Comparison

Dotly vs Pinwork

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

Head to head
About

Dotly

Features
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Dotly โ€” capture to Workflowy in seconds. A fleeting thought. A sudden idea. A task you can't afford to forget. Dotly helps you capture it instantly and send it straight to Workflowy. Whether you're offline or on the move, Dotly keeps your thoughts safe until you're ready to sync. Designed for speed and calm, it brings the art of writing and the beauty of structure together โ€” in one elegant flow. Features: - Instant Capture: Add notes, ideas, or reminders to Workflowy in seconds. No friction, no fuss. - Offline Outbox: Write anytime, anywhere. Dotly queues your notes and syncs automatically when you're back online. - Minimal Design: A clean, fluid interface that keeps you focused on what matters: your thoughts. - Smart Shortcuts: Capture with a single tap from widgets or keyboard shortcuts. Send instantly, stay in the flow. - History: Review everything you've sent. Your capture timeline, always accessible. - Custom Settings: Choose how and where your dots land inside Workflowy. - Cross-Platform: Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One purchase unlocks all platforms. Dotly is for thinkers, creators, and builders โ€” for anyone who believes that every great project begins with a single thought. Download Dotly and start capturing.

About

Pinwork

Features
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Pinwork is a private, native to-do app and daily planner for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. No account, no sign-up. Type a task in plain English, it lands on the day you plan to do it, and planned work can become time in Apple Calendar. CAPTURE THE WHOLE TASK IN ONE SENTENCE Type "Feed the dog every day at 7pm 15min, by Friday, add to calendar" into Quick Add. Pinwork reads the schedule, the time, the recurrence, the estimate, the Deadline, and the Calendar command from that one sentence. Tags and a project can go in the same line. One sentence, no separate fields to fill in. A task without a date goes to the Inbox. WHEN AND DEADLINE ARE SEPARATE FIELDS When is the day or time you plan to work on a task. Deadline is the latest moment it must be done. A single due date mixes the two. Keeping them apart lets you plan the work early and still see the date that cannot move. TURN TASKS INTO CALENDAR TIME Create a linked Apple Calendar event from any scheduled task, or let Pinwork add scheduled tasks to your calendar automatically. When sets the event time and your estimate sets its length. A Deadline can become a Calendar alert. Edits to the task flow to the linked event, and edits to the event can flow back. Calendar Peek shows selected events beside your tasks, and every event Pinwork creates links back to its task. RECURRING TASKS WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Preview future occurrences of a recurring task without filling your list with duplicates. Open Today, browse any other day, or review Upcoming. Filter by date, Deadline, estimate, tags, project, or recurrence, and sort by When, Deadline, estimate, or name. Organize with projects, tags, notes, checklists, and estimates. Snooze a task reminder for 15 minutes when now is not the right moment. MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES Use Pinwork on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Capture with Siri, Shortcuts, the Action Button, widgets, the Share Sheet, Apple Pencil, or the Mac menu bar. Complete tasks from interactive widgets, find them with Spotlight, and use Focus Filters to keep the right list close. Pinwork works offline. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Pinwork account, no sign-up. Pinwork automatically collects limited usage and purchase-flow events to improve the app. Task and calendar content is excluded. Tasks are stored on your device and sync through your own private iCloud database. There are no Pinwork servers for your task data. Lock Screen widgets can hide task titles. ONE PLAN, ALL YOUR DEVICES A monthly or yearly plan, or a lifetime purchase, unlocks Pinwork on every supported Apple device signed in with the same Apple Account. OPTIONAL GTD MODE Turn on GTD mode for Next Actions, Waiting For, Someday/Maybe, and a guided weekly review. It is there when useful and stays out of the way when it is not. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. Privacy Policy: https://pinwork.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dotly4 screens
Pinwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pinwork at weekly against Dotly's every 5 weeks. Pinwork also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Dotly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pinwork sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dotly ships an update every 5 weeks, Pinwork weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Dotly versus Pinwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotlyPinwork
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndriy Bezemchukadapting.tech sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dotly

One-time1
  • Dotly Pro (Lifetime)$2.99
3 purchases

Pinwork

Subscriptions2
  • Pinwork Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pinwork Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pinwork Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Dotly free?
Dotly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pinwork free?
Pinwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dotly or Pinwork have ads?
Neither Dotly nor Pinwork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dotly or Pinwork?
Dotly ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pinwork weekly. Most recently, Dotly was updated on October 28, 2026 and Pinwork on October 31, 2026.

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