Comparison

Habit Tracker vs Dots

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

Head to head
About

Habit Tracker

This app helps you build and track daily routines with flexible scheduling and clear progress visualization. Monitor your achievements through calendars, heatmaps, and streaks. Set reminders and use widgets for quick check-ins.

Highlights
  • Flexible habit scheduling
  • Numerical and completion tracking
  • Detailed progress views (calendars, heatmaps)
  • Multiple reminders per habit
  • Home screen widgets
  • Data sync via WebDAV/iCloud
  • Personalization options
Features
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HabitBox is a flexible habit tracker that makes every small step visible. Create routines around your own schedule, check in with one tap, and review your progress through calendars, heatmaps, statistics, and streaks. KEY FEATURES • Flexible schedules: Plan habits on selected weekdays, a number of times per week, intervals, selected dates, or a number of times per month. • Check-in and numerical habits: Track simple completions or measurable goals such as water, reading, exercise, and distance. • Clear progress views: Review weekly cards, monthly calendars, heatmaps, trends, completion rates, and habit strength. • Reminders: Set multiple reminder times for each habit and additional times to review today’s progress. • Home Screen widgets: View and complete one or multiple habits without opening the app. • Data sync: Keep habits and check-ins in sync through WebDAV, with iCloud also available on Apple devices. • Personalization: Choose colors, icons, and check-in cell styles that make every habit easy to recognize. HabitBox can be used without signing in. Habit data, check-ins, and preferences are stored locally by default. HabitBox Pro is available as a separate in-app purchase. It unlocks more than three active habits, the full monthly calendar, Home Screen widgets, and data sync. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://policy.oneleaf.fun/habitbox/privacy

About

Dots

This app helps you build lasting routines by tracking daily habits with a clean, visual interface and motivating home screen widgets. Monitor your progress with heatmaps and yearly recaps, all within a distraction-free design.

Highlights
  • Simple habit tracking
  • Home screen widgets
  • Visual progress tracking
  • Clean and focused design
  • Gentle motivation
  • Stats and yearly recap
Features
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Dots. is a habit tracker and daily routine planner designed for simplicity, clarity, and consistency. Build better habits with a clean, simple tracker and beautifully designed home screen widgets that make your progress instantly visible. Turn small daily actions into lasting routines — a lightweight habit tracker and productivity widget, all in one simple app. [Why Dots?] • Simple Habit Tracker Start tracking your daily habits with an intuitive, distraction-free habit tracker built around ease of use. • Beautiful Home Screen Widgets Add a minimal widget to your Home Screen and track habits at a glance. Monthly and weekly heatmap widgets make progress clear and motivating. • Visual Habit Tracking Every action becomes a dot. Watch your streaks grow with a simple visual tracker that highlights consistency. • Clean & Focused Design A simple habit tracker with no clutter — just the tools you need to build better routines. • Gentle Motivation A calm, simple tracking experience designed to support long-term habits without pressure. • Stats & Yearly Recap Your whole year at a glance — a heatmap of every habit, monthly charts, your records, and a recap you can share. [Dots Pro] Dots lets you track 3 habits for free. Dots Pro lifts the limit — monthly, yearly with the first 7 days free, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled and can be managed or cancelled in the App Store at any time. Everything else stays free for everyone: widgets, the Apple Watch app, reminders, recaps, icons and colours. People who were already using Dots keep unlimited habits, for good. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Habit Tracker4 screens
Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dots at 98% against Habit Tracker's 0%. Dots also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (238 vs 6). Habit Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Dots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dots holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dots has 238 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Habit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 98% of Dots's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, Dots every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Habit Tracker versus Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabit TrackerDots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.9 (238 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews98.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6238 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB31 MB
Age rating4++4
Developer荣九 蔡Juyong Bak

Customer experience

Habit Tracker

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Dots

All ratings238 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive98.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • HabitBox Pro 月度会员$0.991 Month
  • HabitBox Pro 年度会员7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • HabitBox Pro 终身会员$2.99
3 purchases

Dots

Subscriptions2
  • Dots Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Dots Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dots Pro — Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dots free?
Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Habit Tracker or Dots?
Dots is rated higher. Habit Tracker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Dots averages 4.9 from 238 ratings.
Do Habit Tracker or Dots have ads?
Neither Habit Tracker nor Dots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Habit Tracker or Dots?
Habit Tracker ships an update weekly, and Dots every 5 days. Most recently, Habit Tracker was updated on November 11, 2026 and Dots on November 10, 2026.

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