Tally: The Anything Tracker 4+

I’ve used this app for a long time and really enjoy it on my phone. It’s very simple, but it does what I need it to without having it be stressful or complicated.

The only reason I’m giving it 4 stars is because on the phone, I wished it was easier to just click a button and then it would add my tally, but I have to open the app and do it. Normally, that’s not a huge difference, but being a very busy person, the extra steps are what make me forget to do it. I just got a watch, and I was hoping it would solve my issue; hoping I could just lift up my wrist and tap it when needed…but the app on the watch only shows you your progress from your phone rather than being able to tally it on there. To me, that seems useless. My hope was that having it on my watch would allow me to rely on my phone less. I don’t know if this is a bug issue or if it just never has had that capability, but I would love if it would and I think others would also be far more inclined to use this.

The interface is easy to use and simple, but the functionality is very flexible. Each tally can track counts or decimal numbers and they are automatically tracked over time. Combined with automatic resets of each count per day, month or year, the app makes it very easy to see progress towards goals and serves as a reminder and log about when activities were last done. I have some small complaints: 1. there seems to be no way to export the data. There are numerous reasons why one might want to do this — to save local backups and to easily input information from the app into other programs are examples. 2. The “group” feature is nice but seems not well-integrated into the user interface. The option to display tallies under common group headings and sort within groups would clean up the interface and make it easier to find each tally. Currently, all tallies are displayed on the home page with no visual separation other than color, and groups seem to only control which tallies are on or off. 3. The links to the feedback and support websites are broken within the app. This makes it seem like the app is no longer supported.

Update: Version 1.22.0 adds support for backup to Dropbox and iCloud, which addresses my original complaint.

I've used Tally for going on two years and until recently it was there best counter/tracking app I've found. Siri shortcuts, great widget (the original kind), and a simple interface with tons of customization and options. And such fast communication from the developer and support! Usually I test an app for awhile but with this one I immediately purchased the premium upgrade (I should note that this was back when it was sold for a one-time payment). So why the low score?

Last week everything reset. My counts are still there but all the premium features are gone, the old style widget disappeared, my settings were a mess, and it won't even reset the daily counts at midnight unless you force close and restart the app. I've tried reaching out to customer support but can't get a response. Before this I would have said the app is worth far more than 5 stars. My problem is that this is a big issue and I haven't been able to get any help. Being able to get support when there's a problem is as important to me as the functionality and features of the app itself. Right now the support is lacking and the functionality I've come to expect has been severely impacted. I earnestly hope this is just a glitch or mistake that can be rectified because the app itself is truly remarkable and I haven't found anything out there that compares.