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Auto Counter
An auto counter counts on its own on a timer instead of waiting for you to press a button. This one steps from every 0.1 seconds up to once an hour, counts up or down, uses any step size, and stops on its own when it reaches a limit you set.
The entire run is one undo, so pressing Ctrl+Z once returns the counter to where it stood before you started it.
Auto uses your step size, stops on its own at a min or max limit, and records the whole run as a single undo.
Min / max limits
Session stats
Shortcuts: +/↑/Space increase · −/↓ decrease · R reset · N new counter · A auto count · Ctrl+Z undo · Ctrl+Y redo
For counting that follows a clock rather than an event: pacing intervals, running a countdown, driving a display, or accumulating a figure over a set period without standing over it.
An auto counter is a counter that advances itself at a fixed time interval rather than on a button press, continuing until it is stopped or reaches a preset limit.
- No sign-up
- No ads
- Counts never leave your browser
- Works offline
- Unlimited counters
Key facts
| Detail | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price | Free, unlimited use |
| Fastest interval | Every 0.1 seconds |
| Slowest interval | Once an hour |
| Direction | Up or down |
| Step size | Any whole number, so it can climb by 2s, 10s or 100s |
| Stops automatically | Yes, at a minimum or maximum you set |
| Undo a whole run | Yes, the entire run is a single undo entry |
| Keeps counting in a background tab | Yes, it works from the clock, not a tick loop |
| Works offline | Yes, once the page has loaded |
| Where the count is stored | Your own browser, never a server |
How to set up the auto counter
Three settings decide everything: how often it steps, which direction, and where it stops.
Set your step size
The amount added on each tick. Leave it at 1 to count one at a time, or raise it to accumulate faster without a faster interval.
Open the Auto count panel and choose a speed
Anything from every 0.1 seconds to once an hour. Fast intervals suit demos and stress tests; slow ones suit accumulating over a shift.
Pick a direction
Tick “Count down instead of up” to run a countdown. Combined with a start value and a minimum, that gives a countdown that halts exactly where you want.
Set a limit so it stops itself
Open Min / max limits and set a ceiling or a floor. The counter stops on its own when it arrives, which is what makes it safe to leave running.
Press Start auto
The count runs until it hits the limit or you stop it. Press Undo once afterwards to reverse the entire run.
What an automatic counter is actually used for
Auto counting fits anything that happens on a rhythm rather than on your input, and anything you should not have to sit and watch.
Interval training and pacing
Set a tick per work interval and let it call the rounds, rather than watching a clock while you train.
Countdowns to a number
Start high, count down, and stop at zero. Useful for stock depletion, remaining places, or a countdown on a display.
Driving a display or demo
A number that visibly climbs without anyone touching it, for a stall, a stream overlay, a shop window or a classroom demonstration.
Accumulating over a shift
A slow interval totals a figure over hours. Set it running at the start of a period and read it at the end.
Testing and development
A predictable changing number for testing a display, an animation, a screen reader or a recording setup.
Pacing a repetitive task
A tick every few seconds sets a rhythm for packing, sorting or inspection work without a metronome.
Teaching skip counting
A step size of 2, 5 or 10 with a slow interval shows the pattern building one step at a time.
Timed rounds and turns
One tick per round in a game or a workshop, so nobody has to remember whose turn it was.
Auto counter, timer and stopwatch are three different tools
These get used interchangeably and they are not the same thing. Picking the wrong one is the usual reason a setup does not do what somebody expected.
| Tool | What advances | You control | Use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto counter | A number you define | Interval, step size, direction, stopping value | Counting to a target on a rhythm |
| Timer | Time, downward | The starting duration | Knowing when a fixed period is up |
| Stopwatch | Time, upward | Start and stop | Measuring how long something took |
The practical difference is the step size. A timer counts seconds because seconds are what it measures. An auto counter can add 1, 10 or 250 per tick, so the number on screen is whatever you are actually counting — units produced, places remaining, metres covered — rather than elapsed time you then have to convert.
If you want elapsed time, use a clock. If you want a number that climbs or falls on a schedule and stops somewhere meaningful, that is an auto counter.
