Comparison

eDots vs Nostos

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

Head to head
About

eDots

Features
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Life is made of small moments, ideas, and discoveries. eDots helps you capture them all. Create beautiful Dots for your thoughts, quotes, plans, memories, and inspirations. Organize them into Collections and watch how your ideas begin to connect. Features you'll love: • Beautiful card-based notes called Dots • Organize everything into themed Collections • Multiple views: list, gallery, calendar, and map • Powerful search and tagging • Random inspiration from your saved dots • Share and export your ideas easily Your life is full of dots. eDots helps you collect and connect them in ease ~

About

Nostos

Features
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Nostos(溯见)帮你把散落在各处的内容,变成真正能找回、能理解、能继续使用的个人记忆。 保存,不再只是收藏 从系统分享菜单保存网页、公众号、小红书等公开内容;也可以导入照片、视频、PDF 和其他文件,或直接记录文字与声音。 内容会被整理好 溯见会提取网页正文,识别图片中的文字,并为音频与视频生成转写。来源、原文和处理状态都会清楚保留。 不用记得标题,也能找到 用自然语言描述你记得的片段、地点或主题。溯见会从设备上的记忆库中找出相关内容。 从自己的记忆里得到答案 围绕多条已保存内容提问,查看带来源引用的回答。每个结论都能回到原始记忆核对。 本地优先,由你控制 无需注册即可保存、解析、搜索、导出和删除。只有在你主动使用同步、共享或高级 AI 功能时,必要内容才会发送到云端。 使用条款(Apple 标准 EULA):https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

eDots4 screens
Nostos4 screens

Verdict

The call

eDots and Nostos are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. eDots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nostos sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eDots ships an update weekly, Nostos fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
eDots versus Nostos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereDotsNostos
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB1.0 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developer青楠 叶Chengliang Shi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

eDots

One-time1
  • iCloud Share and Sync$4.99
4 purchases

Nostos

Subscriptions4
  • Nostos Plus Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Nostos Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Nostos Plus Annual$19.991 Year
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  • Nostos Pro Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is eDots free?
eDots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nostos free?
Nostos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do eDots or Nostos have ads?
Neither eDots nor Nostos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eDots or Nostos?
eDots ships an update weekly, and Nostos fortnightly. Most recently, eDots was updated on October 25, 2026 and Nostos on October 29, 2026.

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