Comparison

My CountUp vs When

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

When

This app helps you remember important dates for your friends and family. It imports contacts and Facebook friends, then notifies you via badge icon or local notifications when a birthday is approaching. You can also send quick wishes directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Birthday reminders
  • Import from Contacts
  • Import from Facebook
  • Local notifications
  • Badge icon alerts
  • Send quick wishes
Features
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"When - anniversary remembrancer" is used to remind you about your friends' birthdays. It's very simple and has only necessary functionality: maintains a list of your friends and notifies you when their birthdays come. "When" does not send you any push notifications but uses the badge icon and local notifications to inform about birthdays. What the application does: - imports friends from Contacts, - imports friends from Facebook (only those who use this app), - allows editing your friends, - displays friends who had a birthday recently, will have it soon or have it today - uses badge icon or local notifications to notify about birthdays, - allows sending simple wishes (mail, sms, call) to the person who has a birthday today. If you have any comments, please feel free to contacts us at when@nomtek.com.

Screenshots

My CountUp4 screens
When4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: When at 5.0 against My CountUp's 2.3. When also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). My CountUp's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

When holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of My CountUp's written reviews are positive against 60% of When's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My CountUp ships an update every 6 months, When every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My CountUp versus When: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy CountUpWhen
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文睿 李Nomtek sp. z o.o.

Customer experience

My CountUp

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

When

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

My CountUp

No in-app purchases

None

When

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My CountUp free?
My CountUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is When free?
When is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My CountUp or When?
When is rated higher. My CountUp averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while When averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do My CountUp or When have ads?
Neither My CountUp nor When shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My CountUp or When?
My CountUp ships an update every 6 months, and When every 2 months. Most recently, My CountUp was updated on October 23, 2026 and When on October 23, 2026.

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