Why marks instead of a number?

Because a tally is read at a glance and a digit is read carefully. When someone is watching over your shoulder — an audience, a class, a clipboard count — marks show progress rather than a value that has to be compared with the last one you remember.

How high does it go before it gets unreadable?

Comfortably into the dozens. Past that the gates start wrapping, which is the honest answer to why Kloot also ships five other number styles — an odometer, LCD digits, zero-padded, emoji icons and a plain number.

No. The tally lives in this browser tab. There is no account, nothing is uploaded, and a refresh starts a clean sheet.

Can I put tally marks on my stream?

Yes — tally is a number style on a Kloot counter, available on Creator and Pro. The count lives on your account and you bump it from a deck key or your phone.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The buttons are sized for a thumb and nothing here needs a keyboard, though + and − work if you have one.

Free tools

A tally counter that draws tally marks

Most "tally counters" show you a digit. This one draws the marks, five to a gate, the way you would on paper. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account.

Try it in a browser — Free

Your counter

Keyboard: + and − to count, R to reset. Nothing is uploaded — close the tab and it is gone.

Tally0

Tally marks are one of the six ways Kloot can draw a number.

What is a tally counter?

A counter that records each count as a mark rather than a digit, grouped in fives so a total can be read at a glance. This page draws them for real — press + and a mark appears, with every fifth one closing the gate. Tally marks are one of six ways Kloot can draw a number on a live overlay.

How it works

1Name what you are tallying, or leave it as it is.
2Press + for each one. Every fifth mark closes the gate, so you can read the total in groups of five.
3Press − to take one back, or Reset to clear the sheet.

Questions people ask

Why marks instead of a number?: Because a tally is read at a glance and a digit is read carefully. When someone is watching over your shoulder — an audience, a class, a clipboard count — marks show progress rather than a value that has to be compared with the last one you remember.
How high does it go before it gets unreadable?: Comfortably into the dozens. Past that the gates start wrapping, which is the honest answer to why Kloot also ships five other number styles — an odometer, LCD digits, zero-padded, emoji icons and a plain number.
Is anything saved?: No. The tally lives in this browser tab. There is no account, nothing is uploaded, and a refresh starts a clean sheet.
Can I put tally marks on my stream?: Yes — tally is a number style on a Kloot counter, available on Creator and Pro. The count lives on your account and you bump it from a deck key or your phone.
Does it work on a phone?: Yes. The buttons are sized for a thumb and nothing here needs a keyboard, though + and − work if you have one.

The same counter, on your overlay

This one lives in a browser tab. Kloot’s lives on your stream.

One OBS browser source, bumped from your deck or your phone without alt-tabbing. Free runs one counter live; build up to five. Here are three of the looks it ships with — all drawn by the component below, which is the same one your overlay would use.