Comparison

Cronicle vs TimeDots

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

Head to head
About

Cronicle

Document life's significant moments week by week with this straightforward tool. It offers a low-effort way to record important events and reflect on your journey.

Highlights
  • Existential life calendar
  • Weekly event documentation
  • Low effort journaling
  • Life event tracking
  • Personal reflection tool
Features
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Cronicle is an existential life calendar. A low effort tool for documenting the important things that happen in your life, week by week. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TimeDots

Visualize your time with a unique dot-based calendar. Track days, months, years, or your entire life to gain perspective on progress and urgency. Customizable widgets and themes keep your important moments visible.

Highlights
  • Visual time representation with dots
  • Countdown tracking for events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and styles
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data
Features
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Time is the one thing you can't get back. TimeDots turns your year, your month and every countdown into a calm grid of dots, one dot per day, so you can see exactly how much time is left. Every day a dot fills in. It's a quiet daily nudge to make today count. SEE YOUR TIME AT A GLANCE • Your whole year as dots, filling in as the days pass • Days left front and center: in the year, the month, or until your next event • Year by month: a calendar of dots that shows where each month starts and where today sits • Hold and drag across the dots to explore any day COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS • Trips, birthdays, exams, weddings, launches and deadlines • Every event gets its own grid with live progress • Recurring events roll forward automatically • A small celebration when a countdown reaches its day HOW WAS TODAY? • A 5‑second daily check‑in: pick one of five moods • Your dots take on the colors of your days, so your year becomes a mood map • Add a short note to any day you want to remember • An optional morning reminder with how many days are left • Hide the check‑in once you've answered, if you prefer a cleaner screen ON YOUR WRIST, LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN • Home Screen widgets in every size • Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities and Dynamic Island • A redesigned Apple Watch app: next event first, check in from your wrist, turn the Digital Crown to move through the days, and complications that show up in the Smart Stack when they matter MAKE IT YOURS • 24 themes, from Midnight to Aurora • Alternate app icons • "Life in Weeks": your whole life, one dot per week • Share cards made for your story • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch • Built for iPad, with full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Increase Contrast support Free to download. Upgrade to Pro to unlock every theme, widget and feature. Stop letting the days blur together. Make every dot count.

Screenshots

Cronicle4 screens
TimeDots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cronicle at every 4 days against TimeDots's every 2 weeks. TimeDots's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Cronicle sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month and TimeDots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cronicle ships an update every 4 days, TimeDots every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cronicle versus TimeDots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCronicleTimeDots
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.3
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJoe CzepilAdemola Mayowa Olatunji

Customer experience

Cronicle

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

TimeDots

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cronicle

Subscriptions1
  • Cronicle Pro$3.991 Month
1 purchases

TimeDots

One-time1
  • TimeDots Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Cronicle free?
Cronicle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeDots free?
TimeDots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cronicle or TimeDots have ads?
Neither Cronicle nor TimeDots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cronicle or TimeDots?
Cronicle ships an update every 4 days, and TimeDots every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cronicle was updated on October 24, 2026 and TimeDots on October 24, 2026.

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