Comparison

Count This vs CountThings By Camera

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

Head to head
About

Count This

This utility app allows users to create and manage multiple counters simultaneously. It offers an efficient way to track various counts with a simple interface.

Highlights
  • Multiple counter creation
  • Efficient tracking
  • Simple interface
  • Free to use
Features
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Efficient multi-counter app.

About

CountThings By Camera

This app uses AI and computer vision to automatically count items in photos. It offers a vast template library, supports both new photos and existing albums, and provides manual correction for accuracy. It can count various items simultaneously, even in complex backgrounds.

Highlights
  • AI-powered item counting
  • Extensive template library
  • Photo and album input
  • Area selection for accuracy
  • Manual correction
  • History records
  • Multi-item and multi-class statistics
Features
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【Introduction】 The precise point camera uses artificial intelligence combined with mobile apps, integrates computer vision capabilities into the mobile phone, can perform artificial intelligence analysis on the picture, and calculate the number of items in the picture. Compared with traditional image recognition, it has many advantages. 【Function】 1. Provide a constantly updated template library, users can select templates that meet their own requirements for statistics through the template library. 2. Provide two identification methods: taking pictures and selecting from albums 3. Provide area circle selection function to identify more accurately and quickly 4. Provide manual correction function, you can manually correct the results 5. Provide a history record function, you can save the results for later viewing 6. Provide a variety of items at the same time statistics function. 【Features/Advantages】 1. There is no requirement for the background of the picture. Traditional image recognition has very strict requirements on the background of the picture, and it can only be recognized under the background of a solid color. The precision point camera adopts a new generation of artificial intelligence counting, and there is no requirement for the background of the picture. 2. It has strong interference to the debris pit in the picture, the target object can be easily identified in the complex picture, and has a strong filtering effect on other debris interference. 3. There is no requirement for the size of the object, and items of various sizes can be counted, and there will be no wrong statistics due to size differences 4. Multi-class statistics, you can count a variety of classified items at one time, and calculate the number of each classified item. 5. Accurate statistics on complex items of various forms, and can count items with various forms, such as complex items such as people, can also be accurately counted. 6. Multi-classified nuanced statistics. It is possible to perform classification statistics on two very similar items, such as whether the medicine is defective. 【Currently supported items】 1. Agriculture and forestry: rice, red beans, black beans, soybeans, logs, Arabidopsis, peas 2. Breeding: small river shrimp, various sizes of fry, shrimp fry, fish eggs 3. Construction: steel bars, steel pipes 4. Biomedicine: bacterial colonies, cells 5. Society: people, bamboo sticks 6. More items are being supported, and you can also put forward your own needs in the software if necessary.

Screenshots

Count This3 screens
CountThings By Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CountThings By Camera at every 5 weeks against Count This's every 26 months. CountThings By Camera also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 4). Count This's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Count This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CountThings By Camera sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Count This against 4.8 for CountThings By Camera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CountThings By Camera has 32 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Count This's written reviews are positive against 81% of CountThings By Camera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Count This ships an update every 26 months, CountThings By Camera every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Count This versus CountThings By Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCount ThisCountThings By Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.5% of reviews
Number of ratings432 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCornel Borcean长松 孙

Customer experience

Count This

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CountThings By Camera

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Count This

One-time1
  • Unlimited Access$0.99
11 purchases

CountThings By Camera

One-time11
  • 10 times card$0.99
  • day card$1.99
  • 100 times card$4.99
Show 8 more
  • monthly card(30 times per day)$4.99
  • month card(100 times per day)$5.99
  • annual card(30 times per day)$14.99
  • month card(300 times per day)$19.99
  • 1000 times card$29.99
  • annual card(100 times per day)$29.99
  • monthly card$29.99
  • annual card(300 times per day)$79.99

Questions

Is Count This free?
Count This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CountThings By Camera free?
CountThings By Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Count This or CountThings By Camera?
Count This is rated higher. Count This averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while CountThings By Camera averages 4.8 from 32 ratings.
Do Count This or CountThings By Camera have ads?
Neither Count This nor CountThings By Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Count This or CountThings By Camera?
Count This ships an update every 26 months, and CountThings By Camera every 5 weeks. Most recently, Count This was updated on September 9, 2026 and CountThings By Camera on September 23, 2026.

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