Comparison

Dots vs Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
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/

About

Habit Tracker

Features
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Habitix helps you keep the promises you make to yourself. Most habit apps add pressure. Habitix adds a system: clear daily rituals, streak grids you can see at a glance, timed challenges with real stakes, and reminders that nudge without nagging. WHAT YOU GET • Unlimited habits with icons, colors, and weekday schedules • Track once a day, multiple times, or flexibly — with no schedule if that fits your life • Streak calendars (circles or squares) so consistency stays visible • Challenges — “the arena” — multi-day protocols where perfect days matter • Insights: completion, streaks, and progress over time • Gentle reminders at fixed times or on an interval, with optional custom sounds • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets you can tap to check in • Apple Watch companion so logging stays close • Spotlight search and Shortcuts / Siri actions • iCloud sync across your devices - no Habitix account required BUILT AROUND YOU Onboarding learns your name, motivations, focus areas, and experience level, then shapes Habitix around how you actually live. The goal isn’t perfection theater. It’s proof that you showed up. HABITIX PRO Habitix Pro is required after onboarding to use the app. Subscribe with a weekly or yearly plan. The yearly plan may include a 7-day introductory offer where available. • Weekly plan • Yearly plan (best value; 7-day intro offer may apply) Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are available in the app (paywall and Settings). Habitix is published by GRE Development LTD. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tryhabitix.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tryhabitix.app/privacy

Screenshots

Dots4 screens
Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dots at 17.6 against Habit Tracker's 26.0. 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. Dots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Habit Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dots ships an update every 5 days, Habit Tracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dots versus Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotsHabit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (238 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings238 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB60 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperJuyong BakGRE Development Ltd

In-app purchases

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
2 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Dots free?
Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dots or Habit Tracker have ads?
Neither Dots nor Habit Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dots or Habit Tracker?
Dots ships an update every 5 days, and Habit Tracker every 4 days. Most recently, Dots was updated on November 13, 2026 and Habit Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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