Vivid Counter vs Counter≜
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vivid Counter
This application serves as a digital tally counter with a unique visual element. Each tap increments a count while dynamically changing the background color, offering a more engaging experience than traditional counters. It includes options for resetting, subtracting, sound effects, and disabling auto-lock.
- Full screen count-up button
- Reset and subtract buttons
- Animated background
- Sound effects for taps
- Disable Auto-Lock option
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Vivid Counter is a tally counter app for iPhone and iPod touch. Tap anywhere on the screen. The app not only counts, but also changes its background color. Features: - Full screen count-up button. - Reset and subtract buttons. - Animated background. - Sound effects for taps. - Option for disabling Auto-Lock. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vividcounter Twitter: https://twitter.com/vividcounter
Counter≜
Easily track anything with this user-friendly counting app. It offers customizable sound and vibration feedback, with spoken updates at set intervals. Save, share, and resume your counts seamlessly across devices.
- Save counted records
- Share saved records
- Vibrates every count
- Sound notification on click
- Speaks every 25 counts
- Count up and down
- Resume count after closing app
- Cross-device counting (phone/watch)
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This application lets you keep track anything. It has user-friendly design easy to use. I gives sound and vibration notification also gives talks every 25 count. Features: - You can save the counted records - You can share the saved counter records - It vibrates every count - It gives sound ever sound as click - It speaks every 25 count - You can count down and up - It save last counted number even you close the app - You can start count on your phone and continue on your watch or vise versa
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Vivid Counter at none against Counter≜'s shown. Vivid Counter also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 65%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Counter≜'s advantage is ratings volume (2.7K vs 150) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Vivid Counter against 4.6 for Counter≜. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Counter≜ has 2.7K ratings behind it against 150, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Vivid Counter's written reviews are positive against 65% of Counter≜'s.
Vivid Counter ships an update every 9 months, Counter≜ every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vivid Counter | Counter≜ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (150 ratings) — better | 4.6 (2.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.1% of reviews — better | 64.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 150 | 2.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mamoru Sato | UniCom Technology |
Customer experience
Vivid Counter
Counter≜
User reviews
Vivid Counter
From 150 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
- 🎨 Beautiful and elegant design
- 🆓 Free with no ads or in-app purchases
- 💾 Saves count when app is closed
- 👆 Tap anywhere to count
Room to improve
- 🤏 Small reset button can be accidentally tapped
- 👆 Accidental count increase when swiping to leave app
- 🔊 Click sound inconsistency
- 🔄 Restart button is small and can be hit by accident
- 👆 Screen sometimes registers accidental taps
Counter≜
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for counting various tasks
- 👍 Works well on watch
- 👍 Vibrates when counting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes when exceeding 9,999
- 🔧 No option to customize buttons
- 💰 Ads present in free version
- 🔧 Cannot turn off haptic feedback
Bugs and requests
Vivid Counter
Reported bugs
2 issues- Count randomly goes up without touching the screen
- Click sound sometimes does not go, but counter increases
Requested features
14 requests- Option to hide decrement button
- Option for dark background or custom wallpaper
- Small timer (time past since count started)
- History of past counts
- Version for Apple Watch
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- Option to keep sound and haptics on during presses/taps
- Custom sounds
- Transfer past counts from other apps
- Adjustable sound loudness
- Option to choose background color when color change is off
- Vibrate as a sound option
- Adjustable number size and background color
- Auto counting function with adjustable speed
- VoiceOver compatibility
Counter≜
Reported bugs
3 issues- Keyboard covers save button on small screens
- Counter resets when app is minimized on watch
- Buttons not accessible in horizontal iPad mode
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to count with volume buttons
- Implement 10,000+ counting
- Allow multiple counters and naming of counters
- Add confirmation prompt before clearing counter
In-app purchases
Vivid Counter
No in-app purchases
Counter≜
No in-app purchases
