Dots vs Habit Pulse
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 Pulse
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# Build Better Habits. Achieve Bigger Goals. Habit Pulse helps you build lasting habits, stay consistent, and achieve your goals with **1,000+ ready-made habits, 300+ routines, journals, focus timers, beautiful insights, Apple Watch support, Home Screen widgets, reminders, and offline backups**—all in one beautifully crafted app. Whether you want to exercise more, sleep better, stay productive, build a morning routine, lose weight, read every day, meditate, improve your focus, or simply become more consistent, Habit Pulse helps you build a better life—one day at a time. ## Private by Design Your life is personal. Your habit tracker should be too. No account required. No cloud servers reading your life. No unnecessary data collection. Everything stays on your device, works beautifully offline, and can be backed up locally whenever you choose. ## Never Start From Scratch Most habit trackers make you build everything yourself. Habit Pulse includes **300+ professionally designed routines** and **1,000+ ready-to-use habits** across fitness, productivity, self-care, learning, health, finance, relationships, mindfulness, nutrition, sleep, and personal growth. Choose what fits your lifestyle, customize it in seconds, and start tracking immediately. ## Everything You Need in One App • Build healthy habits and daily routines • Track goals and recurring tasks • Organize your day with a simple daily planner • Create to-do lists and recurring reminders • Set personalized reminders for habits, routines, tasks, and journals • Track mood, water intake, and personal progress • Write in five beautiful journal types with a stunning timeline • Stay motivated with streaks, achievements, XP, levels, badges, and powerful insights Everything works together to help you stay consistent every single day. ## Stay Focused Attach **Focus Timers** to habits, tasks, and routines to eliminate distractions and build momentum. Choose from professionally designed sessions including **Pomodoro, Deep Work, Study, Reading, Writing, Exercise, Meditation, and Flow**, or create your own custom focus timers with relaxing background music. ## Your Self-Care Companion Take a mindful break with: • Guided meditations • Breathing exercises • Sleep sounds • Ambient music • ASMR • Inspirational speeches • Relaxation sessions for stress relief and better sleep ## Apple Watch & Home Screen Widgets • Complete habits directly from your Apple Watch • Start focus timers and breathing sessions • Track routines and view progress on your wrist • Receive reminders right when you need them • Beautiful Home Screen widgets for habits, routines, tasks, goals, progress, and streaks ## Journal Your Journey Reflect every day with five beautiful journal types. • Daily Journal • Gratitude Journal • Reflection Journal • One-tap mood tracking • Notes & guided writing prompts • A beautiful timeline of every journal entry ## See Your Progress Clearly Celebrate every small win. • Habit dashboards • Mood insights • Achievement badges • Beautiful statistics and trends • Completion rates • Calendar history • Streak tracking • Weekly, monthly, and yearly progress ## Fast. Really Fast. Opens instantly. Log a habit in under a second. No loading. No syncing. No waiting. Because your habits tell the story of your life—and that story shouldn't live on someone else's server. ## Perfect For • Habit tracking • Daily routines • Morning routines • Evening routines • Goal tracking • Daily planning • To-do lists • Productivity • Time management • Focus timer • Pomodoro timer • Reading • Studying • Fitness • Weight loss • Walking • Water tracking • Mood tracking • Journaling • Meditation • Mindfulness • Better sleep • Self-care • Wellness • Personal growth Small daily actions create extraordinary results. Download **Habit Pulse** today and start becoming the person you want to be. ## LEGAL Terms of Use: sumitk.net/terms Privacy Policy: sumitk.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dots at none against Habit Pulse's shown. Habit Pulse's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, 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. Dots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Habit Pulse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Dots | Habit Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (238 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 98.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 238 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juyong Bak | SUMIT KATARIA |
In-app purchases
Dots
- Dots Pro — Monthly$1.991 Month
- Dots Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Dots Pro — Lifetime$24.99
Habit Pulse
- Habit Pulse Monthly$7.991 Month
- Habit Pulse Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Habit Pulse Lifetime$59.99








