Comparison

Dot the Earth vs Temple Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Dot the Earth

Explore and track your visits to sacred temples worldwide. This app offers an interactive map, a personal journal for temple experiences, and historical timelines. Visualize temple locations with AR and connect with your family history work.

Highlights
  • Interactive LDS temple map
  • Personal temple visit journal
  • Temple information and schedules
  • Augmented reality (AR) temple view
  • Dynamic temple growth timeline
  • Family history companion tool
Features
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"Dot the Earth" is the premier interactive LDS temple map, visit tracker, and companion app—designed specifically for members and friends of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to explore, plan trips, track ordinances, and stay connected to the House of the Lord worldwide. Deepen your connection to these sacred structures, track your personal journey along the covenant path, and keep a beautiful, private record of your temple worship. Whether you want to locate temples on our interactive 3D globe and map, record spiritual impressions in your journal, plan a multi-temple road trip, or play daily educational temple games with your family, Dot the Earth is your all-in-one companion. Why Latter-day Saints Love Dot the Earth: • Interactive LDS Temple Map & Global Directory: Easily explore every temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—dedicated, under construction, under renovation, or announced. Filter by status, country, or state, calculate exact driving and air distances from your location, and get one-tap directions. • Personal Temple Visit Journal & Ordinance Tracker: Keep a secure, private history of your temple service. Log your visit dates, attach personal photos or voice memos, record sacred spiritual impressions, and track ordinances performed (Baptisms, Initiatories, Endowments, and Sealings—including Family File vs. Temple File breakdowns). • Multi-Stop Temple Trip Planner: Planning a family vacation, youth conference trip, or temple tour? Build custom temple itineraries, organize stops chronologically, and track the temples along your route. • Personal Goals, Streaks & Interactive Analytics: Set annual and monthly temple attendance goals, visualize your worship history with interactive charts, see how many countries and states you have visited, and share milestone summary cards. • Educational Temple Games & Daily Challenge: Perfect for Family Home Evening (FHE), youth activities, and Primary children! Play the Daily Pin-the-Temple Map Challenge to build your global streak, test your knowledge with LDS Temple Trivia Quizzes, flip cards in Temple Picture Matching, and solve Temple Slide Puzzles. • Animated Historical Growth Timeline (1830 to Present): Play, pause, or scrub through history to watch how holy temples have come to "dot the earth" sequentially from Kirtland and Nauvoo to hundreds of temples across every continent today. • Immersive AR Camera Temple Locator: Point your phone toward the horizon in Augmented Reality (AR) to visualize the exact real-time direction, orientation, and distance of nearby temples relative to where you stand. • Essential Temple Information & Prayer Roll: Access addresses, phone numbers, milestone dates (announcement, groundbreaking, open house, dedication), architectural attributes, and direct links to official Church schedule and prayer roll resources. • Friends, Community Gallery & Temple News: Connect with friends and family, celebrate friend visit streaks, browse thousands of curated community temple photos, and stay informed with the latest temple news and gospel study articles. • Global Reach in 14 Languages: Fully localized in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Filipino/Tagalog, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Swedish, Polish, and Hungarian. Enhance your personal journey of temple worship, keep your covenants close to your heart, and download Dot the Earth today. "Families are to be sealed together for all eternity... For these sacred purposes, holy temples now dot the earth." — President Russell M. Nelson Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dottheearth.com/privacy_policy.html

About

Temple Tracker

Record your temple visits and set spiritual goals. Explore detailed temple information worldwide, upload photos, and track your progress. Reflect on your spiritual journey with insightful statistics.

Highlights
  • Record temple visits
  • Set spiritual goals
  • View temple details worldwide
  • Upload visit photos
  • See visit statistics
  • Reflect on spiritual journey
Features
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Temple Tracker is an app designed for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to record their temple visits in a beautiful and meaningful way. Set and achieve goals for temple worship. See detailed information for every temple worldwide. Upload photos for visits, see fun statistics, and reflect on your spiritual journey over time.

Screenshots

Dot the Earth4 screens
Temple Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Temple Tracker at none against Dot the Earth's 2. Temple Tracker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Dot the Earth's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (53 vs 6). On price, rating, 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. Dot the Earth sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Temple Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Dot the Earth against 5.0 for Temple Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dot the Earth has 53 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Dot the Earth's written reviews are positive against 100% of Temple Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot the Earth ships an update every 3 days, Temple Tracker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dot the Earth versus Temple Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot the EarthTemple Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (53 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings53 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMike StancliffeJonathan Raymond Shane Jackson

Customer experience

Dot the Earth

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Temple Tracker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dot the Earth

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Month$1.991 Month
  • Plus Year$14.991 Year
None

Temple Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dot the Earth free?
Dot the Earth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Temple Tracker free?
Temple Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dot the Earth or Temple Tracker?
Temple Tracker is rated higher. Dot the Earth averages 4.9 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Temple Tracker averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Dot the Earth or Temple Tracker have ads?
Neither Dot the Earth nor Temple Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot the Earth or Temple Tracker?
Dot the Earth ships an update every 3 days, and Temple Tracker every 3 months. Most recently, Dot the Earth was updated on November 3, 2026 and Temple Tracker on October 22, 2026.

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