CountUp vs SetStack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CountUp
Easily track anything with a simple tap. This utility app offers customizable counters for various activities, from gym reps to inventory. Access your tallies on your iPhone, Home Screen, and Apple Watch, with offline syncing and group organization.
- Tap to count
- Customizable counters
- Home Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app
- Counter groups
- Offline counting
- Goal tracking
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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 that stays out of your way, on your iPhone, your Home Screen and your Apple Watch. START FROM A TEMPLATE Pick a starting point and CountUp sets it up for you: Workout, Inventory, Habit, Baby, Sports, Classroom, Warehouse, Prayer or Gardening. Each template fills in the name, color and goal, so you are counting in one tap. Templates are free, on first launch and every time you add a counter. COUNT FROM YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is included for everyone. Tap to add, count with your phone in your bag, and your counts sync back to your iPhone in seconds. It keeps counting offline. A COUNTER ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the small CountUp widget and tap plus without opening the app. Pick the counter from a list, pick its look, choose plus and minus or just plus, choose what a tap adds, and show the goal ring or hide it. CountUp Pro adds the medium and large sizes, the Lock Screen, a widget for a whole group, and a CountUp button in Control Center on iOS 18. COUNTER GROUPS Keep related tallies together and give each group an emoji you recognize at a glance. All your lifts in Push Day. Your whole class in Class 4B. Home and away in one match. The combined total is the big number, and each counter sits underneath it with its own plus button, so you can tally a whole session without opening a thing. WHAT PEOPLE COUNT - Gym: reps, sets and laps - Faith: tasbih, dhikr, rosary and mantra repetitions - Events and classrooms: headcount, attendance, people through a door - Work: stock counts and quick inventory tallies - Everything else: golf strokes, knitting rows, scores, glasses of water WHAT YOU CAN DO - Unlimited named, color-coded counters - Start from a free template or a blank counter - Group counters, give the group an emoji, and see the combined total - Tap anywhere in the lower half of the screen to add, long-press minus to subtract - Set a goal per counter and watch the progress ring fill - Every counting session logged with net change and peak value - Count on Apple Watch, offline, syncing back in seconds BUILT TO BE SAFE Reset and delete sit behind a confirmation with an undo window, never next to the count button. Your counts do not disappear by accident. ACCESSIBILITY FIRST VoiceOver announces every count out loud. The counting zone is the whole lower half of the screen. Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, and full light and dark support throughout. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No sign-up and no login. Your counters and history are stored on your device. FREE AND PRO Free gives you unlimited counters and groups, every template, goals, sessions, the Apple Watch app, the last 30 days of history, and the small Home Screen widget. CountUp Pro is a one-time unlock, not a subscription, and adds: - Medium and large Home Screen widgets - Every Lock Screen widget, including a whole group above the clock - The group and multi-counter widgets - The Control Center button on iOS 18 - Watch-face complications - Your full history, with charts and CSV export - Custom step sizes - Custom sounds: pick a count sound for each counter and preview it first Restore Purchases is always available in Settings. Small team. Fair prices. Apps that do one thing well.
SetStack
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SetStack is a fast, focused collection tracker for organizing brick sets, minifigs, and wishlists in one place. Sign in with your free Brickset account to bring your collection with you. Search the catalog, scan a printed or handwritten set number, update what you own or want, and keep your Brickset collection in sync. TRACK YOUR COLLECTION • Record owned quantities without mixing owned and wanted states • Track new and used condition • Add wishlist quantities and priorities • Apply custom collection labels • Find duplicates instantly EXPLORE SETS AND MINIFIGS • Search by set name, number, theme, subtheme, or year • Scan printed and handwritten set numbers with your camera • Browse set details, images, ratings, notes, and building instructions • See which sets contain a minifig • Put sets you own first when viewing a minifig DISCOVER WHAT’S NEXT • Browse recent sets you do not already own or want • Get personalized suggestions based on themes you collect • Switch to a newest-first view • Keep unreleased sets hidden with one app-wide setting UNDERSTAND YOUR COLLECTION • View owned sets, total copies, piece counts, minifig totals, and original retail value • Calculate your wishlist budget • Find retiring-soon wanted sets • Measure theme completion POWER COLLECTOR — OPTIONAL ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock advanced tools with a single purchase—no subscription: • Record the total price paid for your sets • See your recorded spending and savings compared with original retail value • Continuously scan and organize multiple boxes in one inventory session • Export and share your complete collection as CSV All essential collection tracking, searching, synchronization, insights, theme completion, and single-set scanning features remain available without purchasing Power Collector. SetStack is designed as a companion to Brickset. A free Brickset account and internet connection are required for sign-in, synchronization, searches, and collection changes. Account access, set information, and collection data are provided through the Brickset API. Brickset is a third-party service, and SetStack is an independent app. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies, which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SetStack at none against CountUp's shown. CountUp's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. CountUp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SetStack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CountUp ships an update every 3 days, SetStack fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CountUp | SetStack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Dat Nguyen | JudeWorks LLC |
In-app purchases
CountUp
- CountUp Pro$1.99
SetStack
- Power Collector$2.99









