Prayer Counter Pro FAQ
Answers about Prayer Counter Pro, from the first tap to your backups.
Last Updated: November 12, 2026
1. Basics
Q1: What is Prayer Counter Pro?
A1: A free counter for prayers, mantras, dhikr and any other repetition. It has five sections: Counter (a large tap counter or a ring of beads), Practices (saved setups), History (your saved sessions), Stats (totals, charts and runs of days) and Settings.
Q2: Is it free, and do I need an account?
A2: It is free and there is no account or registration. Like every page on ZeroDataUpload, it is supported by advertising.
Q3: Is anything I count uploaded?
A3: No. Your counts, practices, notes and settings are worked out and kept in this browser on your device. The page itself, its ads and its analytics load from the internet as on any website, but what you count is never sent with them.
Q4: Do I need to set anything up before counting?
A4: No. Tap the large circle, or press Space, and the count and the timer start at once. A practice, a target and a round length are optional and can be set at any time.
Q5: Which languages can it use?
A5: English, Hindi and Spanish. Choose one under Settings, Language, or choose Device language to follow your device. The counter starts in English, and the guide around it stays in English.
Q6: Which browsers does it work in?
A6: Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on computers and phones. Vibration works only where the phone and browser support it, and Keep the screen on only where the browser allows it; the settings say so when a feature is missing.
Q7: How is it different from Digital Mala?
A7: Digital Mala is made for japa: a 108-bead mala with thirty mantras, sankalpa vows, sandhya times and lunar days for your place. Prayer Counter Pro is a plain counter for any tradition, with any round length, a large number or a ring of beads, saved practices and a history with statistics.
2. Counting
Q8: What is the difference between a target and a round?
A8: A round repeats: with a round of 33 the counter marks 33, 66, 99 and so on. A target is the total for the session: with a target of 99 the session is complete at 99. Counting always goes on after a round or a target.
Q9: What happens when a round is complete?
A9: You choose under Settings: a short message (on at first), a soft chime, a vibration, or any mix of them. The ring on the dial starts again and the Rounds number goes up by one.
Q10: What happens when I reach my target?
A10: The dial glows, a card says Target reached with your own message or a default one, and an optional completion sound plays. Keep counting goes on in the same session, New session saves this one and starts another, and Finish saves it after asking.
Q11: What are milestone messages?
A11: A quiet note at 25, 50 and 75 percent of a target of 20 or more. They can be turned off under Settings.
Q12: How does Undo work?
A12: Undo takes back the last change: the last count, or a reset. Ctrl+Z does the same. Undoing the very first count of a session returns it to Not started, timer and all.
Q13: What does Reset do?
A13: It sets the count to 0. With 10 or more counts it asks first, and offers Save and start new so the counts are not lost. A reset can be undone.
Q14: What does Beads mode show?
A14: A ring of beads that moves on by one bead with every count, with a larger first bead where each round starts and a pointer at the top. You can tap anywhere on the circle. Rounds longer than 120 are drawn with 120 beads. Beads mode needs a round length, so it uses your default round when none is set.
Q15: Can I count with a keyboard, a page turner or a clicker?
A15: Yes. Space counts by default; Settings, Keyboard, Change lets you press another key, such as Page Down, which most page turners and presentation clickers send. The key works while the counter is on screen, once you have tapped or clicked in the tool, and never while you type in a box. Keys the browser needs, such as Tab, Escape and F5, cannot be chosen.
Q16: How does the timer work?
A16: It starts with your first count. Pause stops it, and counting still works while it is paused. If the page is closed or the device sleeps for more than a minute and a half, the timer stops at the last moment the page was known to be open, and a Welcome back note offers to resume, or to save the session and start fresh.
3. Practices, History and Stats
Q17: What is a practice?
A17: A saved setup with a name, an optional description and category, a target, a round length, a mode, a count sound, vibration and a note. Five examples are there at first: one mala of 108, dhikr in three rounds of 33, five decades of the rosary, breath counting from 1 to 10, and an affirmation 21 times. Change or delete them freely.
Q18: Why 108, 33 and decades of ten?
A18: Many Hindu and Buddhist malas have 108 beads, many Muslim prayer beads have 99 or 33, and the Catholic rosary is prayed as five decades of ten Hail Marys. The examples follow these customs; set your own numbers if you were taught differently.
Q19: What happens to my count when I switch practice?
A19: If the count is above 0, the tool asks first and saves the current session to History before the new practice starts.
Q20: When does a session go to History?
A20: When you press Finish (and confirm), New session, Save and start new, or switch practice. It is saved as Completed when it reached its target, as Finished otherwise, and as Interrupted when you saved it from the Welcome back note.
Q21: How are the days and runs of days counted?
A21: Days follow the calendar of your device, and each repetition counts on the day it was made, so a session past midnight is split between the two days. A run of days counts the days in a row with at least one repetition; the current run includes today, or ends yesterday if you have not counted yet today.
Q22: What do the charts show?
A22: The repetitions of the last 14 days, the last 12 weeks (starting on Monday) or the last 12 months, with the current one highlighted. Periods before your first session are marked as having no records. Show the numbers lists them in a table.
Q23: How many sessions are kept?
A23: Up to 5,000 sessions and 200 practices. When History is full, finishing keeps the session on the counter and says so; export a backup, then delete old sessions to make room.
4. Your Data
Q24: What is kept in my browser, and when?
A24: Your settings, practices, History and the session on the counter, under names that start with prayer-counter-. Nothing is kept until you first count or change something, and from then on every count is saved at once.
Q25: How do I keep a copy or move to another device?
A25: Settings, Your data, Export backup makes a file of everything. On the other device, Restore from backup reads it: Add to my data keeps what is there and adds what is new, Replace my data uses the file instead (after asking).
Q26: Can I open my history in a spreadsheet?
A26: Yes. Export history (CSV) makes a file with one row per session: practice, category, status, start and end, seconds, repetitions, target, round length, completed rounds, notes and an id. Text that a spreadsheet could take as a formula is written so it stays plain text.
Q27: What if saved data cannot be read?
A27: The tool keeps a copy aside instead of throwing it away and shows a note with Download unreadable data, so nothing you had is lost by a later save.
Q28: Can I use it in two tabs at once?
A28: Yes. When one tab saves a change, the other takes it over, so neither writes over the other with old numbers.
Q29: How do I remove everything?
A29: Settings, Your data: Delete session history removes History and keeps your practices and settings; Reset all app data removes everything this tool saved in this browser and starts again with the examples. Other tools on the site keep their data.
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