Comparison

Dreambeans vs Nearly There

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

Head to head
About

Dreambeans

This app curates personalized daily collections of stories by connecting information across your Google apps. It aims to help you discover new ideas and focus on what matters most, with unique illustrations for each story.

Highlights
  • Personalized story collections
  • Connects Google apps (Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube, Search)
  • Unique illustrations per story
  • Dive deeper into topics
  • Save favorite stories to library
  • Web information for action-taking
Features
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Dreambeans is an experimental app that provides proactive, personalized collections of stories each day, covering the things that matter most to you. It connects the dots across your Google apps to surface things you'd miss, things you’d love and help you dive deeper into them. Personal Intelligence in Dreambeans With your permission, Dreambeans uses Personal Intelligence to connect information from your apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube and Search history to curate personalized stories meant to surface what matters to you. Helping cut through the noise The goal is not to scroll forever, it’s a finite collection of stories designed to spark new ideas and allow you to focus on what matters. Personalized to you Dreambeans references context from your connected apps to bring you relevant topics & updates. Each story also includes a unique illustration, reflecting the people and places you frequent the most. Dive deeper into your topics When a story in your daily collection catches your eye, you can tap to dive deeper. Dreambeans also fields information from across the web to help you take action. Save your favorites to your library and go back anytime. Terms & Conditions https://policies.google.com/privacy https://policies.google.com/terms

About

Nearly There

Track the time until important future events with customizable countdowns. Personalize each event with photos, colors, and icons. Get detailed time remaining and optional reminders to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Personalize with photos, colors, and icons
  • Detailed time remaining (years to seconds)
  • Workday countdown option
  • Event notes with iCloud sync
  • Calendar integration
  • Optional reminders
Features
Currently charting
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Nearly There is a countdown for the dates you’re looking forward to. Add a vacation, retirement, holiday, new job, or any day that matters. Browse your list, then open an event to see what’s left. Each event can have its own look — a photo or a color, and an icon that matches. See the time remaining in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Turn on a workday countdown to count weekdays only, and subtract time off or holidays. Keep notes with the event if you want — flights, plans, whatever helps. They sync through iCloud. When you share an event, notes stay off unless you choose to include them. Share with someone else who uses Nearly There, or add the day to Calendar. On your own devices, events, photos, and notes stay in sync with iCloud. Optional reminders can nudge you as the day gets closer. No ads. No Nearly There account. Just the days between now and then.

Screenshots

Dreambeans4 screens
Nearly There3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dreambeans at Free against Nearly There's $0.99. Dreambeans also leads on ratings volume (810 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). Nearly There's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Dreambeans is free to download; Nearly There costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nearly There holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dreambeans has 810 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Dreambeans's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nearly There's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dreambeans ships an update every 5 days, Nearly There every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Dreambeans versus Nearly There: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDreambeansNearly There
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (810 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings810 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#190 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGoogleChristopher Snyder

Customer experience

Dreambeans

All ratings810 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.1%

Nearly There

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dreambeans

No in-app purchases

None

Nearly There

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dreambeans free?
Dreambeans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nearly There free?
Nearly There costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dreambeans or Nearly There?
Nearly There is rated higher. Dreambeans averages 4.8 out of 5 from 810 ratings, while Nearly There averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dreambeans or Nearly There have ads?
Neither Dreambeans nor Nearly There shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dreambeans or Nearly There?
Dreambeans ships an update every 5 days, and Nearly There every 4 days. Most recently, Dreambeans was updated on October 24, 2026 and Nearly There on October 11, 2026.

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