Online counter vs a clicker, an app, paper and a spreadsheet
Every counting method trades something away. This is what each one actually costs you.
| Feature | This online counter | Handheld clicker | Counter phone app | Pen and paper | Spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | $5–$15 | Free with ads, or paid | Cost of paper | Subscription |
| Anything to install | No | Buy the device | App store download | No | Yes, or a web login |
| Several counts at once | Unlimited | One per device | Usually limited | Yes, messy | Yes |
| Fix a miscount | Undo and redo | Start over | Sometimes | Cross it out | Edit the cell |
| Counts by more than one | Any step size | One at a time | Sometimes | Manual maths | Yes |
| Below zero | Yes | No | Rarely | Yes | Yes |
| Keeps the count if you close it | Saves automatically | Until you reset the dial | Yes | If you keep the paper | Yes |
| Works with no signal | Yes, after first load | Yes | Yes | Yes | Often not |
| Keyboard and shortcuts | Full | None | None | None | Partial |
| Sends your data anywhere | Never | Never | Often, for accounts and ads | Never | Yes, to the cloud |
Other counter types
The same counter, set up and explained for a specific job. Your counters are shared across all of them.
Everyday6
The general-purpose counters: one number, many numbers, or counting on a timer.
Online counter
The all-purpose counter. Any step size, any number of counters, negative values allowed.
Open online counter →Tally counter
Tally marks in groups of five for surveys, stock takes and wildlife counts.
Open tally counter →Click counter
A browser clicker that replaces the handheld thumb counter for door headcounts.
Open click counter →Multi counter
Run as many counters as you like at once, side by side in a grid.
Open multi counter →Yes/No counter
Two options, a live percentage, and the sample size and caveats the percentage needs.
Open yes/no counter →Sticker album counter
Stickers you have and spares to swap, missing lists to copy, and the packs still to go from your count.
Open sticker album counter →
Sport & scores44
Scoreboards that know the rules of their game, not just two numbers that go up.
Score counter
A scoreboard for cards, darts and board games. One counter per player, negatives allowed.
Open score counter →Pitch counter
Count pitches, then get the rest days owed and the next eligible date.
Open pitch counter →Golf scorecard
Strokes per hole with the course handicap allocated by stroke index, net and Stableford.
Open golf scorecard →Badminton score counter
Rally scoring with the service court and doubles positions, for 3x21 and the 2027 3x15 system.
Open badminton score counter →Pickleball score counter
The 0-0-2 call with the right server and side, in side-out or 2026 rally scoring.
Open pickleball score counter →Squash score counter
Point-a-rally to 11 with the server, the service box, hand out and lets.
Open squash score counter →Penalty shootout counter
Five kicks each that stop the moment a team cannot catch up, then sudden death.
Open penalty shootout counter →Basketball score counter
Points by period with team fouls and the bonus as FIBA, NBA, NCAA or high school count them.
Open basketball score counter →Baseball score counter
Balls, strikes, outs and the line score, with foul bunts, dropped third strikes and walk-offs.
Open baseball score counter →Cricket score counter
Runs, wickets and overs by legal balls, with wides, no-balls, free hits and the chase.
Open cricket score counter →American football score counter
Touchdowns and the try at each level, with NFL, college and high school overtime rules.
Open american football score counter →Boxing score counter
Three judges' 10-point must cards and the verdict they give, split and majority draws included.
Open boxing score counter →Hockey score counter
Ice hockey goals and shots by period, with each league's overtime, shootout and standings points.
Open hockey score counter →Pool score counter
Straight pool with the breaking foul and three-foul penalties, and 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball races.
Open pool score counter →Rugby score counter
Union, sevens and league points, conversions tied to tries, golden point and bonus points.
Open rugby score counter →Soccer score counter
Goals by minute, five subs in three windows, second yellows, extra time and aggregate.
Open soccer score counter →Table tennis score counter
Games to 11 with the server named, doubles order, the swap at 5 and the expedite system.
Open table tennis score counter →Tennis score counter
Love to game with the server's court, every change of ends, tie-breaks and doubles order.
Open tennis score counter →Padel score counter
The 2026 Star Point, golden point or advantage, who serves and receives, and every change of sides.
Open padel score counter →Volleyball score counter
Rally scoring with the six-position rotation, the next server, time-outs, subs and beach mode.
