Comparison

Gravity vs Count

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

Head to head
About

Gravity

This app offers a streamlined note-taking experience by eliminating folders and tags, focusing on a single, continuous stream of thoughts. Capture ideas instantly and use simple gestures to manage your notes, prioritizing what matters most.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Single stream organization
  • Swipe gestures for actions
  • Attention-based prioritization
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Lightweight prefixes for filtering
  • Fast search functionality
Features
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Gravity keeps all your notes in one stream, with the newest at the top. As you add more, older notes sink down the list. When one of them still matters, swipe it right and it comes back to the top. The idea comes from Andrej Karpathy's append-and-review note: write everything in one place, read back through it now and then, and move up whatever you still care about. Gravity has no folders, so there's nothing to file. Writing The cursor is waiting at the top when you open the app. Type your note and press Return twice, or tap the add button. A half-written draft stays where you left it. Rescuing and tidying Swipe right on a note to rescue it. Swipe left to archive, delete, share or copy. Archived notes have a page of their own, and deleted notes stay in Deleted Notes until you restore them or clear them out. Markdown and checklists Headings, bold, italics, lists, links and quotes show formatted in the stream. Start a line with "- [ ]" to make a checklist, then tick items off without opening the note. In the editor the formatting appears as you type, and a small bar above the keyboard adds headings, bold, lists and checklists. Everything is saved as plain Markdown text. Tags Start a note with todo:, idea:, read: or any word followed by a colon, and it gets a colour of its own. Type todo: into search to see only those notes. There's no tag manager to look after. Search Search covers every note on your phone, archived ones too, and works offline. It matches parts of words and ignores accents. Getting notes in The Home Screen widget starts a new note or pastes in whatever you last copied. You can also share text or a link from another app, and it becomes a new note at the top of the stream. Privacy Your notes are stored on your iPhone. Gravity has no accounts and no analytics, and it doesn't collect any data. If you want your notes on your other Apple devices, turn on iCloud sync; it also works with Gravity for Mac, which is sold separately. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time. Looks Choose light, dark or OLED black, or follow the system, and pick from three text sizes. There's a stats page too, worked out on your phone, of course. Price You pay once. There's no subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. Privacy policy: https://www.gravitynotes.app/privacy-policy

About

Count

Features
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Count, play, and have fun together. Count is your personal counter for everything that matters to you. And your scorepad for everything you play. Use both on your own or together with others. Count with ease. Training, health, habits, achievements, events, and all the personal things that matter to you. Count remembers your values and shows how they change over time. For every game. Card games, dice games, darts, or whatever you like to play. Count keeps track of games, rounds, and points. More fun together. Everyone plays on their own device and enters their own score. Everyone can see the current score and keep playing together, whether it’s just two of you or a larger group. Your data stays yours. No account. No tracking. No ads. Your data stays on your device. Backups are supported, and you can transfer your data to another device anytime, including from iOS to Android and vice versa. Start for free. Count is free to use. Upgrade to Count Pro to unlock all features. One-time purchase, no subscription.

Screenshots

Gravity4 screens
Count4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Count at Free against Gravity's $9.99. Count also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Gravity's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#140 vs unranked). On 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

Count is free to download; Gravity costs $9.99 up front. Count sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gravity asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gravity ships an update every 11 days, Count every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Gravity versus Count: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravityCount
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#140 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTristan Manchestersoftwarea GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Gravity

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Count

One-time1
  • Count Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Gravity free?
Gravity costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Count free?
Count is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gravity or Count have ads?
Neither Gravity nor Count shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gravity or Count?
Gravity ships an update every 11 days, and Count every 3 days. Most recently, Gravity was updated on October 24, 2026 and Count on October 24, 2026.

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