Bean User Reviews

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Nice to see that this hasn’t been forgotten

I was pleasantly surprised to find an update for this app waiting to install. It had certainly been some time since the last one, but I stuck with this app because it managed to outperform the other counting apps in spite of the bugs. The updated version finally makes use of the extra screen space on newer devices, and it doesn’t act wonky when rearranging counters.
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Simple but needs work

1. More control of the beans. Locking 9 in a pod is clever for the bean metaphor but I want more control over my beans allowing for only 1 at first and then slowly building to 9 if I choose. But locking us at 9 and no less per screen is bad.

2. Allowing to have more than the description of the beam visible. Ha I g the date constantly visible and the ability to create more fields of info would also be cool. This way each bean is not only differentiated by color and title but also by date and other customizable fields.

I want one bean per day so I can keep track of daily habits. I would need at least the date field to be visible from the zoomed out view.

3. Copy and paste a bean. I will want most of my info the same on each bean, but the date to change essentially. So the ability to duplicate a bean would be awesome!

4. Work with the lock screen, so we can tap to add beans without opening Our phones up for even easier/faster counting.

EDIT: I was thinking a way to simply help with the #1 would be to have the zoom level saved as “last zoom” so when the app resets, or I close out of it and reopen, it will remember the zoom spot I was at and default to it. That way if I was zoomed in bean 2 in pod 2 I will be automatically in the same spot. Make sense? Cuz my needs are to only have one bean showing on my screen at a time. This zoom feature would solve that problem in a really cool and intuitive waY.
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Simple and beautiful

Does what it says it will do, I use it all the time to keep track of lots of things at once. Love it!

I love this counting app

I use it to track caffeine intake. But next time I’m selling tickets etc, I can count the different types of sales on the door. Very pleased - I had to look quite hard to find it. Takes a few goes to get used to it. You just have to play with it.

Does what it does.

It's nicely executed. Would love to see a few advance features but can't argue with how well it works for what it claims to be.

good app

i like this app, just don't like having dates on each tiles., can u please get rid of dates?, and also the 'i' (info) on bottom right corner

Useful, simple

Please make this app available on Apple Watch where it would be much handier.

Utterly failed me.

So I needed a simple bean counter app and this one looked beautifully designed. After opening it, it asked me if I wanted a tour. I accidentally hit "no". That was the beginning of the end. No matter what I tried, I could not figure out how to do anything at all with the app, other than to add +1 to things. I could not for the life of me figure out how to edit the counters not even do -1. Nor how to get help or the tutorial. I tried long taps, force touches, shaking the phone, swiping everywhere I could think of. Nothing. I even deleted the app and re-downloaded and it all just came back the way it was. No tutorial. Come on. What am I missing? What is the secret to getting into edit mode. You know what? I don't care because I bought another app that was SUPER INTUITIVE. Thanks anyway.
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Response from developer

Hi, Thanks for letting us know what you think about Bean and helping us improve it. Because of thoughtful feedback from users like you, we’ve added a "Take a Tour" button! Just tap on the "?" symbol and tap "Take a Tour." Feel free to contact me anytime if you have any more questions or comments.

False advertising

Not nearly as versatile as they say. Pretty colors, yes. But no way to turn off the sound effects. Also, the touch pads are very sensitive, so just picking up your phone you could change a number. In addition, you cannot send a report and it doesn't seem to sync with the Cloud as it says.

There are free apps that do a much better job. Don't waste even a dollar on this one.
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Response from developer

Hi, Thanks for letting us know what you think about Bean and helping us improve it. Because of thoughtful feedback from users like you, we’ve added manual on/off toggling of sound and iCloud Sync! Simply tap the gear icon in the upper right hand corner and toggle from there. Feel free to contact me anytime if you have any more questions or comments.

LOVE the app. Wish it had Watch version

LOVE the app. Wish it had Watch version

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