Tally vs Portable Inventory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tally
Easily track any count with intuitive gesture controls. Perfect for scorekeeping, habit tracking, or monitoring event attendance. Offers customizable feedback and widget support for quick updates.
- Gesture-based counting
- Unlimited tallies
- Count up/down with custom steps
- Set progress targets
- Event tracking histories
- Widgets and Live Activities
- Apple Watch support
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Tally is the quick, easy way to keep track of any counts, from habit tracking and fitness, to scorekeeping, inventory, and attendance. Tally’s gesture-based interface keeps your eyes free while counting. ## COMMON USES ## * Scorekeeping - Board games or out on the pitch! * Habit Tracking - Keep up with your exercise, coffee intake, medications, whatever! Daily, weekly, monthly reset options. * Event Attendance * Inventory ## FEATURES ## * Easy gesture support. Tap to count up, swipe down to count down * Unlimited tallies * Quick tally set creation with natural language, just describe your set like "Score a game with Jim, Jill, and Jenn" * Each tally can count up or down and have a “step” increment -- to count by twos, fives, tens * Set targets on tallies to track progress * Create decimal (0.00) tallies * Event tracking histories for all tally changes * Configure daily, weekly, monthly resets * Visual, audio, and haptic feedback for counts * Quick reset to starting values for individual tallies or whole tally sets * Adjustment options to add, subtract, or set tallies to arbitrary values – great for scoring games with varied score values * Widgets! Add, subtract, or keep up with your favorite tallies and tally sets right on your Home or Lock Screen * Live Activities. Pin a tally set to your Lock Screen with Live Activity support * Shortcuts support. Extensive support for automation. Add to, subtract from, or reset counts–even create and query tallies and tally sets * Use Tally on your Apple Watch for easy updates on the go * Sync with iCloud across devices ## TALLY PRO ## Tally is always free to use, but you can get more out of Tally with a Tally Pro: * Tally for Apple Watch! * Unlimited tally sets * Customize accent colors and app icons * Choose alternate sound effects * Advanced automation with Shortcuts Tally Pro is available as a reasonable annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. ## SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ## * Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase * Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period * Automatic renewals will be charged at the same price you were initially charged for the subscription * Subscriptions can be managed or canceled by going to Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Have questions? Email support@agiletortoise.com. Terms: https://agiletortoise.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://agiletortoise.com/privacy-policy
Portable Inventory
Easily track the quantity of any items, from personal belongings to business inventory. Set warning levels and organize items into groups for quick visual identification. Monitor item changes and view detailed statistics and rankings.
- Track item counts
- Set warning levels
- Organize items by groups
- Visual item status indicators
- View item statistics and rankings
- Change log for items and groups
- iCloud synchronization
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Portable Inventory helps you to keep track of the count of anything you want. Personal stuff, office supplies, product storage, etc. You can add different items into the app, set its initial count, warning count, and separate items by groups. Each item will be displayed as different colors on the main page, so that you can add or reduce the count. When an item’s count is equal or less than the warning count, a little yellow triangle with an excalmatory mark will be display on the item, and the group it belongs to. In addition, the app provided various functions to see statistics for your items or groups. You can check out the increasing, or decreasing ranking list of your items or groups in a specified time period. You can also see the change logs for all items and groups. The app works both on iPhone and iPad, and fully supports iCloud. You may edit your items across all your devices and your data will be safely stored in iCloud. And of course you can wipe out all data as you need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tally at 4.6 against Portable Inventory's 4.1. Tally also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 227). Portable Inventory's advantage is review sentiment (72% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Tally sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Portable Inventory sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tally holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tally has 1.8K ratings behind it against 227, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Tally's written reviews are positive against 72% of Portable Inventory's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tally ships an update fortnightly, Portable Inventory every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tally | Portable Inventory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.1 (227 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 227 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agile Tortoise | Chengdu Wangqi03 Technology Ltd. |
Customer experience
Tally
Portable Inventory
Bugs and requests
Tally
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Portable Inventory
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inventory counts resetting to zero unexpectedly
- Inability to edit item names after creation
- Issues with importing large inventory lists
Requested features
6 requests- Add photo support for inventory items
- Ability to set minimum stock levels
- Option to sort and rearrange inventory lists
- Implement a reset function to reset all counts to zero
- Add push notifications for low stock items
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- Improve sharing and collaboration features
In-app purchases
Tally
- Tally Pro - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- UnlockFree
- Tally Pro - Lifetime$39.99
Portable Inventory
- Complete Version$1.99
- Pro Version$7.29
- Pro Version$9.99
Questions
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