Comparison

Grindly vs Dot · Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Grindly

Features
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Grind daily. Grow visually. Grindly turns your habits into color grids. Show up, tap once, today fills in. Finish the day and you get a small party. Miss yesterday? A joker can save the streak without pretending you were there. THE GRID IS THE APP Each habit gets its own 16-week grid. Blank tiles turn into color as you stay consistent. The grid does not flatter you, which is why a full month of it feels good. TRACK WHAT MATTERS Meditation, gym, reading, water, journaling, sleep, or anything you do daily. Targets from 1x to 5x a day. Tap a tile. That is it. JOKERS Every 7-day streak mints a joker (you can hold two). Play one and yesterday turns gold: the streak holds, the miss stays on the record. Earning jokers is free. Playing one is Pro. STREAKS, HONESTLY Current streak, best streak, total days, completion rate. A miss is a gap, not a lecture. A joker is insurance, not a cheat that paints the day as done. WIDGETS Home Screen and Lock Screen. Grid, streak, tap to complete. No need to open the app. SYNC iCloud keeps habits and streaks in sync. Morning check-in on iPhone, week review on iPad. PRO, YOUR WAY One habit is free forever. Pro unlocks unlimited habits, jokers, reminders, every color, icon and widget. Choose yearly with a 7-day free trial, monthly, or pay once for lifetime and never think about it again. Bought Grindly Pro before? It stays yours. WHY GRINDLY? Most habit trackers bury you in features. Grindly makes the daily grind visible: one grid per habit, one tap per day, and a streak you can actually see. If you would rather not subscribe, lifetime is one tap away. Start your first streak today. Terms of Use: https://grindly.gn1.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://grindly.gn1.io/privacy.html

About

Dot · Habit Tracker

Features
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Dot is a minimal habit tracker built around one simple idea: every day you show up becomes a dot. Tap once to log a habit for today. No notes, timers, streak pressure, or complicated setup. Each habit gets its own clean grid, so you can see consistency across your week, month, and year at a glance. Dot is designed to feel calm, focused, and private. Your habit data stays on your device, with simple export and import tools when you want to keep a backup. Features: • One-tap daily habit logging • Week, month, and year dot grids • Per-habit color accents • Local-only data storage • JSON export and import • Optional unlimited logging unlock Dot is for small actions, repeated quietly.

Screenshots

Grindly4 screens
Dot · Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dot · Habit Tracker at none against Grindly's 5. Grindly's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Grindly sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Dot · Habit Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Grindly versus Dot · Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrindlyDot · Habit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoze GradisarYu Liu

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Grindly

Subscriptions2
  • Grindly Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Grindly Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Grindly Pro Lifetime$3.99
  • Grindly Pro Lifetime Offer$24.99
  • Grindly Pro Lifetime$39.99
None

Dot · Habit Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grindly free?
Grindly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dot · Habit Tracker free?
Dot · Habit Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grindly or Dot · Habit Tracker have ads?
Neither Grindly nor Dot · Habit Tracker shows ads.

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