Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch vs Countie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch
Instantly access your iPhone notes on your Apple Watch. Add notes on your phone and find them immediately on your wrist. A simple utility for quick note retrieval.
- Sync notes between iPhone and Apple Watch
- Instant note access on Apple Watch
- Simple note creation on iPhone
- View notes on your wrist
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Want to check your notes on Apple Watch? With this My Watch Notes app, you can check your notes on Apple Watch. After dropping notes on iPhone My Watch Notes app, you can find the notes on your Apple Watch instantly. Try it! How to use this app: 1. Add notes in iPhone app. 2. Open Watch App on Apple Watch. 3. You will see your notes instantly.
Countie
This utility app provides simple lock screen widgets for tracking future events with countdowns and past events with count-ups. It offers various widget styles, dark mode, and iCloud syncing across devices. The app is private and requires no internet connection.
- Lock screen countdowns
- Lock screen count-ups
- Progress bar visualization
- Multiple widget styles
- iCloud syncing
- Dark mode support
- Offline functionality
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Super simple lock screen widget for event countdowns and countups! Features: - Clean lock screen design displaying the most important information - Countdowns for events in the future - Count-ups for events in the past (track time since your last drink for example!) - Progress bar automatically fills up as the event nears - Checkmark when the event arrives - Multiple widget styles (Rectangle, Circular and In-line) - iPad and iPhone support with iCloud syncing - Automatically turns into a count-up after event passes - Dark mode - Private, absolutely no internet required App developed in a single night (with version 1.3, it is now 3 nights :D) for personal use, made freely available on the App Store! This app is fully open source, find the code on GitHub @hectorcarrion. For support or suggestions email: hi@hectorcarrion.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countie at 4.0 against Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch's 2.3. Countie also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Countie holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch ships an update every 2 weeks, Countie every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch | Countie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sing Fu Chan | Hector Carrion |
Customer experience
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch
Countie
In-app purchases
Quick Notes for iPhone & Watch
No in-app purchases
Countie
No in-app purchases
Questions
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