Comparison

HabitKey vs Dotted

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

Head to head
About

HabitKey

This app helps users build and maintain consistent routines through flexible tracking and visually appealing progress displays. It supports daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly habits, offering customizable layouts and motivational streak tracking to encourage users in their personal growth journeys.

Highlights
  • Track daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly routines
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Visually appealing progress displays
  • Customizable layout and display styles
  • Streak tracking for motivation
  • Build better routines and break bad ones
Features
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HabitKey helps you build habits that actually stick. Track daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly routines with flexible scheduling and beautiful views that make your progress easy to see. Customize your layout, switch between display styles, and watch your streaks grow over time. Whether you're building better routines, breaking bad ones, or just trying to stay consistent, HabitKey keeps everything simple, motivating, and built around you. Consistency is key.

About

Dotted

Features
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Dotted is a calm, private habit notebook. One small dot a day, paper-textured pages, and quiet progress — instead of charts, badges, and noise. Keep your habits in one place. Mark the day with a dot. Add a note. Log a mood. Then close the app. QUIET BY DEFAULT Soft terracotta and paper. No streaks shouting at you, no leaderboards, no accounts to create. Dotted does not collect your habits. ONE DOT A DAY Tap to mark the day. The grid fills slowly. The app never tells you to do more. DAILY TASKS A quiet to-do list lives next to today's dots. Add a small task, check it off, or carry it to tomorrow. You can also keep a shared task with the person in your Shared Ritual. PHOTO JOURNAL Every day gets its own journal page. Write freely or follow three gentle prompts, add up to 10 photos, and pick a mood. Search past entries and keep your favorite days close. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Dotted has no accounts and no servers we own. Your habits, dots, notes, and moods stay on your device and sync only through your own iCloud. REVIEW AT YOUR PACE Browse the week, the month, or the year. See gentle stats — no shame, no graphs that pretend to know you. SHARED RITUALS Keep one small ritual together with someone you trust — like a daily walk, a stretch, or a check-in. Both tap a dot for the day; the ritual stays in sync between you. No public feed, no followers. You can leave at any time. QUIET REMINDERS & QUIET HOURS One gentle nudge if you want one. Set quiet hours to silence reminders at night. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep today's dots one glance away. GENTLE WEEKLY, MONTHLY, AND YEARLY REVIEWS Three quiet rooms to look back: the past week, the past month, the past year. Streaks, gentle stats, and a paper-textured year calendar. SHARE CARDS A quiet way to share a small win — turn a streak or a finished month into a paper-textured card you can save or send. MADE WITH CARE Dotted is built and maintained by Teddy App Labs. No advertising. We use product analytics and crash diagnostics to improve Dotted. ——— Dotted is free to download: three habits, the photo journal, mood and tasks are free. Optional Dotted Pro unlocks unlimited habits, reviews, share cards and more as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://dotted.day/privacy Terms of Use: https://dotted.day/terms

Screenshots

HabitKey4 screens
Dotted4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HabitKey at none against Dotted's 3. Dotted's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. HabitKey asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
HabitKey versus Dotted: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHabitKeyDotted
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas GliddenTeddy App Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

None

HabitKey

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dotted

Subscriptions2
  • Dotted Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Dotted Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dotted Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is HabitKey free?
HabitKey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dotted free?
Dotted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HabitKey or Dotted have ads?
Neither HabitKey nor Dotted shows ads.

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