Comparison

Little Things vs Heartbeat

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

Head to head
About

Little Things

This app helps you remember important details about the people in your life, like birthdays, preferences, and memories. Create profiles for loved ones and categorize notes for easy recall when buying gifts or planning events. Your personal information is kept private and secure on your device.

Highlights
  • Personalized profiles for friends and family
  • Categorized notes for preferences and memories
  • Birthday and gift idea tracking
  • Secure on-device storage
  • Export and share contact cards
Features
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Little Things is your private, thoughtful notebook for the people you care about most. We all want to be better friends, partners, and family members, but remembering the small details can be hard. Little Things helps you easily keep track of birthdays, favorite meals, coffee orders, clothing sizes, gift ideas, and meaningful memories in one private place. In Little Things, you can create dedicated profiles for your friends and family, and categorize your notes by favorites, gift ideas, go-to orders, hobbies, and memories, and more. Instantly recall details when buying a gift, planning a dinner, or catching up. Create an encrypted sharing link for a friend's card so others can remember too. Little Things is private by design. Your notes stay securely on your device or in your private iCloud unless you choose to share them. New sharing links expire after 30 days. Your friendships are personal, and your data should be too.

About

Heartbeat

Organize your relationships, remember important details, and build better communication habits. This app helps you stay connected with intention by setting personalized connection rhythms and providing thoughtful conversation inspiration.

Highlights
  • Organize relationships into circles
  • Set personalized connection rhythms
  • Remember last connection date
  • Record relationship notes and interests
  • Receive conversation inspiration
  • Plan intentional check-ins
Features
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Relationships deserve rhythm. HEARTBEAT: Relationship Rhythm helps you stay connected to the people who matter most. Organize your relationships, remember important details, build better communication habits, and make intentional connection part of your everyday life. Life gets busy. Messages get delayed, plans get forgotten, and meaningful relationships can slowly become distant. HEARTBEAT gives you a simple, thoughtful system for remembering when to reach out and helping you follow through. STAY CONNECTED WITH INTENTION Create personalized relationship circles for family, friends, mentors, coworkers, and other important people in your life. Set a connection rhythm for each person based on how often you would like to check in. HEARTBEAT helps you keep track of those relationships without making connection feel forced or transactional. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Keep helpful relationship notes, shared interests, important memories, conversation details, and other information you want to remember. Use these details to make future conversations more personal and meaningful. BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIP HABITS HEARTBEAT helps you: • Organize the important people in your life • Set personalized connection frequencies • Remember when you last connected • Record relationship notes and shared interests • Receive thoughtful conversation inspiration • Plan intentional check-ins and meetups • Keep meaningful memories in one place • Recognize your relationship patterns over time MEANINGFUL CONNECTION, WITHOUT THE PRESSURE HEARTBEAT is not about sending more messages just to complete a task. It is about being more present, remembering the people you care about, and creating a consistent rhythm of connection that fits your life. HEARTBEAT+ PREMIUM Upgrade to HEARTBEAT+ Premium for access to expanded relationship tools and premium features, which may include: • Unlimited relationship organization • Advanced relationship notes and insights • Personalized conversation starters • Enhanced meetup planning • Relationship trends and activity history • Additional memory and connection tools • Future premium feature updates Subscription options: • HEARTBEAT+ Monthly — $4.99 per month • HEARTBEAT+ Annual — $39.99 per year Payment will be charged to your Apple Account when your purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your Apple Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple Account subscription settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, when offered, may be forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Subscription pricing may vary by country or region and will be displayed before purchase. Privacy Policy: https://heartbeatrythm.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://heartbeatrythm.com/help

Screenshots

Little Things4 screens
Heartbeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Heartbeat at none against Little Things's shown. Heartbeat also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Little Things sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Heartbeat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Little Things against 5.0 for Heartbeat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heartbeat has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Little Things ships an update every 2 months, Heartbeat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Little Things versus Heartbeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLittle ThingsHeartbeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperETHAN PERCIVALEric Powell

Customer experience

Little Things

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

Heartbeat

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Little Things

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$5.99
2 purchases

Heartbeat

Subscriptions2
  • HEARTBEAT+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • HEARTBEAT+ Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Little Things free?
Little Things is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heartbeat free?
Heartbeat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Little Things or Heartbeat?
Little Things and Heartbeat are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Little Things or Heartbeat have ads?
Little Things shows ads; Heartbeat does not.
Which is updated more often, Little Things or Heartbeat?
Little Things ships an update every 2 months, and Heartbeat every 3 days. Most recently, Little Things was updated on September 22, 2026 and Heartbeat on October 10, 2026.

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