Dots vs Habit Tracker Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Simple habit tracking
- Home screen widgets
- Visual progress tracking
- Clean and focused design
- Gentle motivation
- Stats and yearly recap
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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/
Habit Tracker Widget
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Shuukan (習慣, "habit") is a focused habit tracker for building a daily routine, with no ads, subscriptions, or account required. BUILD HABITS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE • Create habits with a daily schedule, specific weekdays, or a weekly target. • Give each habit its own icon and color. • Organize habits with tags, reorder them, and archive habits when you need a break. • Choose roomy cards or a compact list for your dashboard. CHECK IN FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN • See your habits and streaks in Home Screen widgets. • Check off a habit directly from a widget or the Lock Screen. • Choose a widget style that fits your Home Screen: Classic, Mono, Paper, or Night. USE SIRI AND SHORTCUTS • Ask Siri to check off a habit, tell you your streak, or open a habit. • Add Shuukan actions to your own Shortcuts. SEE AND SHARE YOUR PROGRESS • Track current and longest streaks for every habit. • Review your weekly progress and detailed completion history. • Look back at your Year in Review, with yearly totals and a month-by-month view. • Share a streak card or your Year in Review, and celebrate milestones along the way. GENTLE REMINDERS • Set per-habit reminders at the times that work for you. • Add a daily summary reminder to check in on everything at once. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Your habits, history, tags, and preferences stay on your device. • Optional iCloud Sync keeps your data up to date across your devices. • Export your data as JSON and import a Shuukan export to restore it. • No ads, third-party analytics, or tracking. FREE HABIT TRACKING, OPTIONAL PERSONALIZATION • Core habit tracking is free, with no subscription. • The optional Shuukan Pack is a one-time purchase that unlocks all app icons and widget styles. • Previous icon-pack purchases include the Shuukan Pack's widget styles. • Keep a habit going for two weeks to earn one alternate app icon. Whether you're reading, drinking more water, practicing a language, or building a morning routine, Shuukan helps you show up one day at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dots at every 5 days against Habit Tracker Widget's every 3 weeks. Dots also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Dots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Habit Tracker Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dots ships an update every 5 days, Habit Tracker Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dots | Habit Tracker Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (232 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 98.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 232 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juyong Bak | Sascha Thiele |
In-app purchases
Dots
- Dots Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
- Dots Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Dots Pro — Lifetime$24.99
Habit Tracker Widget
- Alternate App-Icons$2.99









