AngularJS ng-change expression is evaluated when the user changes the input.
<div ng-app="myApp" ng-controller='MyCtrl'> <input type="text" ng-model="name" ng-change="inc()" ng-init="count=0;"><br> number of times input changed: {{count}} </div> <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.3/angular.min.js"></script> <script> var module = angular.module('myApp', []); module.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope) { $scope.inc = function() { $scope.count++; } }); </script>