Comparison

One Dot vs TimeKeeper

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

TimeKeeper

Features
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Start... Stop... See where your time goes. Track any activity right from your Home Screen widget Become the master of your time! Choose what to track: - Work and study sessions - Side projects and hobbies - Reading, exercise, chores - Time online and time offline - Anything you want to understand better What you get in just a few taps: + See where your hours actually go + Spot your most (and least) productive habits + Understand how you really spend your day + Make better decisions with honest data + Stay focused on one thing at a time + Feel in control of your schedule Track everything with tags - Create a tag for anything — work, gym, guitar, deep work - Start and stop a session with a single tap - Add a note to any session so you never forget the details See your time in beautiful charts - A pie chart shows which tags take up your time at a glance - A bar chart reveals your distribution across the day, week, month or year - Switch between any week, month or year to compare Search everything you've logged - Capture quick notes on your sessions as you go - Search through all of them in the Details tab to find anything in seconds Powerful Home Screen widgets - Interactive widget — start or stop a session for any tag without opening the app - Weekly widget for a single tag, to watch one habit grow - Weekly widget for all tags, to see the full picture at once Make it yours - Unlock the full widget pack with a single one-time purchase - Personalise the app with 3 beautifully designed backgrounds Scenarios when TimeKeeper works best: - Working out where your work hours really go - Tracking how much you read, study or train - Building a new habit and staying consistent - Cutting back on the activities that eat your day - Checking whether your week matched your priorities - Finally answering "where did all my time go?" You probably don't think about where your time goes that often. The day just happens, right? But paying a little attention to how you actually spend your hours is the first step to spending them on what matters. Time is the one thing you can't get back. TimeKeeper helps you see it clearly — no guilt, no pressure, just simple sessions and honest charts that show the truth of your days and weeks. Start a session, get on with your life, and let TimeKeeper quietly build the picture. Then open the Insights tab to see exactly where it all went. Awareness is the first step to change. Take control of your time with TimeKeeper! TimeKeeper is free to download and use. The widget pack and the background designs are optional one-time purchases — no subscriptions, and no recurring charges, ever. Purchases are linked to your Apple Account and can be restored on your devices at any time. Make every hour count! What's included Free, forever: - Unlimited tags — track as many activities as you like - All charts and insights - Notes on any session - Search across all your session notes - Full editing of sessions and tags Optional one-time purchases: - Widgets — one purchase unlocks them all, the interactive widget and every insight widget together - Backgrounds — one purchase unlocks the entire design collection Just two purchases, both one-time. No subscriptions, no recurring charges, ever. Everything is linked to your Apple Account and restores across your devices anytime. Privacy Policy: https://www.appsupport.com.tr/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

One Dot4 screens
TimeKeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: One Dot at 17.0 against TimeKeeper's 26.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 TimeKeeper 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, TimeKeeper every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
One Dot versus TimeKeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne DotTimeKeeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniil KartsevOzlem AKBUDAK

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

TimeKeeper

One-time2
  • Unlock Widgets$0.99
  • Unlock Designs$0.99

Questions

Is One Dot free?
One Dot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeKeeper free?
TimeKeeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do One Dot or TimeKeeper have ads?
Neither One Dot nor TimeKeeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, One Dot or TimeKeeper?
One Dot ships an update every 2 weeks, and TimeKeeper every 11 days. Most recently, One Dot was updated on October 13, 2026 and TimeKeeper on October 11, 2026.

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