Comparison

CheckCount vs EZRecorder

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

Head to head
About

CheckCount

Easily count and record any item or event. Data is securely stored and accessible by day, week, month, or year. Customize categories with different colors for quick visual tracking.

Highlights
  • Count and record anything
  • Secure data storage
  • View records by time period
  • Categorize with custom colors
  • Cross-device support
Features
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CheckCount is always easy to count. You can count and record anything. The records you count are always saved even if you delete the app. [Example use] - counting things - The number of times you drink water - the number of people admitted - a successful fishing fish - medication history - The coffee I drank in a day [Function] - Secure data storage - View records by day, week, month, and year - Change color by category This app complies with Apple’s standard EULA. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

EZRecorder

This app offers high-quality audio recording with intelligent noise reduction and voice enhancement. It provides convenient one-tap recording via widgets and Apple Watch, along with features like bookmarking, location logging, and automatic iCloud synchronization for easy management.

Highlights
  • Superior audio quality with noise reduction
  • One-tap recording from widgets and Apple Watch
  • Smart recording management with auto-stop
  • Bookmark important moments
  • Location-based information logging
  • Auto-save and iCloud synchronization
  • Speech-to-text transcription and AI summarization
Features
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Start with a tap. Capture the moment with clarity. EZRecorder brings together recording presets, quick access, transcription, and AI notes. Record meetings, lectures, interviews, ideas, or everyday sounds—and find what matters later. [Presets for your surroundings] Choose presets for clear speech, narration, voice memos, music practice, or nature sounds. Find options for offices, classrooms, meeting rooms, cafés, outdoors, transport, pockets, and more. [Make the sound your own] Adjust low-frequency noise, voice clarity, and high-frequency detail. Analyze surrounding sound for suggested settings, monitor through earphones, and save custom presets with names and icons. [Ready when you need it] • Start with one tap or by selecting a preset • Recording reminders, auto-stop timers, pause and resume • Check or manually select the microphone • Exclude quiet sections while recording • Include the previous 5–30 seconds while pre-recording standby is active on iPhone [Record from iPhone widgets] Arrange favorite presets in small, medium, or large widgets. Tap to start recording and check recording status from your Home Screen. [Bookmark important moments] Add bookmarks and notes while recording or playing back. See markers on the waveform and jump straight to each moment. [Turn moments into audio clips] Start from the playhead, a bookmark, a transcript sentence, or an AI key moment. Adjust boundaries in 0.1-second steps, preview the selection, and save or share M4A clips up to one minute long. Your original recording and bookmarks stay intact. [Read, search, and edit] • Live transcription on supported systems, devices, and languages • Transcribe complete saved recordings • Play timestamped sentences • Search with highlighted matches • Edit recognition errors and create clips or bookmarks from sentences [AI corrections, summaries, and key moments] Compare corrected text with the original. Get titles, summaries, key points, action items, and keywords. Find important decisions, tasks, and explanations, then play or clip those passages. Choose the app language, the transcript’s original language, or another supported language for summaries and key moment titles. Corrections preserve the original language. Add summaries to recording notes and share transcripts or audio. [Review recordings faster] Navigate with waveforms and bookmarks, skip forward or back, adjust playback speed, and skip quiet sections. [Record from Apple Watch] Record, pause, and save from your wrist. Use automatic recording when opening the app or a complication, auto-stop timers, silence exclusion, and bookmarks. On supported devices, add bookmarks with Double Tap. Transfer recordings and bookmarks automatically to iPhone. [Choose your format and quality] Record in M4A, FLAC, or WAV, with stereo and format-specific quality settings. Select built-in, wired, Bluetooth, or USB microphones. [Keep everything organized] Search recording titles and notes, browse lists or calendars, and save recording locations on a map. Automatically sync iPhone recordings and files received from Watch with iCloud Drive. Start quickly. Record clearly. Find what you need with EZRecorder. Basic recording, complete transcription, transcript search and editing, and iPhone bookmarks are free. Some features require Pro, including saving and applying custom presets, advanced formats and quality settings, iCloud sync, clip creation, and AI key moments. AI corrections/summaries and key moment searches each use AI credits based on transcript length. If no key moments are found, credits used for that request are refunded. Availability and transcription accuracy depend on the device, OS, language, network, permissions, and recording conditions.

Screenshots

CheckCount4 screens
EZRecorder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EZRecorder at Free against CheckCount's $2.99. EZRecorder also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On review sentiment, 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

EZRecorder is free to download; CheckCount costs $2.99 up front. CheckCount sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and EZRecorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CheckCount ships an update every 3 weeks, EZRecorder weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CheckCount versus EZRecorder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckCountEZRecorder
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYeonwoo LeeRYNYUL

Customer experience

CheckCount

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

EZRecorder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CheckCount

Subscriptions2
  • CheckMade+ (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • CheckMade+ (1 Year)$29.991 Year
1 purchases

EZRecorder

One-time1
  • EZRecorder Pro Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is CheckCount free?
CheckCount costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is EZRecorder free?
EZRecorder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CheckCount or EZRecorder have ads?
Neither CheckCount nor EZRecorder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CheckCount or EZRecorder?
CheckCount ships an update every 3 weeks, and EZRecorder weekly. Most recently, CheckCount was updated on October 12, 2026 and EZRecorder on October 24, 2026.

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