The utility model discloses a simple seed counter, which comprises an upper casing and a lower casing. The top face of the upper casing is open. The casing inner wall under the open top face is provided with an installation groove. A counting plate is embedded in the installation groove. Cylindrical seed grooves are uniformly arranged on the counting plate. A movable inserting plate is arranged in a way to be tightly attached to the bottom of the counting plate. The left casing wall, the front casing wall and the rear casing wall of the upper casing above the counting plate form a rectangular groove while the right casing wall is inclined downwards and connected with a seed recycling bin located under the right casing wall. The seed counter further comprises a cleaning hairbrush. The seed counter which can obviously increase the seed counting speed has the advantages of simple structure, convenience and practicality. The manufacturing cost of the seed counter is very low. Therefore, the simple seed counter is especially suitably used by farmers.