Comparison

TimeDots vs Day

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

Head to head
About

TimeDots

Visualize your time with a unique dot-based calendar. Track days, months, years, or your entire life to gain perspective on progress and urgency. Customizable widgets and themes keep your important moments visible.

Highlights
  • Visual time representation with dots
  • Countdown tracking for events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and styles
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data
Features
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Time is the one thing you can't get back. TimeDots turns your year, your month and every countdown into a calm grid of dots, one dot per day, so you can see exactly how much time is left. Every day a dot fills in. It's a quiet daily nudge to make today count. SEE YOUR TIME AT A GLANCE β€’ Your whole year as dots, filling in as the days pass β€’ Days left front and center: in the year, the month, or until your next event β€’ Year by month: a calendar of dots that shows where each month starts and where today sits β€’ Hold and drag across the dots to explore any day COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS β€’ Trips, birthdays, exams, weddings, launches and deadlines β€’ Every event gets its own grid with live progress β€’ Recurring events roll forward automatically β€’ A small celebration when a countdown reaches its day HOW WAS TODAY? β€’ A 5‑second daily check‑in: pick one of five moods β€’ Your dots take on the colors of your days, so your year becomes a mood map β€’ Add a short note to any day you want to remember β€’ An optional morning reminder with how many days are left β€’ Hide the check‑in once you've answered, if you prefer a cleaner screen ON YOUR WRIST, LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN β€’ Home Screen widgets in every size β€’ Lock Screen widgets β€’ Live Activities and Dynamic Island β€’ A redesigned Apple Watch app: next event first, check in from your wrist, turn the Digital Crown to move through the days, and complications that show up in the Smart Stack when they matter MAKE IT YOURS β€’ 24 themes, from Midnight to Aurora β€’ Alternate app icons β€’ "Life in Weeks": your whole life, one dot per week β€’ Share cards made for your story β€’ iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch β€’ Built for iPad, with full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Increase Contrast support Free to download. Upgrade to Pro to unlock every theme, widget and feature. Stop letting the days blur together. Make every dot count.

About

Day

Track important dates with customizable widgets that display days until or days since specific events. Supports lunar dates and offers a progress bar for countdowns. The widget is the primary interface, updating automatically.

Highlights
  • Days until, days since, and yearly date counts
  • Display in days, weeks, or months
  • Support for Korean lunar calendar dates
  • Automatic milestone tracking (100-day marks)
  • Progress bar for countdowns
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable notifications
Features
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Day is a countdown app for people whose home screen deserves better than stickers. Type a date and a title, then see days until, days since, or a yearly date as one plain black-and-white number. β€’ THREE WAYS TO COUNT Days until an exam, days since you met (Day 1 is the first day), or a birthday that comes back every year. When you add a day, pick Anniversary, Birthday, Exam, or Trip and the counting style and milestones are filled in for you. β€’ DAYS, WEEKS, OR MONTHS See "14w 2d" or "3mo 8d" instead of a raw day count. Yearly dates count as "7-year anniversary" or "64th", your choice. β€’ LUNAR DATES, TOO Add days you keep on the Korean lunar calendar, leap months included, and see which solar date they fall on each year. Lunar dates are calculated on your iPhone from public data by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. β€’ MILESTONES ON THEIR OWN Days since shows the next 100-day mark and anniversary automatically, and each day lists its upcoming ones with dates. β€’ HOW FAR ALONG Set a start date on a countdown and a progress bar in the app shows how far you've come. β€’ THE WIDGET IS THE APP Put a number-only widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Long-press it and choose Edit Widget to pick which day it shows, and tap it to open that day. The number updates at midnight without opening the app. β€’ ONLY THE NOTIFICATIONS YOU WANT Turn on an on-the-day notification for each day. Leave it off and nothing arrives. β€’ ON IPAD, TOO On a wide screen your days sit side by side as cards. β€’ YOUR DAYS, YOUR PHONE No account, no cloud, no ads. Export to JSON or CSV anytime. β€’ DAY PRO Three days, the small and Lock Screen widgets, on-the-day notifications, and export are free. Day Pro adds unlimited days, medium and large widgets that show several days, progress bars on widgets, reminders the day before, 3 days before, and 7 days before, a separate notification time for each day, a color and icon for each day in the list and on widgets, and a choice of number size and alignment for your widgets. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://indieway.xyz/en/apps/day/privacy

Screenshots

TimeDots4 screens
Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeDots at 100% against Day's 0%. Day's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. TimeDots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Day sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeDots ships an update every 2 weeks, Day every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
TimeDots versus Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeDotsDay
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.317.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size15 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdemola Mayowa OlatunjiIndieWay

Customer experience

TimeDots

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Day

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeDots

One-time1
  • TimeDots Pro$2.99
3 purchases

Day

Subscriptions2
  • Day Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Day Pro Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Day Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is TimeDots free?
TimeDots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day free?
Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeDots or Day have ads?
Neither TimeDots nor Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeDots or Day?
TimeDots ships an update every 2 weeks, and Day every 5 days. Most recently, TimeDots was updated on October 24, 2026 and Day on October 29, 2026.

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