Comparison

Luma vs TimeDots

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

Head to head
About

Luma

Discover local events, connect with attendees, and host your own gatherings. Easily create event pages, send invites, sell tickets, and manage check-ins. Seamlessly integrate with your contacts and calendars.

Highlights
  • Discover local events
  • Host and manage events
  • Sell event tickets
  • Send SMS and email invites
  • Check in guests with QR scanner
  • Chat with event attendees
  • Create beautiful event pages
Features
Currently charting
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DISCOVER EVENTS NEAR YOU Find popular upcoming tech, crypto, wellness, and social events around you. After registering for an event, you can easily share it with your friends or on your socials. At the event, pull up your event ticket or Apple Wallet pass for seamless entry. CHAT WITH (NEW) FRIENDS Don’t be that "Ugh, want to add me on IG / LinkedIn?" person. If you attend an event with someone, you can easily look them up and chat with them right from within Luma. HOST AN EVENT Host delightful events with ease. Create a beautiful event page, send email and SMS invites, collect registrations, and chat with your guests. With Luma taking care of reminders, ticketing, checking in and more, you can focus your full attention on the event itself. BEAUTIFUL EVENT PAGES You can create a beautiful event page in just a few seconds. Just choose a cover image, name, location and time for your event. We’ll take care of the rest. For cover images, you can choose from our fun gallery of party posters, bbq invites, happy hour photos and many more. SELL TICKETS You can create a new event, start selling tickets, and market your event all within Luma. It takes just a few minutes to connect your bank account and then you’ll receive next day payment as guests buy tickets. SMS AND EMAIL INVITES Now you’ve created your event — who is going to come? You can sync your contacts and easily send a mass SMS invite message. In addition, Luma makes it incredibly easy to invite past guests again and to send email invites. CHECK IN GUESTS If you want to track attendance, you can check in guests with our built in QR code scanner and check in system. Guests will be able to show their QR code to scan in — or you can look them up by their name or email. You can add cohosts to your event who can also check in guests and manage the event together. SUBSCRIBE TO LOCAL CALENDARS From running clubs to AI calendars, discover fun events and clubs around you. Keep up with their events and make new friends.

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 makes it impossible to ignore — turning your year, your months, and every countdown into a simple, beautiful grid of dots you'll actually want to look at. Watch the dots fill in, one day at a time. It's a quiet, daily nudge to make every day count. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • See your whole year as dots — and watch it fill up as the days pass • Count down to trips, birthdays, deadlines and launches with live progress • A calm, glanceable dashboard that feels premium every time you open it COUNTDOWNS THAT LIVE EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in every size • Lock Screen widgets and complications • Live Activities + Dynamic Island — your countdown, right at the top of your screen • Apple Watch app with wrist complications MAKE IT YOURS • 24 gorgeous atmospheres, from Midnight to Aurora • Alternate app icons • Clean, distraction‑free design built for iOS MORE THAN A COUNTDOWN • "Life in Weeks" — a powerful view of your life, one week at a time • Recurring events that roll forward automatically • Beautiful share cards for your story • iCloud sync across your devices • Full Dynamic Type and accessibility support Free to download. Upgrade to Pro to unlock every theme, widget and feature. Stop letting the days blur together. Start making every dot count.

Screenshots

Luma4 screens
TimeDots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Luma at none against TimeDots's 1. Luma also leads on chart position (#112 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). TimeDots's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. TimeDots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Luma asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Luma ships an update every 5 days, TimeDots every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Luma versus TimeDots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumaTimeDots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#112 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuma Labs, Inc.Ademola Mayowa Olatunji

Customer experience

Luma

All ratings18,684 ratings
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews399 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative15.5%

TimeDots

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

Bugs and requests

Luma

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Inability to remove or leave group chats

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save/bookmark events
  • Improved search and discovery options
  • Better guest management tools
  • Seamless calendar integration
  • Customizable event notifications

TimeDots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Luma

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeDots

One-time1
  • TimeDots Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Luma free?
Luma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeDots free?
TimeDots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Luma or TimeDots have ads?
Neither Luma nor TimeDots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Luma or TimeDots?
Luma ships an update every 5 days, and TimeDots every 10 days. Most recently, Luma was updated on October 18, 2026 and TimeDots on October 8, 2026.

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