Comparison

Daily Progress Bar vs Visual Time

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

Head to head
About

Daily Progress Bar

Features
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Visualize your time with simple progress bars. This app shows how far you’ve made it through the day, the month, and the year—all in one clean, minimal view. Features • Three progress bars: track the day, the month, and the year. • Small and Medium Size Widgets for your Home Screen: check the progress without opening the app. • Themes: choose different color palettes to match your style. • Minimal design: no distractions, just time at a glance.

About

Visual Time

Visualize your progress through the day, week, month, and year with a simple dotted line. Set daily intentions and countdowns to important events. Keep your sense of time tangible and focused across your devices.

Highlights
  • Day, week, month, year progress visualization
  • Daily intention setting
  • Custom countdowns
  • iCloud sync
  • Home screen widgets
  • Mac menu bar app
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Dotted Line shows you exactly where you are in time, right now, and helps you decide what to do with what’s left. How far through the day are you? The week? The month? The year? Most of us have a vague sense, but Dotted Line makes it concrete. A simple row of dots, a percentage, and suddenly time feels real. Set a daily intention, count down to what matters, and keep your sense of time visible across iPhone, iPad and Mac. WHAT YOU GET · Day, week, month, and year progress. · Daily intention: set your focus each morning. · Custom countdowns for trips, deadlines, launches, birthdays, and anything you’re looking forward to. · Optional iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac. · Daily reminder to keep you grounded. · Clean, minimal design that stays out of your way. · Light, dark, or system theme. · iPhone, iPad and Mac app included. DOTTED LINE PREMIUM · Home screen widgets: glance at your time without opening the app. · Countdown widgets: keep your next event visible. · Custom colors: make it yours. · Mac menu bar app: keep your timeline, intention, or countdown visible from the menu bar. One-time purchase. No subscription. Ever.

Screenshots

Daily Progress Bar4 screens
Visual Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Progress Bar at none against Visual Time's 1. Visual Time's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Visual Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daily Progress Bar asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Progress Bar ships an update monthly, Visual Time every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Daily Progress Bar versus Visual Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily Progress BarVisual Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAll Seasons Studio LLCNikola Novakovic

In-app purchases

None

Daily Progress Bar

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Time

One-time1
  • Dotted Time$1.99

Questions

Is Daily Progress Bar free?
Daily Progress Bar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Time free?
Visual Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daily Progress Bar or Visual Time have ads?
Neither Daily Progress Bar nor Visual Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Progress Bar or Visual Time?
Daily Progress Bar ships an update monthly, and Visual Time every 2 weeks. Most recently, Daily Progress Bar was updated on September 10, 2026 and Visual Time on September 19, 2026.

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