Comparison

CountTogether vs Counter

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

Head to head
About

CountTogether

This app allows users to create and share various types of counters, including up/down counters, countdowns, and day trackers. It facilitates real-time collaboration with others, offering features like activity logs, notifications, and home screen widgets for quick access. No account is required to start using its flexible tracking capabilities.

Highlights
  • Real-time shared counters
  • Up/down counters and countdown timers
  • Day trackers for streaks and milestones
  • Activity log for transparency
  • Push notifications and reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Public API for integrations
Features
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CountTogether is a powerful shared counter, countdown, and day tracker built for real-time collaboration. Create counters, share them instantly, and stay in sync across all devices. FLEXIBLE COUNTERS FOR ANY USE CASE - Up and down counters for numbers, habits, or tracking - Countdown timers for upcoming events - Days since counters for milestones and streaks - Works as a clicker, tally counter, or habit tracker REAL-TIME SHARED COUNTERS - Invite others via link, email or QR code - All changes update instantly for everyone - Perfect for teams, friends, and communities - No account required ORGANIZED AND TRANSPARENT - Group counters by project, event, or category - Full activity log shows who changed what and when - Stay aligned with your team at all times SMART FEATURES THAT SAVE TIME - Push notifications for updates, reminders, and milestones - Automatic tracking of anniversaries and streaks - Home screen widgets for quick access - iOS Shortcuts for powerful automations BUILT FOR POWER USERS AND DEVELOPERS - Public API for custom integrations and workflows - Designed for reliability, speed, and flexibility PRIVATE AND SIMPLE - No sign-up or account required - Secure connection with minimal data storage - Start in seconds and share instantly POPULAR USE CASES - Habit tracking and fitness challenges - Event attendance and live counting - Inventory and stock tracking - Games, scoreboards, and competitions CountTogether adapts to your workflow — from simple counters to full real-time collaboration. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Counter

Features
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Counter turns a shared habit into something you can see. A group agrees on a theme - Sport, Reading, Chores - and lists the specific things worth counting inside it. Every time you actually do one, you open the app and tap once. Your number goes up. Everyone else in the group sees it move. That is the whole app. A PICTURE, NOT A LIST Your group is drawn as a graph: the theme in the middle, the things you count around it, and the people counting them further out. The number sits on the line between a person and the thing they did. You can see at a glance who has been running and who has not been near the pool since March. NO SCORES, NO RANKING, NO STREAKS There is no leaderboard and nothing to lose. Miss a week and nothing breaks, nothing turns red, nothing nags you. The only social pressure is the visible fact that someone else's number went up today and yours did not. That turns out to be enough. COUNTS ONLY GO UP A tap is a fact about something you did, so it cannot be edited away. Tap by mistake and there is a brief window to undo it - after that the number stands. Nobody can quietly tidy their history. INVITATION ONLY Counter is not open to sign-ups. Three existing members must each spend an invitation on the same person before that person can join, and everyone starts with three invitations that refill slowly. It grows at the speed of people actually vouching for each other. This is deliberate. It means everyone you count alongside arrived through someone you already trust, and it is why there is no blocking, no reporting queue and no feed full of strangers. EMOJI, NOT PHOTOGRAPHS Every theme, every activity and every person is an emoji you pick yourself. There are no photo uploads, so there is nothing to moderate and nothing of yours sitting on a server being scanned. WHAT WE KEEP Your name, your email address, your emoji and your counts. Nothing is sold, nothing is shared with advertisers, and there is no tracking of any kind. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app, in two taps from the profile screen.

Screenshots

CountTogether4 screens
Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Counter at none against CountTogether's 3. Counter also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. CountTogether sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
CountTogether versus Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountTogetherCounter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManuel MayerArtem Bahniuk

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CountTogether

Subscriptions2
  • CountTogether Pro14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • CountTogether Pro$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • CountTogether Pro$22.99
None

Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CountTogether free?
CountTogether is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Counter free?
Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CountTogether or Counter have ads?
Neither CountTogether nor Counter shows ads.

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