Comparison

Try Keep vs Dots

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

Head to head
About

Try Keep

This app helps you remember and act on recommendations from friends and family. Organize suggestions into categories like 'Want to Try' or 'Loved It', and easily share feedback when you experience them. It focuses on personal connections, not algorithms.

Highlights
  • Capture recommendations with source and reason
  • Organize into custom buckets
  • Share feedback with recommenders
  • No AI or algorithmic suggestions
  • Data stays on device
  • No login required
Features
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Your friend tells you about an incredible restaurant. A coworker mentions a book that changed their life. Your sister texts about a show you'd love. Three weeks later, you remember none of it. Try/Keep captures recommendations from the people you trust, so you actually try them, and closes the loop by letting friends know when you do. How it works: Capture what someone recommends, who suggested it, and why Organize into simple buckets: Want to Try, Loved It, Try Again, Not For Me When you love something, share feedback back to the person who recommended it with one tap No AI. No tracking. No login. No algorithm. Your data stays on your device. Your tries are your own. Just recommendations from people you actually know and trust. Not what some feed thinks you should see.

About

Dots

Features
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Dots is a simple way to track important events through clean, visual timelines. Add an event, set the date, choose when it started, and watch your progress unfold as a line of dots. Whether it’s a wedding, a trip, a goal, or something personal, Dots helps you see your progress clearly and share it beautifully. Customize everything — colors, fonts, backgrounds, and the style of the timeline. Export your progress as an image or a video, ready for stories, posts, and any other social media. Terms of use: https://u-fit.app/dots/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Try Keep4 screens
Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dots at none against Try Keep's 1. Try Keep's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Try Keep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dots asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Try Keep versus Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTry KeepDots
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan TippinsAndrey Kochergin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Try Keep

One-time1
  • Unlimited$2.99
None

Dots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Try Keep free?
Try Keep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dots free?
Dots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Try Keep or Dots have ads?
Neither Try Keep nor Dots shows ads.

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