Comparison

Tally vs InStash

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

Head to head
About

Tally

Easily track any number of items, people, or habits with this simple and customizable counter. It offers a clean interface, unlimited counters, and text-to-speech functionality, all while prioritizing user privacy with no sign-ups required.

Highlights
  • Unlimited counters
  • Customizable colors and names
  • Simple interface
  • Text-to-speech
  • Privacy-first design
  • Fast and reliable
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Need a quick and easy way to track counts? Tally is the ultimate counter for everything—people, items, habits, or any task you can imagine. It’s private, reliable, and always free. • Simple interface: Tally keeps things clean and simple. No bulk. • Unlimited counters: Track multiple tally counts at once • Customisable: Change tally count colours, names and more! • Text-to-speech • Fast & reliable • Privacy-first: No sign-ups If Tally helps you, please leave a review and tell us how you use it! Your feedback fuels updates and improvements.

About

InStash

Features
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InStash = Instant + Stash The desktop sticky note experience you love, now with the sync you need. WHY INSTASH? macOS Stickies is great — notes float on your desktop, always visible, always reminding. But it has two fatal flaws: • No sync — Switch Mac or grab your phone, your notes are gone. • No middle ground — Notes are either on desktop or deleted, nothing in between. InStash fixes both. THE EDGE DECK Enough notes and the desktop gets crowded. The deck tucks them to the side of your screen as a slim strip of tabs: • Move the pointer close and it fans out — click once to edit right there, no need to drag a window back • Drag tabs to reorder them, pin the ones you reach for most • Every note switches between a floating window and the deck, and which form it is in syncs over iCloud • Put the deck on the left or the right, and tune tab size, style and labels to taste CORE PHILOSOPHY "Seeing equals reminding." Unlike Notion or Apple Notes that hide your thoughts in drawers, desktop sticky notes force you to see them. This spatial memory is irreplaceable. InStash preserves this magic while adding what's missing. InStash — Your ideas, instantly stashed, universally synced.

Screenshots

Tally4 screens
InStash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: InStash at none against Tally's 1. InStash also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Tally's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price and iOS requirement 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. Tally sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. InStash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tally ships an update every 10 days, InStash monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Tally versus InStash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTallyInStash
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRhyce.devyifan z

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tally

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

InStash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is InStash free?
InStash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tally or InStash have ads?
Tally shows ads; InStash does not.
Which is updated more often, Tally or InStash?
Tally ships an update every 10 days, and InStash monthly. Most recently, Tally was updated on October 30, 2026 and InStash on October 31, 2026.

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