Comparison

Counter vs CountUp

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

Head to head
About

Counter

This utility app allows users to easily track numerical counts. It supports counting both up and down in various increments and offers a simple reset function for flexible usage.

Highlights
  • Count up and down
  • Customizable increments
  • Easy reset function
  • Simple user interface
  • Flexible usage
Features
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If you are looking for an app to count up numbers, then you have stumbled in the right place. This app offers a very simple utility, you can count up in different increments both up and down, and you can easily reset your current count which allows for flexible usage.

About

CountUp

Easily track anything with a simple tap. This versatile counter app offers customizable widgets for your iPhone, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch. Set goals, track progress over time, and organize multiple tallies.

Highlights
  • Tap to count
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen Live Activity
  • Apple Watch app
  • Smart counters with goals
  • Counter groups
  • Focus mode
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. Tap anywhere to count, with your count at the center. The ring follows your counter goal, or stays neutral when no goal is set. Hold to exit so a stray tap never ends the session. Made for workouts, headcounts, habits, prayer and whatever you count. 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 Choose a counter with group filters and search, then 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

Counter1 screens
CountUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Counter at none against CountUp's 1. Counter also leads on ads (none vs shown). CountUp's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. CountUp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counter ships an update every 3 months, CountUp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Counter versus CountUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounterCountUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGaming Development LTDTien Dat Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Counter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CountUp

One-time1
  • CountUp Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Counter free?
Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CountUp free?
CountUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Counter or CountUp have ads?
CountUp shows ads; Counter does not.
Which is updated more often, Counter or CountUp?
Counter ships an update every 3 months, and CountUp every 5 days. Most recently, Counter was updated on October 31, 2026 and CountUp on November 9, 2026.

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