Comparison

Pudding Notebook vs Dotie

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

Head to head
About

Pudding Notebook

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Pudding Journal is a simple and beautiful journaling app for capturing your everyday moments. Whether it's your daily mood, travel memories, or life highlights — open the app and start creating your own personalized pages instantly. Layout Templates Choose from a curated collection of templates. Align photos and text with one tap, and create magazine-style pages effortlessly. Sticker Decoration Browse a growing library of stickers. Drag, drop, and arrange them freely to make every page uniquely yours. Photo & Text Collage Combine photos, text, and backgrounds freely. What you see is what you get — create your own life scrapbook. Calendar & Habit Tracker Built-in calendar view with habit tracking. Record every day of progress and growth. Made for iPhone & iPad Seamlessly switch between your phone and tablet. Enjoy a richer creative experience on the big screen. Three simple steps to start your first journal: Pick a template Add photos and text Save and share

About

Dotie

Create beautiful digital scrapbook pages with photos, stickers, doodles, and text. This app offers a creative space to journal your thoughts and memories, turning everyday moments into a visual collection.

Highlights
  • Digital scrapbook page creation
  • Add photos, stickers, and doodles
  • Personalize with text and notes
  • Multiple paper textures
  • Organize by timeline or calendar
  • Save and revisit memories
Features
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Dotie is a creative scrapbook journal for everyday life. Turn your thoughts, memories, photos, stickers, doodles, and little moments into beautiful digital journal pages—all from your phone. A journal doesn't have to be just words on a blank page. With Dotie, every day becomes a page you can decorate, personalize, and make completely your own. CREATE A JOURNAL PAGE EVERY DAY Start each day with a beautiful paper texture and create your own digital scrapbook page. Add the little things that make your day memorable—photos, stickers, doodles, pixel art, washi tape, stamps, words, notes, and more. Move elements around, layer your favorite decorations, combine different textures, and create a scrapbook spread that feels personal to you. WRITE ABOUT YOUR DAY When you're ready to write, flip the page and capture what's on your mind. Add a title, choose your ink and typeface, and write about anything you want. Record a special moment, describe your day, save a funny thought, write a short note, or simply let your thoughts flow. Whether you prefer a few words or a longer diary entry, Dotie gives you a creative space to journal your way. MAKE JOURNALING CREATIVE Dotie is a digital journal for people who love scrapbooking, decorating notebooks, collecting stickers, and creating things. Combine paper textures, photos, drawings, stickers, stamps, washi tape, pixel art, and typography to create pages that feel like a real handmade scrapbook. Turn an ordinary daily diary into something visual, personal, and uniquely yours. CREATE YOUR OWN DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK Love the feeling of a physical scrapbook but want everything on your phone? Dotie brings the creative freedom of scrapbooking into a simple digital journal. Create a page for your day, decorate it with your favorite elements, and build a collection of memories you can keep with you wherever you go. Your journal can be minimal or completely decorated. Add just a few details or fill the page with stickers, photos, doodles, and little discoveries from your day. SAVE PHOTOS & MEMORIES Turn your favorite photos into part of your daily journal. Capture trips, food, friends, places, special moments, everyday routines, or anything you want to remember. Add photos to your scrapbook pages and combine them with stickers, notes, doodles, and decorative elements. Over time, your journal becomes a visual collection of your life. LOOK BACK ON YOUR MEMORIES Your journal isn't just for today. Browse your memories through a timeline or monthly calendar and quickly find old pages whenever you want to look back. Favorite the moments that mean the most to you and create a personal archive of everyday memories. From a quiet morning to a weekend adventure, every day can have its own page. A PRIVATE SPACE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS Your journal is personal. Dotie is designed as a private space for your thoughts, memories, photos, and creative pages. Keep your everyday moments together and make Dotie feel like your own little digital notebook. CREATE YOUR OWN STYLE Choose from paper textures, stickers, doodles, pixel art, washi tape, stamps, photos, typography, colors, and other creative elements to create a journal that matches your style. There is no right way to journal. Make a clean and minimal page, create a colorful scrapbook spread, or simply write a few words about your day. JOURNAL YOUR WAY Whether you call it a daily journal, scrapbook journal, digital diary, photo journal, memory journal, creative diary, or digital scrapbook, Dotie gives you a creative place to turn everyday moments into something worth keeping. Create pages for ordinary days, save the moments you never want to forget, decorate your memories with stickers and doodles, and build a journal that becomes uniquely yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://juicy-principle-93b.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-for-Dotie-3ded0a8e58cb80b487a7e6fbd5c6d4ca

Screenshots

Pudding Notebook4 screens
Dotie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pudding Notebook at 13.0 against Dotie's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pudding Notebook sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Dotie sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pudding Notebook ships an update every 5 days, Dotie every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pudding Notebook versus Dotie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPudding NotebookDotie
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志灵 陈Niyazi Kilic

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pudding Notebook

One-time7
  • Special Offer$0.29
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Basic Pack$1.99
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  • Advanced Pack$3.99
  • Premium Pack$9.99
  • Lifetime VIP$19.99
  • Deluxe Pack$19.99
3 purchases

Dotie

Subscriptions2
  • Dotie Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Dotie Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dotie Premium$12.99

Questions

Is Pudding Notebook free?
Pudding Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dotie free?
Dotie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pudding Notebook or Dotie have ads?
Neither Pudding Notebook nor Dotie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pudding Notebook or Dotie?
Pudding Notebook ships an update every 5 days, and Dotie every 3 days. Most recently, Pudding Notebook was updated on November 9, 2026 and Dotie on November 10, 2026.

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