Comparison

Dottle vs Capacify

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

Head to head
About

Dottle

This app uses a neuroscience-backed system to help users overcome procrastination. It features a blocking system that locks distracting apps until tasks are verified as complete by AI, alongside progress tracking and scheduling tools.

Highlights
  • AI-verified task completion
  • App blocking system
  • Science-backed study timers
  • Task scheduling
  • Real-time progress tracking
  • Neuroscience-backed system
Features
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Dottle locks the apps you hide in until the work is actually done. Write the task. Pick a timer. Pick what to block. Hit start, and those apps stay gone until you send proof. Photo or text. AI checks it. If you did the thing, they come back. If you didn’t, they don’t. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set the task. Add notes or files if you need them. 2. Choose a focus timer and the apps that steal you. 3. Start. They’re blocked. 4. Finish, then prove it. Snap a photo or write what you did. 5. Dottle reviews the proof. Pass, and you’re free. Fail, and you keep going. WHY THIS ONE STICKS Most productivity apps are lists you can ignore. Dottle is a lock you can’t talk your way out of. People who’ve already tried the usual timers still cut corners. That’s the whole problem. If you can’t cheat it, you finish. YOU ALSO GET • Schedule a task for later, so sitting down to start isn’t the hard part • Track tasks done, time saved, and streaks • Custom blocked screens WHO IT’S FOR If you know exactly what you should be doing and still open Instagram, this is for you. Students, writers, people with a job and a phone problem. SUBSCRIPTION A Dottle subscription is required for full access to features and content. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew in Account Settings at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. If you subscribe before a free trial ends, unused trial time is forfeited. Privacy Policy: https://dottleapp.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://dottleapp.com/terms Support: support@dottleapp.com

About

Capacify

This app helps manage tasks by budgeting energy, not just time. It allows users to assign energy costs to tasks and see what fits within their daily capacity. AI-powered reframing helps motivate users to start tasks.

Highlights
  • Daily energy budget setting
  • Realistic energy cost assignment for tasks
  • Capacity-based task filtering
  • AI-powered task reframing
  • Customizable AI personality
  • Pattern tracking without spreadsheets
Features
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Capacify is an energy budgeting app for ADHD, autistic, and neurodivergent people whose normal to-do list keeps lying to them. Instead of pretending every task costs the same, Capacify lets you give each task an EP cost, set today's actual capacity, and see what realistically fits. When a task feels too boring, too big, or too loaded, AI reframes it in a voice that actually gets you moving. Use Capacify to: - Set a daily energy budget - Add tasks with realistic EP costs - See only the tasks that fit your current capacity - Reframe tasks with playful, direct, cozy, chaotic, or custom voices - Build your own custom personality for nudges that sound right to you - Track patterns over time without turning your life into a productivity spreadsheet Capacify is built for ADHD and autistic brains, burnout recovery, low-energy and low-spoon days, executive dysfunction, sensory and chronic overwhelm, and any neurodivergent mind that needs a more honest way to plan. This is not a medical app, therapy app, or diagnosis tool. It is planning support with a little bite: part energy budget, part task manager, part motivational translator. Bandwidth is finite. Chores can wait. Pick what fits today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.capacify.app/terms

Screenshots

Dottle4 screens
Capacify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Capacify at freemium against Dottle's subscription. Capacify also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Dottle sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Capacify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dottle against 5.0 for Capacify. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dottle ships an update weekly, Capacify daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dottle versus Capacify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDottleCapacify
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB17 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDillon McConnellSA Software LLC

Customer experience

Dottle

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Capacify

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Dottle

Subscriptions4
  • Dottle Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Dottle Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Dottle Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Dottle Premium Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
2 purchases

Capacify

Subscriptions2
  • Capacify Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Capacify Pro (Yearly)$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Dottle free?
Dottle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Capacify free?
Capacify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dottle or Capacify?
Dottle and Capacify are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dottle or Capacify have ads?
Neither Dottle nor Capacify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dottle or Capacify?
Dottle ships an update weekly, and Capacify daily. Most recently, Dottle was updated on November 5, 2026 and Capacify on October 31, 2026.

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