I thought I was clear:
Are there any OTHER religions that use a rosary like device to remember prayers?
It was answered upthread by someone...
I tend to think of the whole prayer-counting-device thing as basically a non-distracting timer. For me, a five-decade Rosary is about 20 minutes, and a full twenty-decade rosary is about 80 minutes. A Divine Mercy Chaplet is about 10 minutes.
As long as one thinks of these devotions as some kind of work or “vain repetition” the point is missed, their “esse” is missed.
For example, the Divine Mercy Chaplet is little other than asking God to have mercy on everyone. But often as I pray it, I remember people whose trespasses against moi I have not really forgiven. So the prayer blossoms into prayer for my enemies and prayer of contrition.
To me, that’s a good thing. And it’s a very good thing to do when I come across ten uncommitted minutes.