iCoffeeMan vs Hitotsubu

Every coffee, tea, or boba run deserves a story. iCoffeeMan turns your daily drink habit into a playful hero's journal — check in, collect stickers, and watch your Coffee Hero grow stronger with every cup. HOW IT WORKS • 10-second check-in: snap a photo, pick your drink, brand, sweetness, size, price, rate it, add a note • Instant sticker: your photo is auto-cut into a die-cut sticker for that drink, with white outline, vintage stamp, or washi tape finishes • Drink Catalog: 36 hand-painted cards to unlock, each with a real brew guide — origin, roast, flavor notes, brewing method, and where its caffeine numbers come from • Hero stats: caffeine becomes Energy, sugar becomes Heal Power, streaks become Combo, spending becomes Gold — all tracked automatically • Calendar & stats: weekly, monthly, and yearly views of your caffeine, sugar, spend, and streaks • Shop Journal: remember the cafes you visit, with your rating and visit history KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DRINKING • Daily caffeine and sugar guardrails based on published health guidance • A caffeine metabolism curve that estimates when you'll be calm enough to sleep • Optionally sync your caffeine intake to Apple Health • Every catalog card cites where its numbers come from MAKE IT SHAREABLE • Sticker Reel: arrange your collected stickers into scatter, firework, or grid layouts, then export as a video or a Live Photo you can set as your Lock Screen wallpaper • Seven share card templates and four hero card skins, including ink wash, cyberpunk, and pixel • Weekly sticker strips and month calendar cards for a whole month at a glance • Home Screen widget with today's energy, your streak, and one-tap re-order WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Makes a mundane habit feel like a collection game, without any of the pressure - Every check-in can teach you something new about what you're drinking - Edit or delete any past check-in — your journal stays accurate as your habits change - Private by default — everything lives on your device, with iCloud sync across your devices - Export your whole journal as CSV, JSON, or a full archive whenever you want - Light and dark themes, rounded typography, warm colors - Works for coffee, milk tea, lemon tea, or anything else you sip daily FREE & PRO - Free: monthly check-in allowance, everyday catalog cards, and share templates to get started - Pro unlocks: unlimited check-ins, rare and legendary catalog cards, all share templates and card skins, Sticker Reel video and Live Photo export, the caffeine metabolism curve, monthly and yearly recaps, and data export - Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Start your first check-in today and see how far your Coffee Hero can level up. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

There was a time when my days were consumed by work and alcohol. I would wake up with a heavy head and a bleak mood after drinking too much. While wondering how to sober up, I would head back to work that seemed to have no end. The project was a death march. Every day, I repeated the same hell without knowing when it would end. After work, I drank while stopping at convenience stores on my way home. I had no time to play the games I once loved, and no room left to think about what I wanted. My body and mind felt like mud. Back then, there was a vending machine on the platform of my nearest station that sold canned shijimi clam miso soup. When I drank it, I felt as though a little nourishment reached my clouded mind and restored a small amount of strength to keep living. Just to drink that can of soup, I barely managed the 14-minute walk to the station. It did not give me the power to change my life. But I still had enough strength to go and drink that shijimi miso soup. Looking back now, I think that was one small grain too. Hitotsubu is an app for placing the small events and feelings of each day into a bottle, one grain at a time. Something tasted good. Something looked beautiful. I laughed. I felt relieved. I finished something. Someone helped me. I somehow made it through today. It does not have to be a major event. You do not need an impressive goal or a long piece of writing. Just tap once in that moment. The grains you save collect in a bottle. Bottles go into wooden crates. Crates go into containers. The time you have accumulated eventually becomes a vast warehouse. When you look back at that warehouse, you may realize: I thought I had done nothing, but I lived through all of these days. It is a place for keeping those memories. In Hitotsubu, grains cannot be edited or deleted. Even an accidental tap remains as one grain from that day. This is not an app for creating a perfect record. It is an app for preserving the time you actually lived, exactly as it happened. You do not have to change your life. You do not have to become positive. Just remember: Something tasted a little better. I smiled a little. Something helped me. I made it through today. Do not let those moments disappear. One grain may not change anything. But someday, that grain may remind you that something was still alive within you.