DotDay vs DayDot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
DotDay
This minimalist app helps you track your year with a single dot each day. Visualize your progress, manage important dates, and record daily habits to build a beautiful timeline of your memories.
- Daily dot marking
- Year progress visualization
- Anniversary and D-Day management
- Routine and schedule tracking
- Memory timeline creation
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DotDay is a minimalist lifelog that captures each day as a single dot. โข Mark your day with a dot Visualize how far you've come in the year and how much is left. Easily express your emotions, condition, or memories with one simple mark. โข Manage anniversaries & D-Days Never miss a special day again. Stay on top of upcoming events and count down to what matters. โข Track routines and daily schedules Record your habits or one-time events with ease. Manage your lifestyle naturally and mindfully. โข Build your timeline of memories Dots gather to tell your unique story. Each dot becomes a quiet reflection of your journey. DotDay helps you preserve your life beautifully and simply.
DayDot
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One line a day. That's it. DayDot is a journal for people who never keep a journal. No blank page staring back at you, no streak guilt, no 20-minute ritual. One honest sentence about your day, one tap for how you felt, and you're done in ten seconds. Over time those single lines turn into something you can actually read back โ and into patterns you couldn't see while living them. EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED One price, paid once. No subscription, no in-app purchases, nothing locked. โข Unlimited entries, with a one-tap mood for each โข Your full history, browsable by calendar โข Year in Pixels โ your whole year as one grid of colour โข Monthly reports, with your streak and your best day โข Mood Connections โ which activities and which weather actually move your mood โข Recent patterns โ a short read on how your last two weeks went โข Voice entries, mood doodles, up to 3 photos per entry โข Time capsules โ write to yourself, delivered months from now โข Your own activity tags, with your own icons โข Share any day as a card โข Export everything to CSV or JSON, any time PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No ads. No tracking. Your diary lives on your device, and iCloud sync is off until you turn it on โ and even then it goes to your own private iCloud database, readable only by you. You can export everything and walk away whenever you want. Widgets and Siri: log a mood from your Home Screen or just say it out loud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DotDay at none against DayDot's 3. DotDay also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). DayDot's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. DayDot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DotDay asks for nothing beyond the download.
DotDay ships an update monthly, DayDot every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DotDay | DayDot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Monthly โ better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Waitcle | ๅญ็ ๅบ |
In-app purchases
DotDay
No in-app purchases
DayDot
- DayDot Pro$2.991 Month
- DayDot Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- DayDot Pro โ Lifetime$9.99









