Break Timer vs BulletsNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Break Timer
This productivity tool uses a cute tiger character to signal work and break intervals with alarms. Set custom durations for focused work sessions and rejuvenating breaks to enhance efficiency.
- Customizable work/break intervals
- Alarm notifications
- Cute tiger character guide
- Ad-free experience
- Simple interface
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※ This is a free app's disable ads version. This is a simple timer app. The cute tiger informs to repeats your break time and working hours by an alarm! For example, you can set working hours for 45 minutes and break time for 15 minutes.
BulletsNote
A lightweight note-taking application designed for creating and managing itemized lists. It offers intuitive features for adding, deleting, and sorting items and lists, with options for text manipulation and file import/export. Seamless iCloud synchronization ensures your notes are accessible across devices.
- Add, delete, and sort lists and items
- Move items between lists
- Cursor movement by swipe
- Send notes via email (plain text/HTML)
- Create lists from copied text
- Read/write Reminders and CSV files
- iCloud synchronization
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This is a simple note app for itemization. The main functions: - Adding, delete, sorting lists. - Adding, delete, sorting items. And moving between lists. - Moving the text cursor by swipe when input. - Mail send by plain text / HTML format. - Make list by copied text. - Reading and writing of "Reminders". - Reading and writing of CSV file. - iCloud sync.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BulletsNote at every 3 weeks against Break Timer's every 2 months. BulletsNote also leads on price ($1.99 vs $3.69) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Break Timer costs $3.69 and BulletsNote $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Break Timer against 5.0 for BulletsNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Break Timer's written reviews are positive against 82% of BulletsNote's.
Break Timer ships an update every 2 months, BulletsNote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Break Timer | BulletsNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.69 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HARASHOW Interactive | Kazuhiro Sawamura |
Customer experience
Break Timer
BulletsNote
In-app purchases
Break Timer
No in-app purchases
BulletsNote
No in-app purchases
