Dot vs TeeVee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dot
Navigate a square through a puzzle, making strategic left or right turns to align dots with their corresponding colored squares. The objective is simple, but the limited steps make solving each level a significant challenge.
- Strategic square control
- Left/right turn mechanics
- Color-matching puzzles
- Limited step challenges
- Increasing difficulty
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Control the square to your target position, and then choose turn right or turn left. Aline all dots to the correspond color square. The rule is simple. But the number of step is limited, it is very hard to solve.
TeeVee
Stream live TV, manage recordings, and browse program guides from your TVHeadend server. Offers full HD and 4K passthrough with advanced DVR management and multi-server support. Enjoy a native experience across all Apple devices.
- Live TV streaming (HD/4K)
- Program guide (EPG) timeline
- DVR management and series rules
- Multi-server support
- Channel organization and favorites
- Server monitoring
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This app is a native client for TVHeadend servers. Stream live TV, manage recordings, browse the program guide, and control your DVR Built with SwiftUI and designed to feel at home on every platform, this is the most complete TVHeadend client available for Apple devices. LIVE TV STREAMING Stream any channel in real time with full HD and 4K passthrough. Select between audio tracks and subtitles, continue listening in the background, or dial in quality with per-profile transcoding and bandwidth control. A built-in HTTPS proxy keeps remote streaming secure. PROGRAM GUIDE A visual EPG timeline grid shows what is on across every channel at a glance. Dive into detailed program info, search by title, browse per-channel schedules, and schedule recordings directly from any listing. DVR MANAGEMENT Browse upcoming, finished, and failed recordings. Schedule one-time recordings, create series rules (autorec) and timer-based rules (timerec), play back finished recordings with resume support, and cancel or clean up recordings in a tap. MULTI-SERVER SUPPORT Connect to multiple TVHeadend servers and switch between them quickly. Configure stream profiles per server, with support for HTTP, HTTPS, and both Basic and Digest authentication. CHANNEL ORGANIZATION Favorite channels for quick access, sort by name or number, filter by server-defined tags, search by name, and let the app pull logos automatically from public icon databases. SERVER MONITORING View server info and software version, monitor active connections and subscriptions, and check tuner status including signal strength, SNR, and error rates -- all updated in real time. MULTIPLATFORM Buy once, use everywhere. Every platform gets a fully native experience. BUILT RIGHT Native Swift and SwiftUI throughout. iCloud sync for server configurations. No accounts, no subscriptions, no ads, no data collected. WHAT IS TVHEADEND? TVHeadend is free, open-source server software that turns a TV tuner or IPTV source into a streaming and recording server on your home network. You run TVHeadend on your own hardware, connect your own TV source, and this app gives you a polished interface to watch and manage everything. This app requires a running TVHeadend server. It does not include or provide any TV content. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by the TVHeadend open-source project
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TeeVee at 50% against Dot's 0%. TeeVee also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months). Dot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Dot costs $2.49 and TeeVee $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dot ships an update every 14 months, TeeVee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dot | TeeVee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.49 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | RanduSoft SRL |
Customer experience
Dot
TeeVee
In-app purchases
Dot
No in-app purchases
TeeVee
No in-app purchases









