Bebop vs Almanac
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bebop
This app prioritizes speed and simplicity for capturing ideas as plain text. It offers seamless cloud syncing and integration with other apps, allowing for a clutter-free, capture-first mobile editing experience. Advanced features and customization are available through a one-time upgrade.
- Lightning-fast plain text capture
- Clutter-free interface
- iCloud Drive/Dropbox sync
- Open plain-text formats (.txt, .md)
- Customizable headers, footers, filenames
- Flashback recent notes
- Share extension for saving content
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Bebop helps you get down your ideas, fast. It assumes that review and organization are better done on larger screens—that a mobile text editor should be lightning-fast, clutter-free, and capture-first. • No ads, no logins, no tracking: Files are synced natively to your chosen iCloud Drive or Dropbox folder • BYOMA (Bring Your Own MacOS App): Open plain-text formats like .txt and .md/markdown plug neatly into Obsidian • Custom headers, footers, and filename formats: To work with your workflow • Flashback notes: Cycle through recent notes with a single tap • Share extension: Quickly save links and text from other iOS apps • Widgets and shortcut: Launch Bebop in any number of ways • Unlimited notes (even for free users) For a one-time Pro upgrade (no subscriptions!) you’ll also get color themes, custom templating, power-user settings, and help support future development. --- Bebop is made by Jack Cheng, an author and solo developer in Detroit, Michigan. More info and privacy policy: https://www.jackcheng.com/bebop/ * Dropbox sync requires you to have the Dropbox iOS app installed.
Almanac
Easily track upcoming events with a personalized countdown. Get notified when your special days arrive. Customize the look and feel to match your style.
- Event countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Personalized appearances
- Device-specific storage
- Event notifications
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Almanac is a simple app to keep track of the events you look forward to. Simply add an event in the future and the app will count down the days until then and notify you on the day it happens. Almanac is highly customizable with widgets, custom app icons, and custom appearances to make it feel like your own. All events are stored privately in your device. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Almanac at none against Bebop's 1. Bebop's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (46 vs 11). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Bebop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Almanac asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bebop holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Bebop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Almanac's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bebop | Almanac |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (46 ratings) — better | 4.6 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Cheng LLC | Gabriel Valdivia |
Customer experience
Bebop
Almanac
In-app purchases
Bebop
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
Almanac
No in-app purchases









