Comparison

Daily Sparks vs DotList

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

Head to head
About

Daily Sparks

Save your favorite quotes and set reminders for important events. Access your daily sparks quickly with a home screen widget.

Highlights
  • Save favorite quotes
  • Set reminders for important things
  • Home screen widget
  • Faster access to daily sparks
Features
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Save your favorite quotes and get reminded about things that are important to you! Add widget to your home screen for faster look at some of the daily sparks!

About

DotList

Organize your life with a simple, colorful checklist app. Create, share, and manage tasks, errands, and plans with ease. Features include offline access, customizable reminders, and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Share lists with others
  • Organize and reorder items
  • Reset checklists for reuse
  • Offline access to lists
  • Customizable reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Import and export lists
Features
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DotList is a simple, colorful checklist app for iPhone and iPad. Keep groceries, errands, packing lists, work tasks, and everyday plans organized in one place. Tap a dot to check something off. Pin important items, arrange things your way, and share lists with family and friends to work through them together. • Share Lists Together Share a grocery list, plan a trip, or organize tasks with family, friends, or a group. Add items, make changes, rearrange them, and check things off together through iCloud. Sharing is included free. No Pro purchase is required. You choose which lists to share. Your other lists stay on the device where you created them and don’t automatically sync between devices. Choose Send Copy to send a separate copy without sharing future changes. • Organize Your Way Create, rename, and reorder lists. Pin important tasks, drag items into place, sort alphabetically, or move completed items below everything still to do. Undo recent edits, item deletions, imports, and reordering. • Reset and Reuse Use Reset Dots to uncheck your items and use a checklist again. Keep a packing list ready for your next trip, reuse a shopping list, or work through a regular routine. • Keep Going Offline Keep using lists you’ve already opened without an internet connection. Changes to shared lists are saved on your device and sent when your connection returns. • Reminders That Fit Your Schedule Set one-time reminders for individual items, or repeat them daily, weekly, monthly, or on a custom schedule. View and manage your reminders from one place. Reminders are available on lists you aren’t sharing. • Home Screen Widgets Keep your own lists or upcoming reminders visible without opening the app. Choose from List and Reminders widgets for your Home Screen. • Themes to Make DotList Yours Choose a theme and switch between light and dark appearances. Preview every theme, including premium themes, before deciding whether to upgrade. • Bring Your Lists Along Copy a checklist from another app, preview it in DotList, and import it into a new or existing list. You can also export a readable copy of your available DotList data from Help. Included Free Create up to 10 lists, set 5 reminders total, and choose from Classic, Purple, Pink, and Gray. Lists shared with you don’t count toward your 10-list limit. Group collaboration, Home Screen widgets, clipboard import, and the everyday checklist tools are also included. Optional DotList Pro One purchase unlocks unlimited lists, unlimited reminders on lists you aren’t sharing, and every premium theme, including Firefly, Midnight, Gold, Rose Gold, Blue, Green, and Yellow. No subscription. DotList has no ads and requires no separate DotList account. Everyone collaborating needs an up-to-date version of DotList and must be signed into iCloud.

Screenshots

Daily Sparks4 screens
DotList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Sparks at none against DotList's 1. DotList's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 84%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. DotList sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daily Sparks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DotList holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 57 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Daily Sparks's written reviews are positive against 94% of DotList's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Sparks ships an update every 6 weeks, DotList every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Daily Sparks versus DotList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily SparksDotList
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (31 ratings)4.8 (57 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3157 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDares Core d.o.o.Danz L.L.C.

Customer experience

Daily Sparks

All ratings31 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral15.6%
Negative0.0%

DotList

All ratings57 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Daily Sparks

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DotList

One-time1
  • DotList Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Daily Sparks free?
Daily Sparks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DotList free?
DotList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daily Sparks or DotList?
DotList is rated higher. Daily Sparks averages 4.6 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while DotList averages 4.8 from 57 ratings.
Do Daily Sparks or DotList have ads?
Neither Daily Sparks nor DotList shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Sparks or DotList?
Daily Sparks ships an update every 6 weeks, and DotList every 2 months. Most recently, Daily Sparks was updated on November 2, 2026 and DotList on November 3, 2026.

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