Comparison

DotIt! vs Talk

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

Head to head
About

DotIt!

Unleash your creativity by easily adding photos as backgrounds and then drawing or writing on them. Save and share your unique creations with friends. Simple touch controls make it accessible for all.

Highlights
  • Add photos as backgrounds
  • Easy touch controls
  • Save creations
  • Share creations
  • Creative expression
Features
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DotIt! is a playful, easy-to-use canvas for making dot art on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Just touch the screen and start placing dots. Pick a color, choose a size, and watch your creation come together. Add a photo as a background to trace, decorate, or just have fun with. Designed with kids in mind: • No accounts, no ads, no tracking • Simple touch controls anyone can pick up • Save your artwork to the photo library and share it with family Features: • Multiple dot sizes and rotation • Photo backgrounds — turn any picture into a canvas • Save and share to Photos, Messages, and more • Apple Watch companion app to sketch on the go • Native Apple TV support — paint on the big screen with the Siri Remote

About

Talk

Experience the magic of the holidays with an interactive virtual Santa. Children can share their Christmas wishes and receive cheerful responses, sparking joy and creating lasting memories in a safe, parent-approved environment.

Highlights
  • Interactive virtual Santa
  • Share Christmas wishes
  • Cheerful responses
  • Kid-friendly experience
  • Parent-approved safety
  • Spark holiday joy
Features
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Bring holiday wonder into your home with a delightful, kid-friendly virtual Santa experience. Children can share their Christmas wishes and hear fun, cheerful responses from our interactive Santa character designed especially for young families. Whether they want to talk about the reindeer, the North Pole, or holiday excitement, this gentle and imaginative experience helps spark the joy of the season. Create warm moments and lasting memories with a safe, parent-approved way for kids to enjoy the magic of Santa. The app comes with some free tokens for chatting with Santa, In app purchase is required to get enough tokens for Santa to converse with voice responses.

Screenshots

DotIt!3 screens
Talk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Talk at 5.0 against DotIt!'s 4.4. Talk also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). DotIt!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (57 vs 1). On price, 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. Talk sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. DotIt! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Talk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DotIt! has 57 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DotIt! ships an update every 16 months, Talk every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DotIt! versus Talk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotIt!Talk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (57 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerritterfeld.comEdgeway Software

Customer experience

DotIt!

All ratings57 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Talk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DotIt!

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Talk

One-time4
  • 5 Million Santa Tokens$4.99
  • 10 Million Santa Tokens$9.99
  • 20 Million Santa Tokens$19.99
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  • 50 Million Santa Tokens$44.99

Questions

Is DotIt! free?
DotIt! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talk free?
Talk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DotIt! or Talk?
Talk is rated higher. DotIt! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Talk averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DotIt! or Talk have ads?
Neither DotIt! nor Talk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DotIt! or Talk?
DotIt! ships an update every 16 months, and Talk every 3 days. Most recently, DotIt! was updated on October 3, 2026 and Talk on September 27, 2026.

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