- Does the count stick around if I close the tab?
- Yes. The counter saves its state to your browser's localStorage on every tap, so closing the tab — or restarting the computer — keeps the count. If your browser is in private mode or has storage blocked, the page tells you so and falls back to keeping the count in memory until you close the tab.
- How many counters can I have at once?
- Up to ten. That's enough for almost every real-world counting task — laps and lap-splits, inventory by category, multiple species at the bird feeder — without making the screen messy. Past ten, the number-key shortcuts (1–9) run out and the multi-counter switcher gets cramped on mobile. If you genuinely need twenty counters, a spreadsheet is the right tool.
- Can I go below zero?
- Yes. Tap −1 (or press the minus key) and the count goes into negatives. Useful when you're counting down — remaining items, doors left to knock on, miles to go.
- What keyboard shortcuts does it support?
- Space, plus, and equals all add one. Minus subtracts one. Backspace undoes your last tap. R opens the reset prompt. With multiple counters, Tab cycles between them and the number keys 1 through 9 jump straight to that counter. The shortcuts only fire on desktop — touch devices don't have a physical keyboard, so the buttons do the work.
- Is there a sound when I tap?
- Off by default. Open the gear icon and flip "Click sound" on if you want an audible click on every +1. The sound is 50 milliseconds, generated in the browser — no audio file downloaded, no third-party request. On iPhone and iPad, the silent switch on the side of the device overrides the sound; that's the operating system's choice, not ours.
- How is this different from the $300 mechanical hand-counter?
- It does the same job — incrementing a number on a button press — but in your browser, for free, with a few useful extras: it remembers your count across tabs, lets you run several counters at once, and undoes a misclick. The mechanical version is great if you need to count when the power's out. For everything else, the browser is the same thing without the $300.
- Why a confirmation prompt on Reset?
- Because resetting a counter you spent ten minutes building up is the kind of mistake that's painful to recover from. The prompt asks once — Reset or Cancel — and then it's done. Same logic on Delete when you have multiple counters.
- Is anything sent to a server?
- No. The counter runs entirely in your browser. The count, the counter names, the sound setting — all of it lives in your browser's localStorage. Closing the tab keeps the data on your device; clearing site data wipes it. There is no account, no sync between devices, no upload.
- Why doesn't undo work after I close and reopen the tab?
- Undo only reverses the most recent action in your current session — it's a quick "oops" button, not a history log. The persisted count survives reload; the one-step undo stack doesn't. If you reload and immediately want to step back, manually tap −1.
