Comparison

Mutility vs count!!

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

Head to head
About

Mutility

A customizable Magic: The Gathering life counter for up to 4 players. Easily track life totals with intuitive tap controls and animated dice rolls for determining turn order. Enhance your gameplay with features like history tracking and secondary counters.

Highlights
  • Life tracking for up to 4 players
  • Tap to increase/decrease life
  • Animated dice rolls
  • Editable history of life changes
  • Secondary counters (poison, energy, etc.)
  • Customizable colors, names, and layouts
Features
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Battle-tested for over 12 years, Mutility is a refined Magic: The Gathering life counter for up to 4 players. Designed for use on the tabletop, it pairs easy-to-tap controls with big, easy-to-read life totals so you can focus on the game - not the screen. Enjoy its basic features for free, and a single in-app purchase unlocks all other features, forever. The full feature list: • Life totals: tap the left side to decrease, the right to increase, or tap and hold to run continuously • Dice: beautifully animated rolls, with an option to skip ties so you don’t keep re-rolling • Seat layouts: arrange players so everyone reads their own total right-side up • Names and colors: name every player and give each one their own color • History: an editable record of every life and counter change, and when it happened. Use it to settle disputes and fix mistakes • Starting life: 20, 30, 40, or any total you set • More counters: track poison, energy, wins, or Commander damage alongside life • Game timer: one shortcut starts a fresh game and resets the clock together • Advanced controls: set the tap-and-hold life increment, enable two-finger tap for lifelink and extort in two-player games, and more • VoiceOver and Voice Control: spoken labels for every life total, counter, and history entry, plus voice actions to adjust life and counters without touching the screen • Siri: roll the dice, start a new game, reset the counters, or show the history without touching the screen Available in 26 languages, including Japanese, Korean, Thai, and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

About

count!!

Features
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count!! is a simple, ad-free tally counter. Tap anywhere to count — no clutter, no setup. Use it for • Workout reps, sets and laps • Knitting and crochet rows • Inventory and stock checks • Counting people at the door • Keeping score in games • Habits, laps, or anything you need to tally Features • Big, easy tap target — count without looking • Hold to count fast • Minus button to fix mistakes • One-tap reset • Color and label each counter • No ads, no account, no tracking Pro — one-time purchase • Count from widgets on your Lock Screen and Home Screen • Control Center button (iOS 18 and later) • Apple Watch app • Unlimited counters (free version includes 3) Just open it and start counting.

Screenshots

Mutility4 screens
count!!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: count!! at none against Mutility's 1. Mutility's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 25 months). On price, ads, 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. Mutility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. count!! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mutility ships an update every 3 months, count!! every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mutility versus count!!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMutilitycount!!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (826 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings826 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.117.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin SliechJuyeon Yu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mutility

One-time1
  • Unlock All Premium Features$3.99
None

count!!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mutility free?
Mutility is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is count!! free?
count!! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mutility or count!! have ads?
Neither Mutility nor count!! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mutility or count!!?
Mutility ships an update every 3 months, and count!! every 25 months. Most recently, Mutility was updated on November 1, 2026 and count!! on November 4, 2026.

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