Comparison

Smarty Counter vs CountUp

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

Head to head
About

Smarty Counter

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Smart Counter is the ideal app for anyone who needs to keep track of anything with ease. Whether you want to count people, objects, events or daily activities, Smart Counter allows you to create multiple customised counters, each with its own name and value. The clean, minimalist interface allows you to increase, decrease or reset each counter with a single tap.

About

CountUp

This app provides a versatile tally counter with customizable features for various tracking needs. It offers widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen, and integrates with Apple Watch for on-the-go counting. Advanced options include smart counters that reset automatically and detailed insights into your progress.

Highlights
  • Tap to count
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • Smart counters with auto-reset
  • Focus mode for full-screen counting
  • Counter groups
  • Templates for various uses
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 built like an instrument, on your iPhone, your Home Screen, your Lock Screen and your Apple Watch. NEW IN 2.0 A complete redesign in graphite and brass, with big keys you can feel, a tally gauge that fills toward your goal, and a choice of app icons. COUNTERS THAT RESET THEMSELVES Make a counter smart and it starts fresh every day, week or month on its own, keeps the old totals in your history, reminds you at the time you pick, and builds a streak. Your first smart counter is included; CountUp Pro makes every counter smart. LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN With CountUp Pro, start counting and a Live Activity keeps the count on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with plus and minus right there. FOCUS MODE Full screen, eyes free. The whole screen counts, a ring of 33 beads fills as you go, and a stronger tap marks every round. Hold to exit, so a stray tap never ends the session. Made for dhikr, rosary and long sets. A WHOLE WORKOUT ON ONE BOARD Open a group as a Board: one big tile per counter, so Push-ups, Squats and Pull-ups are each one tap away. LOCK A COUNTER Lock a counter and pocket taps stop, on the phone, the widgets and the Watch. Hold to unlock. INSIGHTS See your week, month and last 12 weeks, your best day and how often you met your goal. START FROM A TEMPLATE Workout, Prayer, Habit, Inventory, Classroom and more. Each fills in the name, color, goal and reset, so you are counting in one tap. COUNT FROM YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is included for everyone. It counts offline and syncs back to your iPhone in seconds. A COUNTER ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the small CountUp widget and tap plus without opening the app. CountUp Pro adds the medium and large sizes, the Lock Screen, a widget for a whole group, and a CountUp control in Control Center. COUNTER GROUPS Keep related tallies together with an emoji you recognize at a glance. Each group shows its combined total for today. ACCESSIBILITY FIRST VoiceOver announces every count. Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, haptics and sounds you can turn off, and full light and dark themes. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No sign-up and no login. Your counters and history stay on your device. FREE AND PRO Free gives you five counters and unlimited groups, every template, one smart counter, Focus mode, Boards, Lock, goals, the Apple Watch app, the last 30 days of Insights, and the small Home Screen widget. CountUp Pro is a one-time unlock, not a subscription, and adds: - Unlimited counters - Smart counters for every counter: resets, reminders and streaks - The Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island - Medium, large, Lock Screen, group and multi-counter widgets, and the Control Center control - Watch-face complications - Your full history, with CSV export - Custom step sizes and count sounds Restore Purchases is always available in Settings. Small team. Fair prices. Apps that do one thing well.

Screenshots

Smarty Counter4 screens
CountUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smarty Counter at none against CountUp's 1. Smarty Counter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smarty Counter ships an update every 2 days, CountUp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 3 level
Smarty Counter versus CountUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmarty CounterCountUp
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size21 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessandro BellottiTien Dat Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Smarty Counter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CountUp

One-time1
  • CountUp Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Smarty Counter free?
Smarty Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CountUp free?
CountUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smarty Counter or CountUp have ads?
CountUp shows ads; Smarty Counter does not.
Which is updated more often, Smarty Counter or CountUp?
Smarty Counter ships an update every 2 days, and CountUp every 5 days. Most recently, Smarty Counter was updated on October 25, 2026 and CountUp on November 1, 2026.

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