Comparison

iTimely vs Barely Notes

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

Head to head
About

iTimely

This app helps you easily record life events, notes, photos, and milestones. It organizes your memories chronologically, allowing you to group them by day, month, or year. Track personal growth and important dates with a user-friendly timeline.

Highlights
  • Record notes, photos, videos, and locations
  • Track countdown timers and anniversaries
  • Create to-do lists and memos
  • Group events by day, month, or year
  • Append sub-records and comments
  • Create custom libraries for different groups
  • Auto Chart for data visualization
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Life Recording is an issue we have always thought about. It’s difficult to keep track of different type of things with multiple Apps, but combining them into one App could be overwhelming. How can we easily record things, such as notes, photos, videos, location, countdown timers, anniversaries, to-do lists, and memos in one App without making it too complex? Many things seem unrelated, such as her birthday, graduation certificate, marriage certificate, birth certificate, travel itinerary, a location, the scenery outside the window, a friend's laughter in a video, today's tasks, tomorrow's plans, and sudden inspiration that comes to mind. Although seemingly unrelated, these things have a common subject, "us", and are all "based on time". This commonality creates possibilities for simplicity among the complexity in iTimely. ## Be friends with time Time management is an essential skill for individuals. In reality, we are very prone to unconsciously fighting against time, treating it as an enemy, which leads to anxiety, tension, and pressure. By being friends with time and changing our mindset, we can negotiate with time. It's okay to stay up late, just take a photo of a street lamp outside the window in the deep night; it's also okay not to stay up late, don't think about the things that haven't been completed yet. Write down to-do lists as memos and cross them out when done, don't divide them into four quadrants... If you feel that your ability to manage time is out of control, meticulously record the time spent on each thing, and then replay each day in a statistical chart to make yourself leaner. On the other hand, being free is also good. By doing good deeds and making friends with time, you will naturally grow. Time is a silent friend, always with us, and iTimely can also record everything at any time. ## Orderly time, grouped events in library In iTimely, we can group records by "day, month, year", making it easier to record and organize. In iTimely, each record can have sub-records appended to it, commented on, followed up, and iterated. iTimely can correspond to many usage scenarios, and we can also create different libraries (work directories), where the timeline can be grouped into different groups. ## Even little daily things can be milestones Small daily things that seem insignificant are not just ordinary but also signify growth and recording. Behind these small things, milestones are being accumulated. For example, a child's height growth, an increase in income after starting work, or changes in data for a new business created. These numbers can also be quickly recorded. iTimely provides the "Auto Chart" function, and all we need to do is record without hesitation. ## Life with timeline, history on the timelines As a timeline App, iTimely also supports recording history. Coupled with the support of the search function, iTimely will also be an intimate learning assistant for friends who are studying history, besides recording daily life. ## Privacy and pretty UI are equally important With a simple lifestyle and pretty timelines in iTimely, becomes a friend of time. An app that is used daily should have a beautiful interface and an easy-to-use experience, especially for recording life, it should be much more beautiful. In this way, we will have a little bit of joy in the process of using it. Personal privacy is very important too. iTimely is a pure client software and does not rely on servers. You can synchronize and backup data across devices through iCloud or Git, or disable synchronization. All data belongs to you. iTimely will avoid any unnecessary privacy permission requests. iTimely strictly stays in the sandbox environment of the system, uses the minimum privacy authorization, and reduces a bit of convenience, but it will make users feel securer. - - - - - - - - - - - - Privacy Policy: http://markeditor.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://markeditor.com/page/terms.md

About

Barely Notes

Features
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Barely is a minimalist note app. One note at a time. No folders. No tags. No noise. Write what matters right now. Archive when done. Start fresh. Time-aware The app shifts with you. Warm mornings. Clean middays. Deep evenings. The tone changes automatically, or set it manually. Weekly surface Your archived notes surface back to you for seven days. Review, restore, or let them fade away. After a week, they're gone. Camera Capture a photo or record a video directly into your note. Share it however you want. Widgets See your active note at a glance. Small, medium, and large home screen widgets. Lock screen widgets. Live Activity on your lock screen and Dynamic Island. Bokashi themes Five curated color gradients inspired by the traditional color vocabulary of Japan. Sakura, Matcha, Sumi, Kumo, and Akatsuki. Each theme changes your app icon to match. One-time purchase. No subscription. Barely enough. Exactly right.

Screenshots

iTimely4 screens
Barely Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Barely Notes at every 11 days against iTimely's monthly. iTimely's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iTimely sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Barely Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iTimely ships an update monthly, Barely Notes every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iTimely versus Barely Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriTimelyBarely Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Quanduan Technology Co., Ltd.Ashley Cornette

In-app purchases

4 purchases

iTimely

Subscriptions2
  • iTimely Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • iTimely Yearly3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • iTimely Flash Sale$12.99
  • iTimely Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

Barely Notes

One-time1
  • Bokashi Themes$2.99

Questions

Is iTimely free?
iTimely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Barely Notes free?
Barely Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iTimely or Barely Notes have ads?
Neither iTimely nor Barely Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iTimely or Barely Notes?
iTimely ships an update monthly, and Barely Notes every 11 days. Most recently, iTimely was updated on October 27, 2026 and Barely Notes on October 8, 2026.

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