Decision Deck Lite vs Dots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Decision Deck Lite
This app helps users make better decisions quickly by applying social science principles. It aims to save users time, money, and improve relationships through structured decision-making tools.
- Social science-based decision making
- Fast decision support
- Relationship improvement tool
- Time and money saving
- User-tested insights
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The Decision Deck has saved users over a million dollars, three years of time, and multiple relationships! What will it help you decide? The Deck was built on a foundation of social science and refined through use in the physical world. Now, with the first digital version of the Deck, we are excited to expand the number of people with access to it! Our users have called it "literally life changing" and said it has "better insight than my best friend". We hope you will feel the same, and are eager to hear from you!
Dots
This is a free habit tracker focused on simplicity and visual progress. It offers clean design and customizable home screen widgets to help users build consistency and stay motivated with their daily routines.
- Free habit tracking
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Visual progress tracking with dots
- Clean and focused design
- Weekly and monthly heatmaps
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Dots. is a habit tracker and daily routine planner designed for simplicity, clarity, and consistency. Build better habits with a clean, simple tracker and beautifully designed home screen widgets that make your progress instantly visible. Turn small daily actions into lasting routines — a lightweight habit tracker and productivity widget, all in one simple app. [Why Dots?] • Simple Habit Tracker Start tracking your daily habits with an intuitive, distraction-free habit tracker built around ease of use. • Beautiful Home Screen Widgets Add a minimal widget to your Home Screen and track habits at a glance. Monthly and weekly heatmap widgets make progress clear and motivating. • Visual Habit Tracking Every action becomes a dot. Watch your streaks grow with a simple visual tracker that highlights consistency. • Clean & Focused Design A simple habit tracker with no clutter — just the tools you need to build better routines. • Gentle Motivation A calm, simple tracking experience designed to support long-term habits without pressure. • Stats & Yearly Recap Your whole year at a glance — a heatmap of every habit, monthly charts, your records, and a recap you can share. [Dots Pro] Dots lets you track 3 habits for free. Dots Pro lifts the limit — monthly, yearly with the first month free, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled and can be managed or cancelled in the App Store at any time. Everything else stays free for everyone: widgets, the Apple Watch app, reminders, recaps, icons and colours. People who were already using Dots keep unlimited habits, for good. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dots at Free against Decision Deck Lite's $4.99. Dots also leads on ratings volume (216 vs 5) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Decision Deck Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Dots is free to download; Decision Deck Lite costs $4.99 up front. Dots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Decision Deck Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Decision Deck Lite against 4.9 for Dots. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dots has 216 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Decision Deck Lite's written reviews are positive against 98% of Dots's.
Decision Deck Lite ships an update fortnightly, Dots weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Decision Deck Lite | Dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.9 (216 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 98.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 216 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tingen Industries, INC | Juyong Bak |
Customer experience
Decision Deck Lite
Dots
In-app purchases
Decision Deck Lite
No in-app purchases
Dots
- Dots Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
- Dots Pro — Yearly1 Month trial$11.991 Year
- Dots Pro — Lifetime$24.99
