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More time please
Your App is a great idea. Especially for collection memories and moments to look back on. However, when it buzzes, I barely have time to get up from my chair to get my phone to take a photo! Please give some more time before shooting the photo. Otherwise, the collection of photo memories is useless. Thank you.Show lessJMikl*
Developer Response
Hello, Thank you for your feedback. If you have trouble capturing the moments it might be worth to consider subscribing. It gives you have four extra minutes to capture your moment + a monthly summary of your moments, high res version of your archive plus you help support the project.Love this app!
I read about Minutae in the NYT Wirecutter it sounded intriguing so I downloaded it right away. Instructions for using the app are a bit vague but as they are few it doesn’t take long to figure it out. I used the option for turning it off at night but finally opted to have it on all the time. My phone I by my pillow, the app sound wakes me up and I let it take the photo. Not the most interesting photos but I wouldn’t have them if it weren’t for Minutae. Click on the tiny icon below your photo to see someone else’s photos. It’s great fun to see where they are from. All over the world. The first ones I saw were from Finland where I had been this past summer visiting relatives! I wish I had kept a list of where they were from the get-go. So many cute kitty photos far fewer pups. Figuring how see other’s photos was the most confusing. I have found it worthwhile to pay for it to get the extra time. LOVE LOVE LOVE this app.Show lessVufss&);
Love this app
I love this app, i love getting the noise i grab my phone and point it. This has been the best £8.00. I have ever spent. I look firward after 4 years to ordering my poster, if it isnt too expensive. .
I love looking at other peoples pictures too
Thank you fOr a wonderful app.Jolly Mac!
A nostalgic person’s dream app
I’m the sort of person who likes to document my life so i can look back on it later. This app and the idea behind it is something very special that you can set up and forget about for the most part. Theres no time to prepare the perfect shot, it truly does get to capture the most random, sometimes boring, inconspicuous moments of day to day life. In about 3 years i will get to look back on all the moments i would have otherwise forgotten about. This project is very important to me and i will continue my 4 year stints until i no longer can.Show lessG.Mac08
A global pause
Although I use it to pause & reflect, I also benefit from seeing the global efforts of others to document their own moments.heldello
Love the concept, but I seldom capture a picture
I have 13 squares so far. 10 are black. For two, I went to pick up my phone across the room and accidentally took a picture of the floor when I picked it up. I didn’t touch the screen so I don’t know why it chose that moment to take a pic. I wish it would let me know when it went off to see if it’s even working! I received alerts two days in a row, but then nothing for 10 days. I realize some of them may be going off during the night, but I can’t believe I’m missing all of them! I don’t have my phone with me 100% of the time but it seems strange I’m not getting notifications. I will leave it on my phone to see if it gets better, but I canceled my subscription. Too bad because I love the idea!
Update: Things have improved although I don’t know why. I have been able to capture more images and the notification goes off daily. It has been much more fun. It takes a while to get used to - you have to think quickly about what you want to capture for your moment - but that makes it more fun!Show lessYissa33
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We absolutely understand that missing moments can be really frustrating, especially at the beginning. But it’s worth remembering that minutiae is a 1440-day journey, it’s a loooong time. Just to set expectations: You will most likely miss about 30% of the moments as they occur in the middle of the night. If you really want to try to capture as many as possible, you can disable the Do Not Disturb mode in the app. However, the goal of the project is not to capture as many moments as possible. At the end of the cycle, you won’t regret the moments that you missed, but be grateful for the ones you captured.Fun concept, not perfect
My main issue is a very rarely actually get the notification to take a photo. I don't know why. I have app notifications on and very rarely put my phone on do not disturb, I get the notification probably twice a week. When you miss the notification you just get a black square on the screen. It would be much more fun if you could take the photo at any point in the day rather than just when the notification goes off. Similarly, ENOUGH of the black squares. It makes the screen look drab and pathetic rather than full of life.
Edit: After reading some replies i see that the reason people don't get notifications is because they all go off at the same time world wide. I now understand the reason but i'm not changing my review. It's not exactly fair for if people paid for the app to get daily notifications but don't actually get to take their photos. 2 pm in one part of the world is 2 am in another. It would be much better if the notifications were completely random or went by time zones.Show lessvlhcihxkhdoychlh
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. The concept of minutiae is that all participants capture their moments at the exact same time. Besides, having different time zones would cause a lot of problems in itself. Because if you moved or traveled to a different time zone, your already captured moments would be overwritten, which isn’t very great. However, throughout the 1440-day cycle, all participants will be able to capture the exact same number of moments regardless of which timezone they live.Minutiae helped me capture my real life
I first discovered minutiae during such a transformative time in my life, and I am so grateful I did ! I was going through my last year of college and struggling on how I was going to capture the truest form of my day to day. Minutiae gave me that opportunity to take photos of things I never would have thought to be so nostalgic over like my favorite spot to study on campus or the way my room looked after a weekend.
Now, a year later I purchased and just recently received my 360 book and I cannot believe how amazing it is to see the past year in a physical form as well.
With the new version of yearly books, I think it will be extremely valuable to be able to watch my books change over the course of my minutiae journey :)Show lessqwertyme100000
Cherishing the memories of my dog with Minutiae
I have had my labradoodle Hershey since I was 8 years old in the midst of third grade, and I am now 21, going into my last year of college. He’s the first dog I’ve ever had and had been with me through it all. Through elementary and awkward horrible middle school years, and then high school and the untimely pandemic right before my graduation, to now college, he’s always waiting for me at the door when I get home. Since Minutiae notifications come so randomly, I often am home sitting at the table working or watching a movie on the couch and Hershey is always right there. I have taken countless Minutiae moments of him and I just received my book with all the memories of him. I know I’ll cherish these forever, and am so grateful for this app because I know I wouldn’t have really remembered to capture as many moments of him as I have. Thank you.Show lessmagmarocketsssss
Last moments with Minutiae
I got this app because I couldn’t follow the BeReal trend as well as intended, and I wanted something to capture the every day moments once the idea was in my head. I didn’t realize that this would turn into me capturing my mothers last moments. Minutiae is fun and carefree, which made me fall into the habit of capturing every moment I can. When my mom was put on hospice in December the only pictures she took were when my minutiae went off, because I would be so excited she couldn’t say no. The hospice process was longer than expected, and while no one wants to be remembered as ill, it was a blessing for me to care for my mother and I’m so thankful that I did get pictures of us during the time. I never would have thought to document those moments when I was in them, but I’m so thankful I did. My mom passed on May 19, 2023, and I am thirsty for every drop of her existence. Start your minutiae habit now, you have no idea what moments you will want to drown in later.
*With the sentimental junk over- It is such a cool idea. You get to see a random user’s moments for a few seconds after you capture yours if you’d like. What a great way to feel some human connection! I regularly see users from other areas of the world with the same mess of life going on around them. It’s humbling! This is such an easy app to really enjoy, it doesn’t take more than a minute away from your day.Show lessMackenzie Wingate
Developer Response
I’m so very sorry to hear about the passing of your mother, I can only imagine the sense of loss you must feel. Your story really captures the essence of what the project is about and why we created it in the first place - To capture the everyday moments, whose importance often only becomes evident much later. Hearing stories like yours is really what makes all the frustrating and challenging moments that come with running a project like this worthwhile, so thank you so much for sharing. /Martin Creator minutiae
