Comparison

Dots vs LifePixels

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

Head to head
About

Dots

This app offers a flexible and visual way to track habits, moods, routines, and various life metrics. Users can customize their tracking with a variety of colors, shapes, and notes, creating a personalized visual record of their daily activities and well-being.

Highlights
  • Customizable dot system with colors
  • Daily notes and journaling
  • Multiple independent calendars
  • Personalized themes and colors
  • Enhanced dot customization with shapes and emojis
  • Star ratings for daily performance
  • Pre-made and custom templates
Features
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Dots is a powerful and flexible calendar tracker that lets you log habits, moods, routines, and more — exactly how you want. Whether you’re building better habits, reflecting on your mood, tracking workouts, water intake, time, or goals, Dots makes it easy. With a minimalist calendar, Dots lets users track what ever they want with, as the name suggests, dots! Here are some of the key features that come with Dots, in both our Basic and Pro plans: Dots Basic: - Customizable Dot System: Use dots to represent anything: habits, activities, moods, metrics. Choose from the entire rainbow of colors. - Notes on Any Day: Attach detailed notes to any day to keep context, journal, or add insights. - Multiple Calendars: Create separate calendars for different areas of your life—health, productivity, personal goals, or anything else. - Themes & Personalization: Customize your app with unique color themes to make tracking feel personal. - Advanced Interactions: long press to open dot customization, or apply changes across multiple dates at once. Dots Pro: - Enhanced Customization: Customize dots with shapes, emojis, text, numbers, and more to allow limitless tracking! - Star Ratings: Add a 1–5 star rating to any day to reflect your performance, mood, or satisfaction. - Templates to Get Started Fast: Choose from ready-made templates like workout tracking, mood logs, water intake, meditation, work hours, and more—or build your own. Why Dots? Unlike typical habit trackers, Dots is completely flexible. You’re not limited to yes/no checkboxes or rigid rules. Dots is about visual tracking on your terms — whether you're logging habits, wellness, emotions, finances, time, or anything in between. Start building a visual record of your life today. With Dots, you’re in control of what you track and how! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dotsapp.sitify.app

About

LifePixels

Features
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Transform your daily life into a beautiful mosaic of colorful pixels. LifePixels is the all-in-one wellness companion that combines habit tracking, mood journaling, guided breathwork, and AI-powered insights—all in one beautifully designed app. TRACK ANYTHING, YOUR WAY Create unlimited custom boards to track what matters most to you: • Mood & emotions • Daily habits & routines • Sleep quality • Energy levels • Fitness goals • And anything else you can imagine Each day becomes a colorful pixel on your personal grid. Watch your progress unfold as patterns emerge over weeks, months, and years. GUIDED BREATHWORK Reduce stress and improve focus with guided breathing exercises: • Box Breathing for calm and balance • 4-7-8 Technique for relaxation • Energizing breath patterns • Track your sessions and build a consistent practice • See your breathing journey visualized in pixels POWERFUL JOURNALING Express yourself freely with customizable journals: • Create journals for gratitude, reflection, goals, or anything you need • AI writing assistant to expand, improve, or continue your thoughts • Voice-to-text transcription—just speak and let AI capture your words • Beautiful prompts to inspire your daily writing AI-POWERED INSIGHTS Understand yourself better with intelligent analytics: • Wellness Score that evolves with your habits • Pattern detection across all your tracking data • Streak tracking to keep you motivated • Personalized daily suggestions • See correlations between your habits and mood AI WELLNESS COACH (Premium+) Get personalized advice from your AI coach: • Ask questions about your habits and patterns • Receive tailored recommendations • Get support for building better routines • Understand your data on a deeper level VISUALIZE YOUR LIFE See your entire existence in pixels: • Life counter showing your journey from birth • Year-by-year visualization • Beautiful color themes (light & dark mode) • Statistics and progress charts DESIGNED FOR YOU • 100% customizable—create boards and journals that fit YOUR life • Intuitive swipe navigation between boards • Haptic feedback for a premium feel • Smooth animations throughout • Privacy-first: your data stays on your device PREMIUM FEATURES Unlock the full experience: • Unlimited custom boards & journals • All breathing techniques • Advanced statistics & trends • Priority access to new features PREMIUM+ FEATURES Take it to the next level: • Everything in Premium • AI Wellness Coach • Personalized AI insights • Monthly AI message allowance Start your journey today. Every pixel tells your story. Download LifePixels and make every day count.

Screenshots

Dots4 screens
LifePixels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LifePixels at none against Dots's 2. On price, ads, device support 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. Dots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LifePixels asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dots versus LifePixels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotsLifePixels
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaveen SharmaGareth Moison

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dots

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
None

LifePixels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dots free?
Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LifePixels free?
LifePixels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dots or LifePixels have ads?
Neither Dots nor LifePixels shows ads.

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