Best Tally Counter for Faith & Prayer

What makes a great prayer counting app?

When someone searches "best tasbih counter app" or "online rosary counter", they're not looking for a blank counter that goes up by one. They need:

• Cycle awareness — tasbih is 33 × 3, a rosary has decades of 10, a mala has 108 beads. The counter should know when you've completed a cycle and auto-advance.
• Preset targets — set a goal (99, 100, 108, 1000) and get a notification or vibration when you hit it.
• Haptic / audio feedback — a gentle vibration on each count makes eyes-free prayer possible.
• Saved progress — close the tab, come back tomorrow, and your count is still there.
• Streak tracking — did you pray every day this week? A good app shows that.
• Distraction-free UI — no ads, no clutter, just a big tap target and your count.
• Works offline — prayer doesn't wait for Wi-Fi.

Prayer counter features — compared across 6 apps

We surveyed the five general-purpose tally counters from our main comparison plus Tasbih.org, a single-purpose Islamic prayer counter.

The verdict

Best tasbih counter online — what to look for

Tasbih (تسبيح) is the Islamic practice of glorifying Allah by repeating phrases like SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar — typically 33 times each after every prayer. That's 99 repetitions per session, five sessions per day. A physical tasbih (prayer beads) works, but a digital counter can automatically track your cycles (33 → 33 → 33), vibrate at each milestone, and save your streak over weeks and months.

DigitalTallyCounter.com has a dedicated tasbih mode with auto-cycling, preset targets, haptic feedback, and a distraction-free fullscreen interface. It saves your counts between sessions and works entirely offline as a PWA — no internet needed once installed. Streak tracking over weeks and months is available on the paid plan.

Tasbih.org is a simpler alternative purpose-built for dhikr. It provides a minimalist dark-mode interface focused on basic counting. However, our automated screenshot analysis could not confirm cycle tracking or haptic feedback from the visible UI — it functions primarily as a straightforward tally counter. It also lacks offline support, statistics, and multi-prayer tracking.

Best rosary counter app — tracking decades digitally

The Catholic rosary is structured in five decades of 10 Hail Marys each, with Our Fathers between decades and specific mysteries for each set. A good digital rosary counter should know this structure — alerting you at each decade boundary and tracking which mystery you're on.

Among the counters we tested, only DigitalTallyCounter.com offers dedicated rosary tracking with decade awareness and mystery progression. The other general-purpose counters can count to 10 and reset, but you lose the spiritual flow of the prayer.

Best japa mala counter — 108 beads, one tap at a time

In Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh traditions, a japa mala has 108 beads used for mantra repetition. Practitioners may do multiple rounds of 108, tracking both individual counts and total rounds.

DigitalTallyCounter.com's prayer mode can be configured for 108-bead counting with automatic round tracking, haptic feedback at the summit bead, and historical statistics showing your practice over time.