Yours Truly vs dots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yours Truly
Track and analyze your electric skateboard's performance with detailed telemetry. Monitor speed, battery, and range, and log your rides automatically. Integrates with Apple Watch and Health App for a comprehensive view of your journeys.
- VESC telemetry (speed, fault logging)
- Battery and range estimates
- Apple Watch companion app
- Health app integration
- Automatic background ride tracking
- GPS route tracking
- Social media ride sharing
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Yours Truly helps you understand your Electric Skateboard, know it deeply, connect with it. Like it's an extension of your feet. Telemetry and ride tracking for electric skateboards, scooters and other vehicles that use VESC® based motor controllers, for now... FEATURES: - Telemetry (incl. speed and fault logging) from ESC - Battery and range estimates - Apple Watch companion app - Health app integration (display heart rate and store workouts) - Automatically track your rides in the background (opt-in) - GPS route tracking - Share your ride on social media! Compatible with: ESC: (One of) - VESC with firmware version between 3.43 and 5.2 - UNITY with firmware version between 23.34 and 23.46 Bluetooth Module: (One of) - Bluetooth module running nrf51_vesc firmware - HM10 Bluetooth module - METR Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
dots
A minimalist journal and year visualizer that helps you track time and stay motivated. Save one meaningful moment each day and visualize your year with home and lock screen widgets. Enjoy a zen experience with no notifications, ads, or account requirements.
- Daily memory saving
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Mac desktop support
- Ad-free experience
- No notifications
- No account required
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dots is a minimalist journal and year visualizer to track time and stay motivated features: • today’s memory – save one meaningful moment each day • widgets – add dots to the home and lock screen • mac support – keep perspective on your desktop • zen – no notifications, no ads, no account needed make every moment count, every day matters
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Yours Truly at Free against dots's $1.99. Yours Truly also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (108 vs 6). dots's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Yours Truly is free to download; dots costs $1.99 up front. Yours Truly sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. dots asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yours Truly holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yours Truly has 108 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Yours Truly's written reviews are positive against 86% of dots's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yours Truly | dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (108 ratings) — better | 4.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #46 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elias Court | douglas santos |
Customer experience
Yours Truly
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In-app purchases
Yours Truly
- YT Pro Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- YT Pro Annual Subscription14 Days trial$45.991 Year
- Buy us a few spacers$0.99
- Mail us some threadlocker$3.99
- Truck us an Anti-spark switch$7.99
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- Send us an HTD Belt$15.99
- Express us some knee pads$32.99
- YT Pro Alpha Bundle$34.99
- Ship us a helmet$69.99
- Get us a motor$99.99
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No in-app purchases