Open volleyball score counter →Americano padel score counter
Rotating partners for 4 to 16 players, matches to a points total, and every player's running total.
Open americano padel score counter →Field hockey score counter
Goals by minute, a clock that stops, card timers in playing time, the 2026 card rules and shoot-outs.
Open field hockey score counter →Free throw counter
Make or miss, the percentage with its likely range, runs of makes, sets and make-50 goals.
Open free throw counter →Futsal score counter
Accumulated fouls per half with the 10 m kick, timeouts, a stopped clock and the red card timer.
Open futsal score counter →Handball score counter
2-minute suspensions a goal does not end, the third a red card, three warnings and team time-outs.
Open handball score counter →Judo score counter
The 2026 IJF rules: yuko back, a hold timer that scores itself, shido that never decide, golden score.
Open judo score counter →Kabaddi score counter
Players on court kept for you: revival in order, all outs, the bonus line, super tackle, do-or-die.
Open kabaddi score counter →Karate score counter
WKF kumite 2026: senshu kept for you and lost in the last 15 s, the 8-point lead, chui to hansoku.
Open karate score counter →Lacrosse score counter
Penalty timers that know which one a goal releases, by code: high school, NCAA, PLL, box and sixes.
Open lacrosse score counter →Netball score counter
Whose centre pass is next, kept through every break, plus the Super Shot and extra time.
Open netball score counter →Roundnet score counter
Who serves to whom under the 2026 IRF equal serving or the classic rules, with every rotation.
Open roundnet score counter →Cornhole score counter
Cancellation scoring bag by bag, who pitches first next round, ACO Skins and house-rule busts.
Open cornhole score counter →Water polo score counter
Exclusions a goal or the ball won ends early, personal fouls by cap, the possession clock, shootout.
Open water polo score counter →Wrestling score counter
Folkstyle, freestyle or Greco: 3-point takedowns, riding time, the technical fall, overtime, criteria.
Open wrestling score counter →Curling score counter
Points by end, the hammer next end, the mixed doubles decision, and the club scoreboard drawn for you.
Open curling score counter →Fencing score counter
Hits on a bout clock in fencing time, the priority minute, cards by group and the 2026-27 P-cards.
Open fencing score counter →Gaelic football score counter
Goals, two-pointers and points by the 2026 rules, a 45 valued by code, extra time, and the scorers line.
Open gaelic football score counter →Spades score counter
Bids and tricks per player, bags to the bag-out, nil and blind nil, and the disputed house rules as settings.
Open spades score counter →Taekwondo score counter
WT kyorugi 2026: 6 for a turning head kick, best of three rounds, the 15-point gap and the round tiebreak.
Open taekwondo score counter →Cribbage board counter
A peg board for 2, 3 or 4: the play, then each hand in counting order to 121 or 61, with skunks and muggins.
Open cribbage board counter →Euchre score counter
Who called, alone or not, and the tricks: loners, euchres and the disputed house rules, plus a progressive tally.
Open euchre score counter →500 score counter
The bid and the tricks, scored by the Avondale table: misère, slams and how a game is won as settings.
Open 500 score counter →Gin rummy score counter
Who went down and both deadwood counts: undercuts, gin, boxes and shutouts, plus Hollywood and Oklahoma.
Open gin rummy score counter →Hearts score counter
Hearts and the queen per hand, refused until it adds to 26: five moon rules, the jack of diamonds, Black Maria.
Open hearts score counter →
Fitness & health7
Reps, laps, breaths and daily habits, where the count is part of the activity.
Lap counter
Count pool lengths, track laps and treadmill intervals without losing your place.
Open lap counter →Rep counter
Track reps and sets during a lifting session, with a step size for supersets.
Open rep counter →Click speed test
Measure your clicks per second over 1 to 60 seconds, with your personal best kept on-device.
Open click speed test →Habit counter
Count toward a daily target and keep the streak, with a day boundary you choose.
Open habit counter →Breath counter
Count breaths one to ten for meditation, with lost count recorded, or time breaths per minute.
Open breath counter →Craving tracker
Time each urge, rate it 1 to 10, and log whether you rode it out or acted on it.
Open craving tracker →Water intake counter
Drinks logged in ml or oz by the cup you used, against a goal or a fluid limit, paced over your day.
