Comparison

Bebop vs HiveMind

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

HiveMind

A private notebook with an AI companion and a social space for sharing notes, photos, and videos with friends. Organize your thoughts, create short films, and communicate via messages and calls. AI features are optional and controllable.

Highlights
  • Private note-taking with dictation and Scribe recordings
  • Add photos and videos as shareable Moments
  • AI companion for querying saved information
  • Create short films (Recollections) with narration
  • Organize content in folders
  • Share content with custom audiences or friends
  • Direct and group messaging with voice/video calls
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Remember what matters. Share only what you choose. HiveMind is a private notebook with an optional AI companion, your Mind, and a social space for you and your friends, the Hive. YOUR MIND • Write thoughts, or speak them with dictation and Scribe recordings • Add photos and videos as Moments, and choose who can see each one • Ask your Mind about what you've saved, and see what it looked at to answer • Turn Moments into short films, called Recollections, with narration and music • Organize everything in folders THE HIVE • Share a thought with only you, your friends, a custom audience or everyone • Reply, mention friends and like posts • Send direct and group messages • Make voice and video calls, including while HiveMind is in the background • Report content and block accounts from any post, profile, message or call AI YOU CONTROL AI is off until you turn it on. Before anything is sent, HiveMind names each provider and what it receives: the chat model you pick (OpenAI, Anthropic or Google), Google to describe photos and videos, OpenAI for search, ElevenLabs for speech and narration, and fal for film clips. You can use your own API keys instead. Recognizing people in your Moments is a separate choice and uses AWS Rekognition. Anything your Mind writes is labeled, and anything that affects other people waits for your approval. PLAN & CREDITS New accounts get a one-time AI starter. HiveMind Basic includes 5,000 AI credits a month, and credit packs add more when you need them. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. YOUR DATA Your private content stays private unless you share it. Export your data or delete your account at any time in Settings → Account. HiveMind is for people 18 and over in the United States. AI answers can be wrong. Check important information, and don't treat AI answers as medical, legal or financial advice. Terms of Use: https://joinhivemind.app/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://joinhivemind.app/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Bebop4 screens
HiveMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HiveMind at none against Bebop's 1. HiveMind also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Bebop's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Bebop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HiveMind asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bebop against 5.0 for HiveMind. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bebop has 43 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bebop ships an update every 3 weeks, HiveMind every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bebop versus HiveMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBebopHiveMind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (43 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJack Cheng LLCHivemind Research, Inc.

Customer experience

Bebop

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative0.0%

HiveMind

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bebop

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99
None

HiveMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bebop free?
Bebop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HiveMind free?
HiveMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bebop or HiveMind?
HiveMind is rated higher. Bebop averages 4.9 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while HiveMind averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Bebop or HiveMind have ads?
Neither Bebop nor HiveMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bebop or HiveMind?
Bebop ships an update every 3 weeks, and HiveMind every 5 days. Most recently, Bebop was updated on October 7, 2026 and HiveMind on October 15, 2026.

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