Comparison

n+otes vs Be Timeful

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

n+otes

Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with a simple interface. Secure your notes with a private lock feature. Optional subscription removes ads and supports development.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Private note lock
  • Ad-free experience (subscription)
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Great for those quick notes! Just tap the + button and start typing! Subscribe for the Ad-free Experience: To support further development and maintenance of the app, we have a small subscription so you can use the app without advertising: A monthly, 3-monthly or yearly purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered will be forfeited if you cancel a subscription. Terms: http://rieu.co.nz/terms.html Privacy Policy: http://rieu.co.nz/privacy.html

About

Be Timeful

Features
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Most time trackers tell you where your hours went. Be Timeful shows you what's left. Your day is a fixed budget - from the moment you wake to the moment you sleep. Be Timeful draws it as three rings that drain as the day passes: your week, your waking hours, and today. Watch the last hour turn red and you start to feel the day differently. FREE, FOREVER - Rings that count down, not up. Time remaining is the number that changes what you do next. - A day that runs wake to sleep. Set your hours once, adjust any single day. Late nights past midnight still belong to the day they started. - Log in seconds. Fill the last 15 minutes, half hour, or hour with one tap - or backfill any block later. - See the gaps. Your timeline shows the unlogged stretches instead of hiding them. That's where the time actually goes. - Close out the day. Rate how it felt, add a line about it, and look back over your last week. BE TIMEFUL+ One subscription unlocks the hindsight layer: - Insights. Weekly completion, streaks, category breakdowns, and how your hours line up with how your days felt. - Your full journal. The 60-day look-back, not just the last week. Nothing you log is ever deleted either way. - Apple Health suggestions. A later wake time on mornings you slept in, or a workout you already recorded, added with one tap. It only ever suggests - and nothing from Health ever leaves your iPhone. - Your Lock Screen. A widget keeps today's ring one glance away, and a wind-down Live Activity counts the evening down on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. - Custom categories. Name your time your way. - Backup & Sync. Your history on every device you own, via Sign in with Apple. $2.99/month, or $19.99/year with 7 days free. Auto-renews until cancelled in your App Store settings. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Be Timeful works fully without an account, and everything stays on your device. There are no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party tracking in the app at all. Payments are handled by Apple - we never see them. Backup & Sync is optional, exists only to move your history between your own devices, and can be deleted permanently from Settings at any time. Terms of Use: https://betimeful.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://betimeful.app/privacy Requires iOS 26.2 or later.

Screenshots

n+otes4 screens
Be Timeful3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Be Timeful at none against n+otes's shown. Be Timeful also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). n+otes's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. n+otes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Be Timeful sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

n+otes ships an update fortnightly, Be Timeful every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
n+otes versus Be Timeful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametern+otesBe Timeful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (45K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings45K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRIEU LimitedAJP Studios LLC

Bugs and requests

n+otes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes disappearing or getting lost
  • Inability to delete notes on Apple Watch
  • Scrolling issues and text freezing at the bottom
  • Inconsistent behavior after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sync notes across devices
  • More font and formatting options
  • Folder or category organization
  • Voice-to-text functionality
  • Ability to insert images and attachments

Be Timeful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

n+otes

Subscriptions3
  • Ad-free Experience (Monthly)$0.491 Month
  • Ad-free Experience (3 Months)$0.993 Months
  • Ad-free Experience (1 Year)$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$19.99
2 purchases

Be Timeful

Subscriptions2
  • Be Timeful+ Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Be Timeful+ Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is n+otes free?
n+otes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Be Timeful free?
Be Timeful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do n+otes or Be Timeful have ads?
n+otes shows ads; Be Timeful does not.
Which is updated more often, n+otes or Be Timeful?
n+otes ships an update fortnightly, and Be Timeful every 3 days. Most recently, n+otes was updated on October 3, 2026 and Be Timeful on September 17, 2026.

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