Comparison

CountNote vs Documentally

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

Head to head
About

CountNote

This app helps you build a consistent writing habit by tracking your word count and providing motivational tools. Organize notes with folders, tags, and security features, and visualize your progress with graphs and calendars. Premium features offer an ad-free experience and advanced organization.

Highlights
  • Real-time word, character, and line counting
  • Progress visualization with graphs and calendars
  • Customizable writing goals
  • Note organization with folders and tags
  • Password protection and auto-save
  • PDF export and text-to-speech
Features
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・*。*:。・*。・*:。・*。*・*。*。* Over 10 Years of Trust 3 Million Downloads & Counting! ・*。*:。・*。・*:。・*。*・*。*。* Top-rated in the note app category Build a writing habit that lasts Your word count becomes your motivation. Graphs, calendars, goals, and rankings— Everything supports your daily writing. CountNote: The writing app that fuels your routine. ■ Turn Your Words Into Motivation ・Count characters, words, and lines in real-time ・Visualize your progress with graphs and calendars ・Set weekly, monthly, or yearly writing goals ・Boost your writing habits with motivation and insights ■ Organize Your Notes Effortlessly ・Organize notes with folders and colors for better clarity ・Use tags to categorize your notes and manage them across multiple tags ・Pin important notes, lock editing, and add passwords ・Quick actions: copy, duplicate, PDF export, and text-to-speech ■ Safe and Reliable ・Auto-save and version history to protect your work ・Deleted notes are stored for 30 days ・Cloud backup and multi-device sync supported ■ Fully Customizable ・Choose your theme, font, and layout ・Set custom counting rules and save templates ・iOS 14+ widget support for quick access ■ Go Premium for More Power ・Ad-free experience ・Create unlimited folders and tags ・Create folders inside folders with unlimited folder hierarchy • Customize notes and folders with any color you like using Custom Colors ・Create multiple workspaces for different projects ・Lock and organize your important notes ・Google Cloud backup and auto-save ・Seamless export and import for data transfer ・View historical writing stats ・Stay motivated with progress tracking ・Writing Assist makes undo, cursor movement, and symbol input smooth Not just another note app— CountNote helps you build a writing habit. Perfect for: Note | Memo | Report | University report | Manuscript | Paper | Assignment | Essay | Writing | Novel | Draft Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ *Top-rated note app in Japan’s App Store “note” category (March 2025, Miraku survey)

About

Documentally

This app provides comprehensive text analysis, including word, character, sentence, line, paragraph, and byte counts. It offers advanced customization for counting, version history, document protection with a PIN, and various sorting and formatting options. Export your work in .txt format and work offline.

