Comparison

Hitotsubu vs Since

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

Head to head
About

Hitotsubu

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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.

About

Since

This app helps you track when you last performed occasional tasks. It offers various display styles, themes, and customizable notifications to keep routines in view without making them demanding habits. Your data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Track elapsed time since last action
  • Customizable display styles (Ring, Cards, Timeline, etc.)
  • Extensive theme options with custom photo support
  • Per-item notification settings
  • Optional notes and date adjustments for records
  • Offline functionality with no account required
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A calm way to remember when you last did something. Changing the sheets, watering a plant, washing the car, replacing a toothbrush, or cleaning an air filter. Keep occasional routines in view without turning them into another demanding habit. SEE ELAPSED TIME AT A GLANCE Since puts the time since your last record front and center. When you are done, tap "Just did it." If it was a mistake, undo it immediately. 8 DISPLAY STYLES Choose Ring, Cards, Timeline, Compact, Grid, Focus, Bars, or Graph. The same records can be spacious, detailed, chronological, or compact—whatever suits the moment. 17 THEMES, INCLUDING GLASS Choose from 17 themes such as Minimal, Soft, Dark, Paper, Sakura, Indigo, Glass, and Night Glass. Go bright with Clear Glass or settle into a quieter nighttime look. Custom Glass can place your own photo behind the translucent cards. A DIFFERENT LOOK FOR LIGHT AND DARK MODE Set separate themes for your iPhone's Light and Dark appearances. Since can shift naturally from morning to night. ADD A NOTE WHEN YOU RECORD Capture context such as "partly done" or "continue here next time." You can also add a date you missed or delete an incorrect record. CHOOSE HOW THE NEXT DATE MOVES Restart the interval from when you completed something, or keep the original cadence. The choice is made per item. One-off dates and items without an interval are supported too. REMIND ONLY WHERE IT HELPS Notifications and delivery times are set per item. Due notifications can also appear as an app icon badge. NO ACCOUNT, ADS, OR TRACKING Your records stay on your device, and the app works offline. There is no advertising or behavioral tracking.

Screenshots

Hitotsubu3 screens
Since4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Since at Free against Hitotsubu's $1.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Since is free to download; Hitotsubu costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Hitotsubu versus Since: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHitotsubuSince
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakoto FukuokaYUJI IKEDA

In-app purchases

None

Hitotsubu

No in-app purchases

None

Since

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hitotsubu free?
Hitotsubu costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Since free?
Since is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hitotsubu or Since have ads?
Neither Hitotsubu nor Since shows ads.

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