Comparison

Memory Deck vs Dotly

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

Head to head
About

Memory Deck

Sharpen your mind by memorizing a deck of cards using a unique combination of mind mapping and card recall techniques. Learn proven memory strategies used by experts to enhance cognitive abilities and improve recall.

Highlights
  • Card memorization challenge
  • Mind mapping techniques
  • Memory athlete strategies
  • Cognitive skill enhancement
  • Proven mental training
Features
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Unlock the power of your memory with Memory Deck: Mind Maps — a unique app designed to sharpen your mind through one of the most proven mental training exercises: memorizing a full deck of cards. This app takes you beyond standard memory games. By combining the science of mind mapping with the classic challenge of card recall, you’ll learn powerful memory techniques used by mental athletes, memory champions, and top learners around the world.

About

Dotly

Visualize your year with a beautiful dot grid, ring, or arc that fills up daily. Track important events with smart countdowns and build lasting habits with powerful daily tracking and insights. Personalize your experience with various styles, colors, and widgets.

Highlights
  • Visual year progress (grid, ring, arc)
  • Event countdowns with reminders
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Progress insights and streaks
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customization options
Features
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Dotly turns every day into visual progress. See your entire year as a beautiful dot grid, ring, or arc — and watch it fill up as each day passes. Track the events that matter most with smart countdowns, and build lasting habits with powerful daily tracking. YOUR YEAR, VISUALIZED Choose from 7 stunning progress styles: Classic Grid, Ring, Matrix, Month Blocks, Sleek Line, Segmented Arc, and Precision Text. Each one gives you a unique way to see how far you've come — and how much is ahead. TRACK WHAT MATTERS Create countdowns for birthdays, vacations, deadlines, or any date you're looking forward to. Pin your favorites, set reminders, and import events directly from your iPhone calendar. BUILD BETTER HABITS Add daily habits like drinking water, meditating, reading, or exercising. Set goals, track completions, and see your consistency grow over time. View your habits in four beautiful ways: list, cards, monthly calendar, or a GitHub-style heatmap. POWERFUL INSIGHTS Discover your streaks, completion rates, best day of the week, monthly trends, and more. Understand your patterns and stay motivated with data that actually helps. WIDGETS THAT INSPIRE Add beautiful widgets to your Home Screen — progress rings, habit heatmaps, event countdowns, and daily trackers. See your progress without even opening the app. MAKE IT YOURS Personalize with 13 accent colors, 5 icon shapes, 3 sizes, custom habit icons with emojis, and full light and dark mode support. Your app, your style. DOTLY PREMIUM Unlock everything with a single lifetime purchase — unlimited events, unlimited habits, all progress styles, signature colors, every widget, habit insights, calendar sync, smart reminders, and more. Pay once, keep forever. Download Dotly and start making every day count.

Screenshots

Memory Deck3 screens
Dotly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dotly at Free against Memory Deck's $0.99. Dotly also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Memory Deck's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On rating, ads, device support 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

Dotly is free to download; Memory Deck costs $0.99 up front. Dotly sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Memory Deck 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 Memory Deck against 5.0 for Dotly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Memory Deck versus Dotly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory DeckDotly
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMason EarlVANIA SALES DE MESQUITA

Customer experience

Memory Deck

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

Dotly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Memory Deck

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Dotly

One-time5
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Dotly Premium$1.99
  • Medium Coffee$2.99
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  • Large Coffee$4.99
  • Coffee Party$9.99

Questions

Is Memory Deck free?
Memory Deck costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dotly free?
Dotly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memory Deck or Dotly?
Memory Deck and Dotly are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Memory Deck or Dotly have ads?
Neither Memory Deck nor Dotly shows ads.

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