Highlights
  • Multiple text count metrics (words, characters, sentences, lines, paragraphs, bytes)
  • Customizable word count based on language and encoding
  • Unlimited version history with undo/redo
  • Secure Safe Folder with PIN protection
  • Document search and sorting options
  • Adjustable font size and text formatting
  • Offline functionality
Features
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In addition to "Word count", it also provides counts for "Characters", "Sentences", "Lines", "Paragraphs", and "Bytes". This app is especially handy when you need to adhere to specific word or character limits, such as for reports, essays, columns, speech scripts, novels, and more. SELECT WORD COUNT FEATURE You can customize the word count feature based on the text by switching languages. You can also configure text encoding, punctuation, and more. UNLIMITED VERSION HISTORY Track changes made to your documents and undo anything you choose. PROTECT YOUR DOCUMENTS WITH SAFE FOLDER You can hide documents in your Safe folder and control access with a PIN. Screenshots of the Safe folder can’t be taken. FIND YOUR DOCUMENTS Please enter keywords in the search bar to locate your documents. SORT OPTIONS You can sort your notes alphabetically, numerically, or by date. ADJUST FONT SIZE You have the option to change the font size for better visibility on your screen. Word Count: Counts the number of words as you type • Example 1: "Word Count in Documents" -> 4 • Example 2: "I'm you." -> 2 • Example 3: "Do you live in real-time???" -> 5 Character Count: Displays the total number of characters as you type • Example 1: "Green" -> 5 • Example 2: "Word Counter in Documents" -> 25 • Example 3: "I am a pencil." -> 14 Here are the main functions: • Count the "number of bytes" as you write. • Create new documents or edit existing files. • Working, with or without Internet. • Export your work in .txt format. • Undo / Redo your notes' input. • Delete your notes whenever you like. • You can print. However, your document may appear differently in the preview window. Instead, you can use "Print as Image". • The character limit for input is determined by your smartphone device; the app does not impose any limits. Settings: • Sort by: Name / Last modified / Last opened / Date trashed / Items / Characters / Words / Sentences / Lines / Paragraphs / Bytes • Font size: 12.0 - 40.0 • Font: Noto Sans / Open Sans / Roboto / Oswald / Courier Prime / Red Rose / M PLUS 1 / M PLUS 1p / M PLUS 1 Code / M PLUS 2 / M PLUS Rounded 1c / Sawarabi Gothic / Hina Mincho / Klee One / Kaisei HarunoUmi / Kaisei Tokumin / Kaisei Opti / Kaisei Decol / RocknRoll One / DotGothic16 / Zen Kurenaido / Zen Kaku Gothic New / Zen Maru Gothic / Zen Antique / Sunflower / Gothic A1 / Gowun Dodum / Gowun Batang / Song Myung / Poor Story / Hahmlet / IBM Plex Sans KR / Stylish • Bold text: ON / OFF • Italic text: ON / OFF • Underline: None / Solid / Double / Dotted / Dashed / Wavy • Letter spacing: -1.0 - 10.0 • Word spacing: -2.0 - 10.0 • Line spacing: 1.0 - 3.0 • Language: English / Japanese / Korean / Indonesian • Count line breaks: ON / OFF • Count spaces and tabs: ON / OFF • Punctuation marks • Text encoding: EUC-JP / ISO-2022-JP / ISO-2022-JP-1 / ISO-2022-JP-2 / Shift_JIS / ISO-8859-1 / ISO-8859-2 / ISO-8859-3 / ISO-8859-4 / ISO-8859-5 / ISO-8859-6 / ISO-8859-7 / ISO-8859-8 / ISO-8859-9 / ISO-8859-10 / ISO-8859-13 / ISO-8859-14 / ISO-8859-15 / UTF-7 / UTF-8 / UTF-16 / UTF-16BE / UTF-16LE / UTF-32 / UTF-32BE / UTF-32LE / US-ASCII / EUC-KR / ISO-2022-KR / windows-1250 / windows-1251 / windows-1252 / windows-1253 / windows-1254 / windows-1255 / windows-1256 / windows-1257 / windows-1258 Terms of Use: https://note.com/documentally/n/n0f4e75fd9170 Privacy Policy: https://note.com/documentally/n/n11df06d7073e

Screenshots

CountNote4 screens
Documentally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CountNote at 4.6 against Documentally's 3.7. CountNote also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). Documentally's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 37%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. CountNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Documentally sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CountNote holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of CountNote's written reviews are positive against 75% of Documentally's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountNote ships an update every 2 days, Documentally weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CountNote versus Documentally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountNoteDocumentally
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiraku Inc.Yoshinori Tsuchiya

Customer experience

CountNote

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative50.0%

Documentally

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CountNote

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly option for Plus users14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Plan14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual option for Plus users14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Annual Premium Plan14 Days trial$19.991 Year
5 purchases

Documentally

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Week Plan$0.997 Days
  • 1 Month Plan$1.991 Month
  • 6 Months Plan$9.996 Months
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  • Annual Plan$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$29.99

Questions

Is CountNote free?
CountNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Documentally free?
Documentally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CountNote or Documentally?
CountNote is rated higher. CountNote averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Documentally averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do CountNote or Documentally have ads?
Both CountNote and Documentally show ads.
Which is updated more often, CountNote or Documentally?
CountNote ships an update every 2 days, and Documentally weekly. Most recently, CountNote was updated on September 22, 2026 and Documentally on September 19, 2026.

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