Comparison

CountUp vs Sincely

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

Head to head
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.

About

Sincely

Features
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When did you last do that? Sincely answers exactly that one question. Rotate the mattress, deworm the cat, test the smoke detector, call your mother-in-law – one tap logs the moment, and the app shows you plainly: "12 days ago." This is not a to-do app. No streaks, no points, no guilt. The number is the hero – not a red due date screaming at you. Green is the normal state. Red is rare and stays calm. HOW IT WORKS • Add an entry, pick an emoji, done. • One tap on "Done just now" when you did the thing. • An optional interval tells you when it's time again – without nagging. WHAT'S INSIDE • Home & Lock Screen widgets – your status at a glance. • Gentle reminders when an interval comes due (your call). • Full history per entry: average, past times, all editable. • Siri & Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, log watered the plants." • iCloud sync across all your devices. • 100% offline. No account, no tracking, no ads. SINCELY PRO (one-time, no subscription) • Unlimited entries (free: up to 5). • All widget styles for Home & Lock Screen. • Add due dates straight to your calendar. • Icon packs & alternate app icons. Pay once, keep it forever. Notifications stay free too. Promise. Sincely is for the things no calendar holds and no to-do list deserves – but that still want doing. Eventually.

Screenshots

CountUp4 screens
Sincely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sincely at none against CountUp's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. CountUp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sincely sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 6 level
CountUp versus Sincely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountUpSincely
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTien Dat NguyenDaniel Bartel

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CountUp

One-time1
  • CountUp Pro$3.99
1 purchases

Sincely

One-time1
  • Sincely Pro$3.99

Questions

Is CountUp free?
CountUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sincely free?
Sincely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CountUp or Sincely have ads?
CountUp shows ads; Sincely does not.
Which is updated more often, CountUp or Sincely?
CountUp ships an update every 5 days, and Sincely every 5 days. Most recently, CountUp was updated on November 9, 2026 and Sincely on November 11, 2026.

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