Comparison

Addis AI vs DOTS

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

Head to head
About

Addis AI

This app provides intelligent conversational AI in Amharic and Afan Oromo. It supports voice and text input, offering real-time translation, document analysis, and image descriptions in your preferred language.

Highlights
  • Voice and text chat
  • Real-time translation
  • Document summarization
  • Image description generation
  • Amharic and Afan Oromo support
Features
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Addis AI lets you chat or speak naturally in Amharic and Afan Oromo. Use your voice or type messages and get smart, helpful replies in your language. Features include: • Voice assistant with spoken and written responses • Real-time translation for text and audio • Upload documents (PDF, DOC, TXT) to get summaries or answers • Send images for AI-generated descriptions • Support for both Amharic and Afan Oromo languages • Regular updates improving UI, stability, and language support Whether you want quick answers, language help, or just to chat, Addis AI makes it simple and intuitive.

About

DOTS

Visualize your finite time and protect it from distractions. Set daily app limits, schedule downtime, and track reclaimed hours to live more intentionally. Features include a life grid, focus mode, and weekly reflections.

Highlights
  • Life grid visualization
  • Focus mode to block distractions
  • Daily app time limits
  • Scheduled downtime
  • Weekly reflections
  • Time reclaimed tracking
Features
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You have one life. About 4,000 weeks, if you're lucky. DOTS shows you every single one - as a grid of dots - so the time you have stops being an abstraction and starts feeling real. Then it helps you protect it. THE LIFE GRID Each dot is one week of your life. See the weeks you've already lived, the one you're in right now, and the ones still ahead. It's a quiet, powerful reminder that your time is finite - and worth defending. FOCUS MODE Start a focus session and DOTS shields the apps that pull you away. No willpower battles, no endless scrolling. Just the space to do what actually matters to you. DAILY LIMITS Set a daily time budget for the apps that eat your hours. When you hit your limit, DOTS steps in with a calm reminder of the commitment you made to yourself not a guilt trip, just a nudge back to your intentions. MINDFUL BLOCKING Choose the apps and categories you want to manage. DOTS uses Apple's Screen Time technology to block them on your terms, for the time you decide. Everything is opt-in and fully in your control. WEEKLY REFLECTIONS Look back on how you spent your time, notice your patterns, and set intentions for the week ahead. Small, honest check-ins that compound into real change. BUILT FOR YOU, AND ONLY YOU DOTS manages your own device, for your own goals. It is not a parental-control or tracking app. Your usage data stays private - stored on your device and synced only to your personal iCloud. We don't collect it, sell it, or share it. WIND-DOWN The "just ten minutes" that becomes two hours, fixed. Set a bedtime window and a short allowance. You get your few minutes, a gentle heads-up as the time runs low, then your apps wind down until morning. Keep it and your sleep streak grows. SCHEDULED DOWNTIME Block the apps that pull you away on a schedule that fits your life - work hours, school, dinner, deep work. Set it once and it runs every day, on its own. PER-APP LIMITS Give each app its own daily budget instead of one shared timer. Keep essentials like Maps, your bank, and Messages always allowed, and get a heads-up a few minutes before a limit is reached. TIME WON BACK See the hours you reclaim from focus sessions and protected nights add up as a growing field of green dots. The cost of a screen is easy to feel - now the winnings are too. LIFE LIVED A ten-second daily check-in: did you actually use the time you saved the way you meant to? It builds a quiet record of the days you showed up for your own life, not just the time you saved. MILESTONES Count down to the dates that matter - a birthday, a goal, a someday - in weeks. Seal a letter to your future self that opens on the very day it arrives. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND WITH SIRI Follow your focus countdown live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and start or end a session hands-free with a Shortcut. WHY DOTS IS DIFFERENT Most screen-time apps treat the symptom. DOTS starts with the why: a clear, visceral picture of how precious your time is. Once you feel that, blocking an app stops feeling like a restriction and starts feeling like a choice - your choice. Privacy Policy: https://novarch.lol/dots-privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://novarch.lol/dots-terms Your life. Your time. Your choice. Download DOTS and start protecting the weeks you have left.

Screenshots

Addis AI4 screens
DOTS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DOTS at 5.0 against Addis AI's 4.0. Addis AI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). 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. DOTS sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Addis AI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DOTS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Addis AI has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Addis AI versus DOTS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAddis AIDOTS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB53 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOmer SaedayNovarch LLC

Customer experience

Addis AI

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DOTS

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

In-app purchases

None

Addis AI

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

DOTS

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Addis AI free?
Addis AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DOTS free?
DOTS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Addis AI or DOTS?
DOTS is rated higher. Addis AI averages 4.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while DOTS averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Addis AI or DOTS have ads?
Neither Addis AI nor DOTS shows ads.

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