Comparison

PlusOne Watch vs CountUp

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

Head to head
About

PlusOne Watch

A straightforward utility for tracking any kind of count directly from your watch face. Easily add custom labels for wins, plays, drinks, or anything else you need to tally. Swipe left to delete unused labels.

Highlights
  • Count anything with custom labels
  • Display count directly on watch face
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Delete labels by swiping left
  • Supports iPhone and iPod
Features
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+1 is a simple counter app with a complication. Count anything, wins, plays, drinks, or any custom label, and see the total count directly from your watch face. Pro tip: you can delete a label you don't use anymore by swiping to the left.

About

CountUp

Easily track anything with a simple tap. This utility app offers customizable counters for various activities, from gym reps to inventory. Access your tallies on your iPhone, Home Screen, and Apple Watch, with offline syncing and group organization.

Highlights
  • Tap to count
  • Customizable counters
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • Counter groups
  • Offline counting
  • Goal tracking
Features
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Tap anywhere to count. Reps at the gym, people through a door, laps in the pool, prayer beads on a commute: CountUp is a tally counter that stays out of your way, on your iPhone, your Home Screen and your Apple Watch. START FROM A TEMPLATE Pick a starting point and CountUp sets it up for you: Workout, Inventory, Habit, Baby, Sports, Classroom, Warehouse, Prayer or Gardening. Each template fills in the name, color and goal, so you are counting in one tap. Templates are free, on first launch and every time you add a counter. COUNT FROM YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is included for everyone. Tap to add, count with your phone in your bag, and your counts sync back to your iPhone in seconds. It keeps counting offline. A COUNTER ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the small CountUp widget and tap plus without opening the app. Pick the counter from a list, pick its look, choose plus and minus or just plus, choose what a tap adds, and show the goal ring or hide it. CountUp Pro adds the medium and large sizes, the Lock Screen, a widget for a whole group, and a CountUp button in Control Center on iOS 18. COUNTER GROUPS Keep related tallies together and give each group an emoji you recognize at a glance. All your lifts in Push Day. Your whole class in Class 4B. Home and away in one match. The combined total is the big number, and each counter sits underneath it with its own plus button, so you can tally a whole session without opening a thing. WHAT PEOPLE COUNT - Gym: reps, sets and laps - Faith: tasbih, dhikr, rosary and mantra repetitions - Events and classrooms: headcount, attendance, people through a door - Work: stock counts and quick inventory tallies - Everything else: golf strokes, knitting rows, scores, glasses of water WHAT YOU CAN DO - Unlimited named, color-coded counters - Start from a free template or a blank counter - Group counters, give the group an emoji, and see the combined total - Tap anywhere in the lower half of the screen to add, long-press minus to subtract - Set a goal per counter and watch the progress ring fill - Every counting session logged with net change and peak value - Count on Apple Watch, offline, syncing back in seconds BUILT TO BE SAFE Reset and delete sit behind a confirmation with an undo window, never next to the count button. Your counts do not disappear by accident. ACCESSIBILITY FIRST VoiceOver announces every count out loud. The counting zone is the whole lower half of the screen. Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, and full light and dark support throughout. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No sign-up and no login. Your counters and history are stored on your device. FREE AND PRO Free gives you unlimited counters and groups, every template, goals, sessions, the Apple Watch app, the last 30 days of history, and the small Home Screen widget. CountUp Pro is a one-time unlock, not a subscription, and adds: - Medium and large Home Screen widgets - Every Lock Screen widget, including a whole group above the clock - The group and multi-counter widgets - The Control Center button on iOS 18 - Watch-face complications - Your full history, with charts and CSV export - Custom step sizes - Custom sounds: pick a count sound for each counter and preview it first Restore Purchases is always available in Settings. Small team. Fair prices. Apps that do one thing well.

Screenshots

CountUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlusOne Watch at none against CountUp's 1. PlusOne Watch also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). CountUp's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. CountUp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlusOne Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PlusOne Watch against 5.0 for CountUp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlusOne Watch ships an update every 3 months, CountUp every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
PlusOne Watch versus CountUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlusOne WatchCountUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBasile BruneauTien Dat Nguyen

Customer experience

PlusOne Watch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CountUp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PlusOne Watch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CountUp

One-time1
  • CountUp Pro$1.99

Questions

Is PlusOne Watch free?
PlusOne Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CountUp free?
CountUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlusOne Watch or CountUp?
PlusOne Watch and CountUp are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PlusOne Watch or CountUp have ads?
CountUp shows ads; PlusOne Watch does not.
Which is updated more often, PlusOne Watch or CountUp?
PlusOne Watch ships an update every 3 months, and CountUp every 3 days. Most recently, PlusOne Watch was updated on October 16, 2026 and CountUp on October 14, 2026.

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