TimeDots vs Nenrin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeDots
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人生是一张有限的纸。 每过一天,纸上就多一个点; 每完成一事,纸上就多一道痕。 但纸总会用完,时间从不回头。 「时光印记」是一款为ADHD与时间感知者设计的时间可视化工具。 我们不做复杂的管理,只做温柔的提醒—— 通过直观的点、线、进度与小组件, 将抽象的时间变成看得见的痕迹, 帮助你感知它的流逝、把握当下的力量。 【为什么我们需要“看见”时间?】 对ADHD来说,时间常常是“隐形”的。 我们容易陷入时间盲区,或是被碎片淹没。 「时光印记」用温和的视觉反馈, 为你建立时间的地标与进度的锚点, 让每一天、每一周、每一段任务—— 甚至整个生命的进度, 都清晰呈现在你的桌面上。 【核心特性】 • 多维度时间感知 • 以“点”为刻度:直观展示天、周、月、年的流逝 • 生命进度条:如果人生是一张纸,你已使用了多少? • 任务进度可视化:不只是完成,更是看见自己前进的轨迹 • 丰富的小组件生态 • 10+款精心设计的桌面小组件,从不同角度呈现时间 • 支持自定义样式:简约点阵、诗意进度、数字时钟…… • 横屏模式可用作桌面时钟,让时间始终在眼前 • ADHD友好设计 • 无压力提醒:不制造焦虑,只提供平静的感知 • 视觉聚焦:用图形与颜色降低认知负荷,增强时间实感 • 当下提示:弱干扰、强提醒,帮你回到此时此刻 【设计哲学】 我们不鼓励“压榨时间”,而是倡导“感知时间”。 每一个点,都是你活过的一刻; 每一段进度,都是你走过的路。 时间不必追赶,但应当被看见、被珍惜。 人生苦短,愿你看见时光,更看见自己。 —— 让时间,留下印记。 如果您有任何疑问或者建议,可以联系我们 邮箱:1056709274@qq.com 微信号:wjrrjw 备案号:闽ICP备2025125092号 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ذث
Nenrin
This app acts as a digital diary, organizing entries into a single Markdown file for each day of the year. It allows you to revisit past entries, track your writing consistency with a heatmap, and search your entire diary history. Photos from the day can be attached to your entries.
- Daily Markdown file organization
- Yearly entry stacking
- Past entry navigation
- Monthly writing heatmap
- Full-text search
- Photo attachment
- Home screen widget
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Nenrin (年輪, "tree rings") is a diary made of just 365 files: one Markdown file for each day of the year. Whatever you write on a given day goes into that day's file under a "## year" heading — so every year's entry for today stacks on the same page. Write today, and next year's you opens this page and reads it. The more years you keep it, the better it gets. TODAY The app opens on today's page. Past years sit in a row of chips above the entry; tap one to switch, or hold the text and pull down to go back a year. Years you skipped on this day are pointed out, and you can fill them in any time. The entry is a Markdown editor: headings, lists, quotes and bold are highlighted as you type, with a row of marks above the keyboard for quick insertion. Photos you took on this day appear below the entry — read from your library, never written into the file. YEAR A heatmap of all twelve months. Each cell is one file; the darker it is, the more years that day has been written in. One ring a year, deeper each time. Full-text search covers every year in all 365 files: search a word and watch it cross the years. ON THIS DAY A home-screen widget that shows what you wrote on today's date in past years. NIGHTLY REMINDER A nudge at the time you choose to write today's lines. YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Plain Markdown you can open in any editor • Keep it on your iPhone (visible in the Files app) or point it at a folder in iCloud Drive • Point Nenrin for Mac at the same folder and both write the same diary; saves replace only the current year's section, so writing on two devices never overwrites the other • No account, no server of ours — your diary lives only on your devices and in your own iCloud Drive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nenrin at every 3 days against TimeDots's every 2 months. TimeDots's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. TimeDots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Nenrin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TimeDots ships an update every 2 months, Nenrin every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimeDots | Nenrin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 长武 吴 | 鹏鹏 任 |
In-app purchases
TimeDots
- 一个月会员3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- 永久会员$7.99
Nenrin
- Nenrin Pro Lifetime$5.99









