LiveTime Viewer vs The Counter++
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiveTime Viewer
View your Live Time Clock Display on any iOS device. This companion app allows you to monitor live event times remotely, supporting both portrait and landscape orientations. It automatically discovers nearby clocks or connects via URL.
- Remote clock display viewing
- Portrait and landscape support
- Disable device sleep
- Automatic clock discovery
- Connect via URL
- Maintains connection across networks
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**NOTE: Live Time Viewer is used in conjunction with Live Time for macOS. If you do not own or have viewing access to Live Time for macOS with an enabled Clock Display, you won’t have anything to view with this iOS app. Live Time Viewer is the easiest way to see your Live Time Clock Display on any iOS device! Need to keep track of your live event’s time but aren’t at a laptop or desktop computer? No problem, now you can keep track of your event anywhere you have an iOS device and an internet connection (cellular or wifi). Supports portrait and landscape viewing. • Ability to disable your device from sleeping while viewing a Clock. • Automatic discovery of nearby Live Time Clocks Displays for quick connecting. • Quickly load Live Time clocks to watch by simply entering a URL. • Automatically keeps you connected even when switching between cellular and wifi connections when the Clock Display is externally available through a global hostname.
The Counter++
A versatile counter application that synchronizes data across all Apple devices via iCloud. It offers widget and shortcut support for quick updates and automations, along with detailed statistical information.
- iCloud synchronization across devices
- Widget and Standby support
- Shortcut integration for automations
- Statistical information display
- Support for all Apple platforms
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The Counter++ is a simple, but powerful counter app. The app is available everywhere, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS macOS, tvOS and visionOS. All data are synched via iCloud. Features: - Widget and Standby Support: You can update the count by taping the widget. - Shortcut Support: The app provides several primitive operations, and you can make a shortcut and automation for yourself. - Statistical information - All Platforms Support: The app is available on all of your devices. - iCloud Sync: Your counts are synchronized across all devices, effortlessly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Counter++ at 100% against LiveTime Viewer's 71%. The Counter++ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). LiveTime Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Counter++ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveTime Viewer has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of LiveTime Viewer's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Counter++'s.
LiveTime Viewer ships an update every 3 months, The Counter++ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveTime Viewer | The Counter++ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Workflow Network | Junnosuke Matsumoto |
Customer experience
LiveTime Viewer
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In-app purchases
LiveTime Viewer
No in-app purchases
The Counter++
No in-app purchases
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