Comparison

CharCount Pro vs PencilDB

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

Head to head
About

CharCount Pro

Features
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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!

About

PencilDB

Features
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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

Screenshots

CharCount Pro3 screens
PencilDB4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CharCount Pro ships an update weekly, PencilDB every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
CharCount Pro versus PencilDB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharCount ProPencilDB
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanaka Mikihisaideo Entertainment Inc.

In-app purchases

None

CharCount Pro

No in-app purchases

None

PencilDB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CharCount Pro free?
CharCount Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PencilDB free?
PencilDB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CharCount Pro or PencilDB have ads?
Neither CharCount Pro nor PencilDB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CharCount Pro or PencilDB?
CharCount Pro ships an update weekly, and PencilDB every 9 days. Most recently, CharCount Pro was updated on October 8, 2026 and PencilDB on October 10, 2026.

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