CharCount Pro vs PencilDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CharCount Pro
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◆ Supercharge Your Writing with the Next-Gen Writing Support App! Ever found yourself distracted by word counts and unable to focus on writing? This app solves that problem instantly! It counts characters, words, and paragraphs in real time with absolute precision. And now, with the latest update… ◆ Search Feature: Instantly find any phrase in your text ◆ Archive Feature: Save your work and bring it back anytime Your writing workflow just got a huge upgrade! ◆ Key Features ・Real-time counting: Characters, words, and paragraphs calculated with perfect accuracy ・Visual feedback: Text color changes as you hit your goals—track progress at a glance ・Multilingual support: Works perfectly with both Japanese and English ・New Search & Archive: Manage and organize your writing smarter than ever ◆ Perfect For ・Checking word counts in reports and papers ・Fine-tuning blog posts and social media captions ・Practicing English writing and boosting vocabulary ・Creating web content and optimizing for SEO A must-have smart tool for every writer. Make writing faster, smoother, and way more fun!
PencilDB
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PencilDB is a database of mechanical pencils, ballpoint pens, fountain pens and inks. We build it together, and we correct it together. ■ Point the camera, and the pen identifies itself Move the camera slowly toward the part number printed on the barrel. PencilDB reads the marking and looks it up. Recognition happens entirely on your device. The photo itself never leaves your iPhone. ■ Keep a record, one pen at a time Sort pens into "Owned" and "Wanted". Add what you paid, when you bought it, where from, and what condition it is in — as much or as little as you feel like. Every one of those fields can be left empty. ■ Used prices come into view Once two or more people have reported what they paid for a part number, the price it actually changes hands for starts to appear. While only one report exists, no figure is shown. Otherwise what you paid would become "the market price" all by itself. ■ Straight to a shop that sells it For each part number, the shops selling it today are listed with their prices. Links that earn us a commission are marked as ads. ■ Know the company behind the brand Company profiles for 64 brands, with every model they make. Founding year, country, and what they have built over the years. ■ Articles Barrel materials, nib widths, the stories behind the brands — written for people who are serious about pens. ■ What is in it now 2,854 models, 12,460 part numbers, 64 brands. Sailor / Montblanc / Pilot / Mitsubishi Pencil (uni) / Platinum / LAMY / Zebra / Pentel / Faber-Castell / Caran d'Ache / Kuretake / Kaweco / Visconti / Montegrappa / Eboya / WANCHER and more. Everything comes from the manufacturers' own price revision documents and official sites. Each entry records where it came from. ■ A nickname, a password and an email address. Nothing else. No real name, no street address. The only thing shown publicly is your nickname. The email address exists so you can reset a forgotten password; it never appears on screen. ■ Corrected by everyone Found a mistake? Anyone can submit a correction, photos included. A person reviews them before they go live. Once two people are friends, they can message each other. Anyone you would rather not hear from can be blocked, and problems can be reported. ―――――― Site https://www.pencildb.com Terms https://www.pencildb.com/terms Privacy https://www.pencildb.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PencilDB at 17.0 against CharCount Pro's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CharCount Pro ships an update weekly, PencilDB every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CharCount Pro | PencilDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tanaka Mikihisa | ideo Entertainment Inc. |
In-app purchases
CharCount Pro
No in-app purchases
PencilDB
No in-app purchases









