eDots vs TimeColorCue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eDots
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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 ~
TimeColorCue
This app provides a flexible visual multi-stage timer with customizable colors and reminders for each stage. It offers various display modes and is designed to help users stay focused and on track during work, fitness, or daily routines.
- Multi-stage visual timer
- Customizable stage colors and reminders
- Multiple display modes (Standard, Minimal, Gradient, Ring)
- Optional custom backgrounds
- Sound and vibration reminders
- Local-first design, no account needed
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TimeColorCue is a clear, flexible visual multi-stage timer. Create a scenario, set duration, color and reminder text for each stage, then start a focused, eye‑catching full‑screen countdown. Use cases: • Focus work & Pomodoro sessions • Fitness, stretching & interval training • Meditation and breathing exercises • Cooking and daily routines • Presentations, rehearsals & classroom activities Core features: • Four display modes: Standard, Minimal, Gradient, Ring • Freely combine countdown timer, reminder text and progress indicator • Stage colors with smooth color transitions • Sound, vibration, stage change and advance reminders • Optional custom backgrounds for scenarios • Local-first design, no account sign-up required • Supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, French and Italian TimeColorCue helps you know your current task and next step at a glance, reduce distractions and stay on track. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TimeColorCue at 15.0 against eDots's 18.6. 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
Both are free to download. eDots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TimeColorCue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
eDots ships an update weekly, TimeColorCue every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eDots | TimeColorCue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 青楠 叶 | 帅 王 |
In-app purchases
eDots
- iCloud Share and Sync$4.99
TimeColorCue
- Lifetime Premium$4.99