Open water intake counter →
Work & field5
Counting that produces a record someone else relies on: stock, occupancy, lab work.
Differential counter
Six keys for a manual white cell differential, with an auto-stop and live percentages.
Open differential counter →People counter
In and out at a door, with live occupancy against a capacity and a fix for drift.
Open people counter →Bird counter
A row per species recording the high count, so a circling flock is not counted twice.
Open bird counter →Inventory counter
A count sheet holding the book quantity beside the counted one, with the variance per line.
Open inventory counter →Knitting counter
Rows, pattern repeats and a shaping schedule that names the increase rows and then ends.
Open knitting counter →
Faith9
Counts with their own rules about when a day turns over and what completes a set.
Tasbeeh counter
A digital dhikr counter that stops at 33, 99 or 100 and keeps each dhikr separate.
Open tasbeeh counter →Omer counter
The 49 days of Sefirat HaOmer, in days and weeks, with the blessing state tracked.
Open omer counter →Mala counter
108 beads to a round, credited as 100 or 108, with dorje and bell counter strings and a bell.
Open mala counter →Rosary counter
Prayer by prayer through the decades, with the day's mysteries by the 2002 or the older schedule.
Open rosary counter →Divine Mercy chaplet counter
The chaplet in Diary 476's order, a tap a prayer, with the novena from Good Friday kept day by day.
Open divine mercy chaplet counter →St Michael chaplet counter
The nine salutations in the Raccolta's order, a tap a prayer, with the Michaelmas novena kept.
Open st michael chaplet counter →Prayer rope counter
A knot a tap on any chotki, services in Jesus Prayers, and the Optina 500 with its prostrations.
Open prayer rope counter →Seven Sorrows rosary counter
Seven sorrows of seven Hail Marys, a tap a prayer, the three for Mary's tears where your card puts them.
Open seven sorrows rosary counter →Franciscan Crown counter
Seven joys of ten Hail Marys and two to make 72, a tap a prayer, with the Pope's prayers and Lent's sorrows.
Open franciscan crown counter →
Frequently asked questions
What is an auto counter?
An auto counter is a counter that advances itself on a timer rather than waiting for a button press. You set an interval, a direction and usually a stopping point, and it counts on its own until it reaches the limit or you stop it.
How do I make a counter that counts by itself?
Open the Auto count panel, choose an interval between every 0.1 seconds and once an hour, then press Start auto. Set a step size first if each tick should add more than one, and a maximum if it should stop on its own.
Can the counter count down automatically?
Yes. Tick “Count down instead of up” in the Auto count panel before starting. Set a start value and a minimum limit and it becomes a countdown that halts at exactly the number you chose rather than running past it.
Does auto counting keep running if I switch tabs?
Yes. It works from the clock rather than a simple repeating timer, so when you come back the count reflects the time that actually passed. Very long absences are capped, so you never return to a runaway number.
Does an auto run fill up the undo history?
No. An entire auto run is recorded as a single undo entry, however many steps it took. Pressing Undo once returns the counter to the value it held before you pressed Start auto.
What is the fastest an auto counter can count?
Every 0.1 seconds, which is ten steps a second. With a step size above one you can accumulate far faster than that without the display becoming unreadable, since the interval stays the same while each step adds more.
Can I set the counter to stop at a number?
Yes, and this is what makes it safe to leave running. Open Min / max limits, tick Enable limits, and set a ceiling, a floor or both. Auto counting halts on its own the moment it reaches the limit.
Is an auto counter the same as a timer?
No. A timer measures elapsed time and reports it in hours, minutes and seconds. An auto counter advances a number you define, by a step size you choose, in either direction, and can stop at an arbitrary value. Use a timer for time and an auto counter for a count.
Counting guides
Longer answers to the questions behind the counting.
- Build it
How to make a counter
Twenty lines gets you counting. Here is what to add after that, and why.
- Tallying
Tally marks explained
Groups of five, the five-bar gate, and why the convention has survived for centuries.
- Events
How to do an accurate headcount
Counting people is easy. Counting them accurately, twice, is not.
- Baseball
How to keep an official pitch count
Little League requires an official recorder at every game. Almost nobody explains the job.
- Surveys
How many people do you need to survey?
Why 385 answers a city and 45 answers a club, and the margin each sample size buys.