Comparison

1Task vs Been A Minute

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

Head to head
About

1Task

This productivity tool helps you concentrate on a single task at a time. Log your activities, track your focus sessions, and reflect on how different tasks impact your energy levels. Analyze your progress and identify what truly energizes you.

Highlights
  • Single-task focus timer
  • Activity logging
  • Session reflection
  • Streak tracking
  • Energy impact analysis
Features
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A focus timer that only lets you work on one thing at a time. Type what you're doing. A timer starts. When you're done, rate how it felt and add a note. Your reflections build up over time. Look back at your streaks, focus time, and figure out which tasks leave you energized or drained.

About

Been A Minute

This app helps you track the time elapsed since you last performed a specific action. Log an event once, and it will count the time until you reset it, providing a simple way to remember when things last happened. It offers widgets and optional gentle nudges for milestones.

Highlights
  • Track time since last event
  • One-tap reset with visual feedback
  • Detailed history and breakdown
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Optional milestone nudges
  • No account or tracking required
Features
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You know that thing you definitely did recently? It's been a minute. Been A Minute tracks the time since the last time anything happened. Watered the plant. Called your mom. Changed the air filter. Went to the gym. You log it once, and the app quietly counts up from there — no streaks to break, no daily nags, no guilt. Just an honest number and a calendar that remembers better than you do. Tap "I JUST DID IT" and the counter resets to zero with a satisfying comic BAM. The old stretch gets banked to your history, so you can finally answer the eternal question: wait… how long HAS it been? — TRACK ANYTHING — Habits you're proud of, chores you're avoiding, the oil change you keep postponing. Every entry is just "time since last reset." You decide whether that's a win or a wake-up call — pick an emoji and a color to set the mood. — I JUST DID IT — One tap resets the clock and bursts the screen. The elapsed stretch lands in your history, so the record builds itself. — SEE THE STORY — A full-bleed detail screen for every entry: the live counter, an exact breakdown ("1y · 2mo · 14d"), how many times you've reset, and a dry little voice line that has opinions about your life choices. — WIDGETS — Home screen and lock screen widgets put the count right where you'll see it. The plant doesn't water itself, but at least now you'll know. — GENTLE MILESTONE NUDGES — Optional notifications at 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year. No daily pestering — just the calendar tapping you on the shoulder when it's genuinely been a while. Off by default. — YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS — No account. No sign-up. No tracking. No ads. Everything stays on your device and syncs across your own Apple devices through your private iCloud. We don't collect your data because we never see it. Track the things. Forget less. It's been a minute — let's find out exactly how long.

Screenshots

1Task4 screens
Been A Minute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Been A Minute at none against 1Task's 3. 1Task's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 1Task sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Been A Minute asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 1Task against 5.0 for Been A Minute. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1Task ships an update every 4 days, Been A Minute every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
1Task versus Been A Minute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1TaskBeen A Minute
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrekky Labs, LLCAditya Goswami

In-app purchases

3 purchases

1Task

One-time3
  • A kind tip$1.99
  • A generous tip$4.99
  • A lavish tip$9.99
None

Been A Minute

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1Task free?
1Task is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Been A Minute free?
Been A Minute is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 1Task or Been A Minute?
1Task and Been A Minute are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do 1Task or Been A Minute have ads?
Neither 1Task nor Been A Minute shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1Task or Been A Minute?
1Task ships an update every 4 days, and Been A Minute every 6 weeks. Most recently, 1Task was updated on August 12, 2026 and Been A Minute on September 18, 2026.

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