Comparison

One Dot vs GeekScan

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

Head to head
About

One Dot

Visualize your life, habits, and events on your lock screen with auto-updating calendar wallpapers. Track your progress, journal entries, and upcoming events without opening an app. Customize your look with various themes, shapes, and backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Auto-updating lock screen wallpapers
  • Visual life grid calendar
  • Habit streak tracking
  • Journal visualization
  • Countdown and agenda display
  • Customizable widgets
  • Multiple themes and shapes
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Turn passing time into something you can see whenever you pick up your iPhone. One Dot creates customizable, auto-updating Lock Screen wallpapers and widgets for your year, habits, journal, agenda, reminders, steps, and goals. PLAN YOUR DAY, YOUR WAY • See Apple Calendar events in Daily, Week Card, Week + Today, circular Sectograph, vertical Timeline, or Monthly layouts • Turn Apple Reminders lists into Daily, Minimal, Week + Today, or four-list Matrix wallpapers • Keep the right note close by showing any journal text as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen SEE PROGRESS AT A GLANCE • View your life in weeks or your year as 365 dots • Track habits, streaks, journal entries, and moods • Follow countdowns, Apple Health steps, or revenue from Stripe and RevenueCat • Add interactive Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets 16 VISUAL MODES Life, Year, Season, Quarter, Month, Week, Countdown, Agenda, To-Do, Notes, Journal, Mood, Habits, Steps, Revenue, and Astro. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from a wide range of themes, dot shapes, colors, and layouts. Adjust size, spacing, placement, opacity, labels, stats, and backgrounds. Use a solid color, gradient, preset, or your own photo. Save multiple wallpaper setups for different parts of your life. AUTOMATIC DAILY REFRESH Set up the included Shortcuts automation once and your wallpaper can update each day, keeping your progress, calendar, and reminders current. BUILT FOR PRIVACY One Dot requires no account or proprietary cloud sync. Personal content is processed on your device, and optional integrations are accessed only with your permission. Limited product analytics and diagnostics help improve the app. START FREE The free version includes Life, Year, Journal, and Habits modes, plus core customization. One Dot Premium unlocks all 16 modes, more themes and shapes, advanced widgets, multiple wallpaper slots, and full customization. Make every day visible with One Dot. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

GeekScan

Features
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GeekScan is a fast, offline-first tool for barcode scanning, text recognition, and barcode generation, designed for users who value accuracy, control, and structured data processing. All features run locally on the device with no internet connection required, no tracking, and no ads. Supports scanning a wide range of common barcode and QR code formats, including QR, Aztec, Data Matrix, PDF417, Micro QR, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-E, ITF, GS1 DataBar series, MSI Plessey, and more. Supported barcode formats and recognition performance may vary depending on the device and system version. Also supports generating QR, Aztec, PDF417, Data Matrix, Micro QR, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-E, ITF, MSI, and GS1 DataBar series barcodes. Text recognition runs fully offline and supports multiple languages, including English (US), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. - Standard Mode: Uses the system built-in text recognition capability, suitable for everyday text extraction. - High Precision Mode: Includes an optimized model designed for Chinese and Japanese scenarios, ideal for extracting text from screenshots or long screenshots with higher recognition accuracy. All results are stored locally for quick access and reuse.

Screenshots

One Dot4 screens
GeekScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GeekScan at every 3 days against One Dot's every 2 weeks. GeekScan also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. One Dot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and GeekScan sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

One Dot ships an update every 2 weeks, GeekScan every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
One Dot versus GeekScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne DotGeekScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniil Kartsev非 吴

In-app purchases

3 purchases

One Dot

Subscriptions2
  • One Dot Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • One Dot Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • One Dot Premium Lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

GeekScan

One-time2
  • Support GeekScan$0.99
  • Additional Support$2.99

Questions

Is One Dot free?
One Dot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GeekScan free?
GeekScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do One Dot or GeekScan have ads?
Neither One Dot nor GeekScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, One Dot or GeekScan?
One Dot ships an update every 2 weeks, and GeekScan every 3 days. Most recently, One Dot was updated on October 13, 2026 and GeekScan on October 24, 2026.

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