Comparison

PopNotes 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

PopNotes

Quickly capture thoughts and ideas with instant access from your Lock Screen or Home Screen widgets. Organize notes into customizable emoji folders for a fast and efficient way to manage your information.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Instant note capture
  • Customizable emoji folders
  • Organized idea management
  • Minimalist interface
Features
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Catch the moment it pops into your head and make it cute. Quick notes and a lovely diary, all in PopNotes. ■ A page a day, decorated your way 160+ puffy stickers, washi tape, handwriting fonts and templates. Place, resize, rotate and layer with your fingertips. Turn your own photos into cut-out stickers. ■ Widgets that decorate your home screen Sticky note, Today's diary, D-day, Quick memo and 4-folder widgets. Today's decorated page shows right on your home screen, and widgets follow your theme colors. ■ A mood calendar that fills up Log your mood with one cute bean and watch the month turn colorful. Keep your streak going and celebrate milestones. Share your month as one recap card on Instagram. ■ Notes that look good and feel easy Lined, grid and manuscript papers, handwriting fonts, checklists and adjustable text size. Keep ideas tidy with emoji folders. ■ iPad, tablets & pencil Layouts made for big screens, with a two-page diary spread. Handwriting turns into text. ■ 14 themes to match your mood Mongle Cloud, Butter Gingham, Lace & Ribbon, Starlight Post, Jelly Pop, Cherry Letter and more. ■ Daily reminder A gentle nudge at your chosen time. Skipped on days you've already written. ■ Your notes stay on your device No sign-up needed. Back up to iCloud or Google Drive. PopNotes+ (optional subscription) All premium themes, sticker packs, fonts and papers, watermark-free exports and no ads. Choose monthly, yearly (7-day free trial) or lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nh-juuun.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3ecee0582b9080829d7bccb21e238bf6

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

PopNotes4 screens
Been A Minute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Been A Minute at none against PopNotes's 10. Been A Minute also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). PopNotes's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price 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. PopNotes sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Been A Minute asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PopNotes ships an update every 4 months, Been A Minute every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PopNotes versus Been A Minute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPopNotesBeen A Minute
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaybleAditya Goswami

Customer experience

PopNotes

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Been A Minute

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PopNotes

One-time10
  • K-Heritage Stickers$0.99
  • Rainbow Drops Pack$1.99
  • First Love Pack$1.99
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  • Hidden Fortune Pack$1.99
  • Mongle Cloud Pack$1.99
  • Butter Gingham Pack$1.99
  • Lace & Ribbon Pack$1.99
  • Starlight Post Pack$1.99
  • Jelly Pop Pack$1.99
  • Cherry Letter Pack$1.99
None

Been A Minute

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PopNotes free?
PopNotes 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.
Do PopNotes or Been A Minute have ads?
PopNotes shows ads; Been A Minute does not.
Which is updated more often, PopNotes or Been A Minute?
PopNotes ships an update every 4 months, and Been A Minute every 3 weeks. Most recently, PopNotes was updated on October 24, 2026 and Been A Minute on October 23, 2026.

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