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My favorite concept
The little kick of energy I get every time I catch minutiae is so worth it! I stumbled upon this app and loved the idea so much (it’s especially unique compared to some other similar apps) that I signed up immediately about a year ago. I love watching my grid fill up every day and the little bites of my past year I see when I can scroll through my snapshots daily. I love the experience but I also can’t wait to have my moments to hold onto after four years. The new update makes it much easier to keep up with the project but the only thing I’ve noticed that needs a fix in the next version is the fact that the notifications no longer vibrate!! If my ringer is off I don’t even hear the vibration which is important in meetings or my phone is in my bag!Show lessAva R!
Like A tiny unexpected package …
I never write these things. Like this is maybe my first?
Being part of minutiae is like getting a little surprise package in the mail everyday, only the package is from you to you, and it’s a picture of your everyday life. The app randomly picks a minute every day and every user across the world using it gets notified. You have the opportunity to take an unedited snapshot of your life IN THAT VERY MOMENT and then it’s over.
If you miss it, you miss it. Which is why it feels like a surprise gift/package/piece of mail (what can I say? I’m a sucker for postal deliveries 😂) every time I *actually* get the notice and get to grab a picture. Because it’s unpredictable, it feels special when it happens.
For some this could be really frustrating and I’ll admit for me it was at first. I didn’t like seeing how many moments I’d missed (hi, I’m sleeping at 3:45am…) but now I’ve just settled into the joy of the moment when it does happen, and releasing the moments that don’t.
I appreciate their recent updates giving you slightly longer than a minute to get the notification and get to your phone (um, my phone is often AWAY from my hand-I know, I know, who am I trying to be?) as well as tweaks to the visual landing page.
Mostly I just love the idea that at the end of this I can buy a book of unedited surprise moments of my life and I love being part of this artistic experiment. Try it-you won’t regret it!Show lessskadelig
Love this app
This is the only app I allow notifications to come through when my phone is in do not disturb.. that’s how much I love it. The idea of getting a book of 4 years worth of memories at the end is worth the time and money invested.
All my friends and family now get just as excited as I do when I get that notification and yell ‘omg it’s my moment!’ I love that I get to peek into someone else’s life for a few seconds and reflect on my own. There have even been times where I’ll be crocheting and the person I’m paired with is also crocheting at the exact same time, or I’ll see someone else is also a wedding photographer because they’re editing photos or at a shoot. It reminds me that we all have so much in common, but also that the world is so much bigger than what I see in a day.
Truly a novel app offering a unique experience.Show lessaim96
Loving Minutiae
I never leave reviews, but felt compelled to share how much I love participating in this lovely project. Documenting my in between moments and then getting a glimpse at other peoples in between moments is satisfying and so interesting. I am hooked.
For those who are just starting out, there are bumps in the road getting used to the alerts and timing. I have heard its stressful and alerts are too quiet, but once you hit your rhythm you will be surprised how long a minute is and really enjoy getting your alerts. 2 Helpful hints, allow notifications on your smart watch if you wear one. Also remember that the daily cycle is GMT - Greenwich Mean Time, know what time that is where you live. It helps to know when the next 24 hour cycle starts and if you have taken a picture you can relax until the new 24 hr cycle begins. Enjoy it and i hope to glimpse your pictures one day.Show lessFlagstone Sal
Love this
I downloaded this app after seeing a tiktok about it and I’m impressed with how much it’s been exactly what I hoped. Using this really feels profound, personal, and not like endless useless screen time. I’m excited to see the final product and I LOVE the tiny insights into other peoples lives.emilythehippo
I’m done
I’ve had the subscription for about 8 months now and I still find the same issues as always. Not only is the app really buggy but it’s really irritating wanting to document your life but to find out it only goes of at 2 am! Supposedly it’s random but 3/4 of my images are black images due to being at night. It’s so frustrating I wish they had at least a time zone setting but NO!
It feel like I’m just wasting my money and I decided to finally unsubscribe when I realize just how much I hate the app. I just get filled with anger whenever I get a notification now.
Also if your gonna have your notifications go off at night AT LEAST have a flash option!!!
Ugh I’m just so done there’s so much more but truly this app is so impractical and the fact you have to pay for it is LAUGHABLE.
You would think paying for it for 4 years would be able to cover the book cost BUT NO! What’s the point of even having to pay for it if you’re gonna charge for the book it self
Is it to just to limit users?
Never have I been so dissatisfied with something I wouldn’t even want the app even if it was free!
And it’s upsetting because I previously made a review suggesting some solutions and the response I for was so mild, frustrating and VERY unhelpful.
Overall the app was cute at the beginning but you’ll soon come to learn it’s just frustrating to work with. BeReal is so much better and it’s free! Smh!Show lessulanishn
Developer Response
Thanks for your feedback and sorry to hear that you're finding the experience frustrating. It's important to note that you're not meant to capture every single minute of a day but you have the opportunity to do so if you wish. We have just released version 5.0 which includes a five minute grace period making it easier to capture moments.Love my Minutiae moments
I downloaded and started to use your app last fall. I have captured 143 images and 31 missed moments. Before I would turn my sound off, leave my phone in other rooms, etc., but not now. I have my phone nearby, volume is on. Missing a moment frustrates me because I have so much fun capturing them. Knowing that people around the world get the same alert makes it even better.
It's like being in the minutiae club. I love the manifesto and think you came up with an amazing art project in which all of us get to be a participant. My favorite time with the app is the moment after I capture
my image and then I have just a short time to see into the minutiae of another person, especially when they live in another country. What better way to learn visually about another country's life and culture.
I thank my friend who turned me on to minutiae and spread the word to other friends. The best laugh was when my friend sent me a screenshot of my latest captured moment and I popped up as the person to explore their minutiae.Show lessDoubleSeattleSag
Love the concept but the warning Alarm😢
I have had this app now for about six months and I love the concept, the quickness how you have to just take a photograph of whatever is in front of you. My only complaint would be the ALARM, often I don’t hear it yet I’m in My Home my phone is just in another room, this is upsetting because it means I’m missing so many moments and fear that my journey will just be one big BLANK😪page. I would love it if the alarm could be louder. I have my phone set at the loudest volume and it’s still not loud enough for me to hear the alarm if I’m in another room yet I can hear my phone for other reminders, it’s just this apps alarm that’s quieter particularly if people are talking or music is on. For this reason I will not be subscribing again. I would love to, but I have too many blank spots to many days where I miss the alarm even though my phone is on me or I’m in the house and my phone is near me.Show lessParismatch222
cool concept but doesn't work for me
this is a cool idea but the window you get to record your daily moment is too small for how I live my life- you get a minute to respond. the only time im sitting there watching my phone and consistently able to respond within that window is when im sitting on my couch at home, so I mostly just have a bunch of photos of sitting on my couch. I get not wanting to curate what you capture, but in practice its a curated collection of the moments in life where you have nothing better to do than check your phone.Show lessshapeslicer
cool idea terrible app
the app doesn't actually work- never notifies (conveniently skirts around why it doesn't like blaming DND or getting notifs at night- in actuality it just doesn't work... I keep DND off & ringer on and I get every notif except this app, even at night- i've missed looots of moments bc of this), the app itself is buggy (is frequently telling me i don't have a subscription when I do), and takes comically long to load when you capture a moment so you can never actually see the other person's when you compare. would be amazing if it worked, but it doesn't, so don't get your hopes up.Show lessCatipon567
