Comparison

Dots vs Olea

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

Olea

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olea is a subscription-required habit tracker built for how life actually works, not for perfect streaks. OLEA PRO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED Olea is free to download, but every feature described below requires an active Olea Pro subscription purchased separately in the app. Eligible new subscribers may receive a free trial. The app shows the available plan duration, trial length, and localized price before purchase. MISS A DAY, KEEP YOUR PROGRESS Life happens. olea's rebuild state means missing a day never wipes out what you've built. No punishing streak resets, no red X's, no guilt, just a quiet nudge back on track. BUILT LIKE CRAFT, NOT A SPREADSHEET Every habit gets its own consistency ring and day trail, rendered in a warm, paper-inspired design with serif type. Tracking habits should feel good to look at, not like filling out a form. Designed with ADHD and inconsistent schedules in mind, olea skips the shame spiral that most habit trackers build in by default. Progress stays visible even on the days that don't go as planned. Track anything: reading, exercise, water, meditation, sleep, journaling, medication reminders, and more. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dots4 screens
Olea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dots at 17.6 against Olea's 26.0. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Olea sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dots versus Olea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotsOlea
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (232 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings232 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuyong BakMarco Lupia

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
3 purchases

Olea

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • olea Yearly — Special Offer$24.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Dots free?
Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Olea free?
Olea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dots or Olea have ads?
Neither Dots nor Olea shows ads.

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