun shadows for custom scenes you draw. Calculate sun position and shadow casting for any location and date. Useful for gardening, construction, photography, and solar panel planning.

Highlights
  • Custom scene drawing
  • Shadow casting visualization
  • Sun position calculation
  • Location and date specific plotting
  • Report and snapshot generation
Features
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Plot the shadows cast for your own custom scene, simply drawn right in the app! Generate reports and scene snapshots to print and share. Sun position plotter and shadow calculator that finds the position of the sun and its shadows at any location on the earth and on any date in the past or future. Uses include: - find out where the shadows are cast in your garden throughout the seasons to identify the perfect spot for your vegetable patch or decking - use the app to identify if your building extension will obstruct neighbours' light (or if your neighbours' extension will block your light!) - photographers can identify the perfect time to catch the light at the desired angle, or when and where to capture those sunrise and sunset shots - check if the angle of your roofline is suitable for solar panels

Screenshots

My CountUp4 screens
FindMyShadow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: My CountUp at Free against FindMyShadow's $0.99. FindMyShadow's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

My CountUp is free to download; FindMyShadow costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FindMyShadow holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of My CountUp's written reviews are positive against 31% of FindMyShadow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My CountUp ships an update every 6 months, FindMyShadow every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My CountUp versus FindMyShadow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy CountUpFindMyShadow
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)2.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews30.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.611.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文睿 李Matt Swain

Customer experience

My CountUp

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative40.0%

FindMyShadow

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative69.2%

In-app purchases

None

My CountUp

No in-app purchases

None

FindMyShadow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My CountUp free?
My CountUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FindMyShadow free?
FindMyShadow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My CountUp or FindMyShadow?
FindMyShadow is rated higher. My CountUp averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while FindMyShadow averages 2.5 from 4 ratings.
Do My CountUp or FindMyShadow have ads?
Neither My CountUp nor FindMyShadow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My CountUp or FindMyShadow?
My CountUp ships an update every 6 months, and FindMyShadow every 3 months. Most recently, My CountUp was updated on October 23, 2026 and FindMyShadow on October 26, 2026.

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