Some time ago, I did a search for such programs and came up with yet another one, from a competing translation service company, Advanced International Translations.

AnyCount 6.0 does the counting, without the invoicing tools.  One must add each file separately; one cannot add folders themselves.  The results carry some additional detail -- for example, footnotes and endnotes are counted and reported separately, a feature certain to be useful to some writers.  The software is not cheap, costing 49 Euros.  The company offers a lite version called ClipCount for 12 Euros, but it only counts words cut onto the clipboard.  The same company apparently provides another version, called AnyMaxi, which does include the invoicing component, perhaps useful for ghostwriters and free-lancers who are paid by the word.

These three are available at different websites [which similar design]:


Tom

Tomos, thanks for the alert about TextArranger.  I just looked it over and tried to figure out just how I would use it.  I haven't come up with any ideas that are not covered by other software just as well.  Maybe I'm missing something.  How would you put it to use, as a writer?

On the other hand, at the same site is Zero Timer.  I've had this one on my computer for over a year now -- very useful as a countdown timer, though in the package are also clocks that do other things as well.    Zero Timer is free, kinda -- one assigns a separate clock to a single project, but one must pay for multiple clocks with the same function.  Therefore, Zero Timer is a good, free alternative to track one project.  However, I've come to prefer Countdown Pro, which handles many projects in a single window, scrolling through them [it has a neat screensaver module too].  If my memory is correct, Countdown Pro costs $15.  I've been meaning to review these two programs, but other topics always seem to get my attention.

Tom

I also use iDailyDiary -- powerful and FREE.  I have a review with screenshots on my blog at.  Just type in the name in the Search box, or scroll down through the Archive Index to find it.

Tom