MalaMode

Thanks for making this. Makes it very convenient to keep track of accumulations. Glitches: 1) sometimes the edit button disappears in the counter editing section. This makes it impossible to reorder counters, or add/delete counters. 2) sometimes it becomes impossible to edit the Counter name field in settings, making it impossible to change the name. 3) The count history is glitchy. If you delete accidental click recitations, then it doesn't properly update the count, the history still implies that you have done the precious amount. Deleting a count lower than the most recent count doesn't change the most recent count in the history section, it remains at an artificially high number with a gap between it and previous counts. Additionally, once you've done this, the number reported in the history doesn't match the number in the Counter section. A few suggestions: 1) make it possible to put the accumulation number on the bottom right of the screen so it doesn't block the background image. I use the background image as a visualization aid, so it would be nice to not have the number blocking the image if needed. 2) the "history" tab should update the time stamps more frequently. Sometimes it gets stuck saying "a few seconds ago" when really it was 10 minutes ago. 3) it would be cool, though not totally necessary, if the app projected how long it was going to take to complete a set accumulation goal based on the accumulation speed (which would be easy to calculate since they're already timestamped). You could even set a number for a session and it could estimate how much longer the session was going to be, like a updating count-down timer. 4) it would be great to be able to click the volume button to add a count, as many practitioners do accumulation while walking sometimes, and then you can keep the phone in your pocket and add counts without having to remove the phone at the end of a mala.

Today, I searched desperately for a counter/tally app suitable for Mala Beads style counting. The functions needed for this, I think, are obviously alerts at targeted counts and auto-repeat/auto-reset functions with data for rounds/lap functions, with different alerts for counts and rounds/laps/target-completion. Downloaded and tested more than 20 counter apps and more than half a dozen mala-like apps. Other apps are found to be nowhere near the functionalities and customaziblity of this app. I can customize the count sounds and lap sounds. Very flexible counter text size and positions. Able to add/change my own background. History function. Almost whole screen tap area. Lock mode for prevention of accidental calling up of menus. Amazingly, I don't need to buy in-app purchase to get a fully functional and very customazible app. That's all I need. I just need only one counter and don't need to syncronize across all devices. That said, as a donation for the great efforts of the creator of the app, I just bought 1.99$ in-app purchase; which hopefully 😆 will give me using multiple counters and syncing across device, I think. With that I got, unexpectly, a few more color themes to choose.*[edit: sorry, the available additional color themes come intelligently from the colors from the chosen background photo, not from purchase 😁.] Some customizable options need slightly steep learning curve, imo. I'm using iphone 7 (ios 11.3) purposefully haven't yet upgraded to ios 12. So far so good. I hope the devs won't screw up the app in next updates 😬. So far, the app crash once while writing this [while switching and testing the app], that's not good of course, but it doesn't make me to down vote from my five stars. May be I'll update later according to my experiences with this app.