Comparison

Bitbrand vs Yearbound

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

Head to head
About

Bitbrand

Collect and apply unique watch faces and wallpapers from luxury brands and artists to your Apple Watch and iPhone. Each digital collectible comes with a certificate of authenticity and is part of a limited series, transforming your devices into collector's items.

Highlights
  • Collectible watch faces
  • Limited series digital art
  • Certificates of authenticity
  • Apply to Apple Watch
  • Apply to iPhone wallpapers
  • Curated luxury designs
Features
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Bitbrand is the only app that allows you to collect and apply watch faces and wallpapers from worldwide luxury brands and artists to your Apple Watch and iPhone. Each watch face and wallpaper is an original design, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and part of a limited series. The Bitbrand app offers a curated selection of sophisticated designs that elevate your devices. With Bitbrand, your Apple Watch and iPhone not only tell time and keep you connected—they also become collector’s items. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Yearbound

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A space where a promise to yourself becomes a record of quietly witnessing one another.
Write your daily intentions in Manifesto. Invite a Witness to quietly watch over your journal, become a Witness for someone you care about, or write alongside a Co-Writer who shares the same stretch of time. Every entry is encrypted and kept as something deeply, enduringly yours. HOW IT WORKS What did you write three days ago? What feeling lingered last month? What did the you from a year ago believe, fear, or hope for? You don’t have to go searching for your past. Yearbound brings it back to you—quietly, and at exactly the right time. 9 Volumes One life, seen through nine lenses: Journal —What from today would you want to meet again later? Growth —What kind of person are you slowly becoming? Gratitude —What precious thing is already here beside you today? Love —Who is resting most deeply in your heart right now? Mindful —In this moment, are you truly here? Letters —Who are your unspoken words reaching for? Work —Where is this work leading you? Abundance —What does “enough” feel like to you right now? Challenge —What effort today will your future self be grateful for? Manifesto Write your daily intentions in Manifesto. They do not need to be long or polished. A single honest sentence, a quiet promise, a hope you are not ready to let go of—those are enough. Over time, these lines become more than notes. They become a trace of who you want to be and what you want to remain true to. Co-Writer Write on the same page together and share time, feeling, and memory. When one person’s record meets another person’s words, something new takes shape—something neither could have made alone. Co-Writer is not only a feature for writing together, but a way of making shared time visible. Witness Invite a Witness to quietly keep watch over your journal, or become a Witness for someone you care about. It does not require many words. Some days, what we need is not advice or judgment, but simply someone who stays near, remembers, and sees us through. Yearbound makes room for that kind of tender connection. Time Capsule Some feelings need to travel farther, to be met again only after enough time has passed. Time Capsule is a place for those moments. Leave a message from who you are now for who you will be later. When it opens again, it may bring back the air of a forgotten season, along with the beliefs, fears, and hopes you once carried. My Yearbound My Yearbound is where scattered entries gather into a single flow. Daily intentions, returned pages, shared writing, and time capsules begin to connect here as one life. It is not simply where records are stored, but a quiet map that helps you understand the shape of the time you have lived. Privacy and Encryption Every entry is protected with end-to-end AES-256 encryption. From the briefest note to the feelings you could not easily show anyone else, your words remain yours to the end. Yearbound is not made for display, but for honesty. Even your most fragile sentence is held quietly and securely in your own time and language. Tiers Free — 1 volume · 3 lines a day · 1 year of past cards · join as a Witness · invite 3 Witnesses Plus ($29.99 lifetime) — unlimited volumes · full archive · local recordings · join as a Witness · invite 5 Witnesses Pro ($4.99/month · $39.99/year) — write together with 1 invited Pro member · Manifesto · cloud sync · unlimited Witnesses Family ($9.99/month · $79.99/year) — everything in Pro · up to 6 Pro members · 5 additional people · shared volumes Languages Some feelings only reveal themselves fully in a certain language. Every prompt in Yearbound was written separately in English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, German, and French. They are not translations, but lines born in the grain of each language itself. Three lines are enough. Begin in the language closest to your heart. Terms of Use: https://www.yearbound.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.yearbound.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Bitbrand3 screens
Yearbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yearbound at none against Bitbrand's 10. Yearbound also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Bitbrand sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Yearbound asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bitbrand versus Yearbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitbrandYearbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBitbrand Inc.Yearbound Studio LLC

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bitbrand

One-time10
  • Piyomaru$3.99
  • Sugar Cubs$3.99
  • Mimi & Neko$3.99
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  • Campfire Stories Watch Face$7.99
  • Campground Fun Watch Face$7.99
  • The Artists Watch Face$7.99
  • Sweet Maze Watch Face$7.99
  • Hot Air Adventure Watch Face$7.99
  • To The Moon Watch Face$7.99
  • Collaborative Painting Watch F$7.99
None

Yearbound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bitbrand free?
Bitbrand is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yearbound free?
Yearbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bitbrand or Yearbound have ads?
Bitbrand shows ads; Yearbound does not.
Which is updated more often, Bitbrand or Yearbound?
Bitbrand ships an update every 10 days, and Yearbound every 10 days. Most recently, Bitbrand was updated on September 25, 2026 and Yearbound on September 22, 2026.

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