Comparison

HouseSigma vs TimeDots

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

Head to head
About

HouseSigma

Access comprehensive Canadian real estate data to inform your buying, selling, or renting decisions. Discover sold prices, track listings and communities, and analyze market trends with AI-powered valuations and school ratings.

Highlights
  • Sold History data
  • Listing and community alerts
  • AI-powered home valuation
  • School ratings
  • Market Insights
  • Sold Comparables
Features
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Are you buying a home, selling, renting, or simply following the housing market? HouseSigma helps you search homes across Canada, track sold prices, monitor listings, stay on top of market trends, and make more informed real estate decisions. HouseSigma is a Canadian real estate app built for people who want more than basic property listings. Search for homes for sale and rent, explore sold history, check home values, and set neighbourhood alerts for new listings, price changes, and status updates. Whether you are actively looking for a home or keeping an eye on a neighbourhood, HouseSigma gives you the insights you need to navigate the market with confidence. What you can do with HouseSigma: • Search homes for sale and rent across major Canadian markets • View sold prices and listing history - even if the home was sold years ago • Set alerts for new listings, sales, price changes, and status updates • Track neighbourhoods, communities, and custom map areas • Check school scores and nearby amenities while exploring homes • Use AI-powered home valuation tools • See market trends and local real estate insights • Find sold comparables for nearby similar properties • See which nearby home listings are getting the most attention • Assess rental yields for investment properties • Connect with HouseSigma real estate agents for help buying, selling, or renting HouseSigma is trusted by more than two million monthly users and has a 4.9/5 Trustpilot rating for its platform and brokerage. Note: Listing coverage and historical sold data vary by market, and coverage continues to expand across Canada.

About

TimeDots

Visualize your time with a unique dot-based calendar. Track days, months, years, or your entire life to gain perspective on progress and urgency. Customizable widgets and themes keep your important moments visible.

Highlights
  • Visual time representation with dots
  • Countdown tracking for events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and styles
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data
Features
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Time is the one thing you can't get back. TimeDots turns your year, your month and every countdown into a calm grid of dots, one dot per day, so you can see exactly how much time is left. Every day a dot fills in. It's a quiet daily nudge to make today count. SEE YOUR TIME AT A GLANCE • Your whole year as dots, filling in as the days pass • Days left front and center: in the year, the month, or until your next event • Year by month: a calendar of dots that shows where each month starts and where today sits • Hold and drag across the dots to explore any day COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS • Trips, birthdays, exams, weddings, launches and deadlines • Every event gets its own grid with live progress • Recurring events roll forward automatically • A small celebration when a countdown reaches its day HOW WAS TODAY? • A 5‑second daily check‑in: pick one of five moods • Your dots take on the colors of your days, so your year becomes a mood map • Add a short note to any day you want to remember • An optional morning reminder with how many days are left • Hide the check‑in once you've answered, if you prefer a cleaner screen ON YOUR WRIST, LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN • Home Screen widgets in every size • Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities and Dynamic Island • A redesigned Apple Watch app: next event first, check in from your wrist, turn the Digital Crown to move through the days, and complications that show up in the Smart Stack when they matter MAKE IT YOURS • 24 themes, from Midnight to Aurora • Alternate app icons • "Life in Weeks": your whole life, one dot per week • Share cards made for your story • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch • Built for iPad, with full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Increase Contrast support Free to download. Upgrade to Pro to unlock every theme, widget and feature. Stop letting the days blur together. Make every dot count.

Screenshots

HouseSigma4 screens
TimeDots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeDots at 100% against HouseSigma's 54%. HouseSigma's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. TimeDots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HouseSigma asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HouseSigma ships an update every 3 weeks, TimeDots every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HouseSigma versus TimeDots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHouseSigmaTimeDots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (764 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings764 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15 — better17.3
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHouseSigma Inc.Ademola Mayowa Olatunji

Customer experience

HouseSigma

All ratings764 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral14.5%
Negative31.3%

TimeDots

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HouseSigma

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Listings showing up in wrong locations
  • App keeps logging users out frequently
  • App only loads in portrait mode after updates
  • AI price estimates are inaccurate
  • Watchlist functionality not working properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to report incorrect listings
  • Implement dark mode
  • Improve filtering options
  • Add favorite/watchlist features
  • Provide agent/broker information

TimeDots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HouseSigma

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeDots

One-time1
  • TimeDots Pro$2.99

Questions

Is HouseSigma free?
HouseSigma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeDots free?
TimeDots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HouseSigma or TimeDots have ads?
Neither HouseSigma nor TimeDots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HouseSigma or TimeDots?
HouseSigma ships an update every 3 weeks, and TimeDots every 2 weeks. Most recently, HouseSigma was updated on November 6, 2026 and TimeDots on October 31, 2026.

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