Comparison

Wakeep vs Dots

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

Head to head
About

Wakeep

This alarm app transforms your wake-up routine with engaging, mission-based challenges. Instead of a simple snooze, you'll tackle brain-activating quizzes and motion-based mini-games to start your day productively.

Highlights
  • Mission-based wake-up challenges
  • Brain-activating quizzes
  • Motion-based mini-games
  • Rewarding morning experience
  • Productivity enhancement
Features
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Jonacent Studio's Wakeep isn’t just an alarm—it’s your morning game-changer! Instead of mindlessly swiping away your wake-up call, you’ll face fun and stimulating challenges designed to activate your brain and get you moving. From quick quizzes to motion-based mini-games, Wakeep makes waking up a rewarding experience.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Free habit tracking
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Visual progress tracking with dots
  • Clean and focused design
  • Weekly and monthly heatmaps
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Wakeep4 screens
Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wakeep at none against Dots's 3. Wakeep also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Dots's advantage is ratings volume (180 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Wakeep asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wakeep against 4.9 for Dots. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dots has 180 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wakeep versus Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWakeepDots
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (180 ratings)
Positive reviews—97.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1180 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXiangfeiyang LiJuyong Bak

In-app purchases

None

Wakeep

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dots

Subscriptions2
  • Dots Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Dots Pro — Yearly1 Month trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dots Pro — Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Wakeep free?
Wakeep 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, Wakeep or Dots?
Wakeep is rated higher. Wakeep averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Dots averages 4.9 from 180 ratings.
Do Wakeep or Dots have ads?
Neither Wakeep nor Dots shows ads.

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