Time Pencil vs On the Dot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Pencil
Visualize your schedule by drawing events directly onto a clock face. This app offers intuitive tap-to-edit functionality and haptic feedback for a tactile planning experience. It seamlessly syncs with your iOS Calendar and iCloud, and includes widgets for your home and lock screens, plus an Apple Watch app.
- Draw events around a clock
- Tap to edit and move events
- Haptic feedback for tactile precision
- Automatic fading of past events
- Syncs with iOS Calendar and iCloud
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch companion app
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Time Pencil is a clock with some markers to visualize your day at a glance YOUR CALENDAR, AROUND THE DIAL Time Pencil reads your existing calendars and lays each event as a colored arc on the clock. Overlaps, gaps, the shape of a busy afternoon, it's all visible at once, the way time actually feels. DRAW YOUR DAY Block out focus time, a workout, a break, or "leave for the airport" by drawing an arc right onto the clock. Drop a note sticker anywhere. Planning becomes a one-second gesture instead of a form to fill in. ALWAYS IN VIEW • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep today's clock a glance away. • A Live Activity counts down your next block in the Dynamic Island. • Apple Watch support to carry your day on your wrist. MAKE IT YOURS • 12-hour or 24-hour dial. • Sky mode paints the clock with the real sky — dawn, daylight, dusk, night — as the day moves. • Zen mode strips everything back to the essentials. • Marker colors, hourly chimes, and more. Time Pencil speaks 20 languages, and no account is required to get started.
On the Dot
This visual timer helps users develop a better sense of time, particularly for those with ADHD or executive functioning challenges. It offers two interactive tools to gamify tasks and train internal time prediction, promoting better time awareness and task completion.
- Visual deadlines to gamify tasks
- Drag-and-drop time wedge creation
- Internal time prediction training
- Evidence-based OT strategies
- Distraction-free interface
- Offline functionality
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Can't start tasks until the deadline? Always "just 5 more minutes"? On the Dot is a visual timer designed by an Occupational Therapist to help ADHD brains build real time awareness—not just track it. Two interactive tools to conquer time blindness: • Beat the Clock: Create visual deadlines to gamify your tasks and slay procrastination. Drag the minute hand to create a colored time wedge. Finish before it runs out. • On the Dot: Train your internal sense of time. Predict when you'll finish, then see how close you were. Build accuracy through feedback. WHY ON THE DOT WORKS: Most timers just count down. On the Dot helps you feel how long 20 minutes actually lasts. Understand time instead of fighting it. DESIGNED FOR ADHD AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: • Evidence-based OT strategies • Clean, distraction-free interface • No ads, subscriptions, or data tracking • Works offline Just a simple, intentional tool to help you work on time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Time Pencil at Free against On the Dot's $1.99. On the Dot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Time Pencil is free to download; On the Dot costs $1.99 up front. Time Pencil sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. On the Dot asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Time Pencil against 5.0 for On the Dot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Time Pencil ships an update every 3 weeks, On the Dot every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Pencil | On the Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vineet Kapil | TenFive Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Time Pencil
On the Dot
In-app purchases
Time Pencil
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Lifetime$14.99
On the Dot
No in-app purchases
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