Comparison

Dot Vibe vs Amber

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

Head to head
About

Dot Vibe

Capture thoughts quickly in a private, offline journal organized into swipeable timelines. Keep personal, work, and creative ideas separate with a simple, distraction-free interface. Everything is stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Multiple timelines for life organization
  • Swipeable timeline navigation
  • Fast, lightweight writing
  • Local-only storage
  • Distraction-free design
  • Quick note capture
Features
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Dot Vibe is a private timeline notes app for thoughts you want to capture fast. Write quick notes, journal entries, reminders, ideas, and personal updates in swipeable timelines that help you keep different parts of life separate. Use one timeline for personal thoughts, another for work notes, another for creative ideas, travel plans, saved text, or daily reflection. Everything stays simple, fast, and easy to browse. Everything is stored locally on your device. No account. No cloud. No distractions. Just open Dot Vibe and write. Why people use Dot Vibe • Keep private notes offline • Capture ideas before they disappear • Journal in short entries instead of long pages • Save reusable text snippets to copy later • Separate personal, work, and creative thinking into different timelines Features • Multiple timelines for different parts of life • Swipe between timelines • Fast, lightweight writing experience • Copy any vibe instantly • Local-only storage on your device • Clean, distraction-free design Great for • quick notes • private journaling • daily logs • thought capture • reminders • mind dumps • saving captions, messages, or reusable text • personal, work, creative, and travel planning Dot Vibe feels like a private social feed for your own mind, without posting, accounts, pressure, or noise. If you want an offline notes app, a simple private journal, or a fast place to keep thoughts organized in timelines, Dot Vibe gives your words a quiet home.

About

Amber

A Markdown notes app designed for efficient writing and a clear reading experience. Organize notes in folders, search your library, and sync across Apple devices. Includes built-in tutorials for easy onboarding.

Highlights
  • Markdown styling as you type
  • Folder organization
  • Fast writing and calm reading view
  • Search across library
  • Photo attachments
  • iCloud syncing across devices
Features
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Your writing should stay yours—and remain easy to open with other tools. Amber is a Markdown document app that stores regular .md files in iCloud Drive. You can see the originals in the Files app on iPhone and iPad or in Finder on Mac, so your work never depends on a proprietary document format. Natural to write, clear to read Markdown markers appear when you need them, while headings, lists, quotes, links, images, checkboxes, and code blocks stay easy to read. Reading Mode lets you select and copy without worrying about accidental edits. Editing Mode gets you straight back to writing. Tables you can edit in place Amber turns Markdown tables into clear, editable grids. Change cells, add or remove rows and columns, choose header rows or columns, and adjust alignment without leaving the document. The source remains regular Markdown. Stay oriented in long documents Jump to any section with the heading navigator, or fold a heading to see only the shape of your document. Find within the current file, search your entire library, use line numbers, and move back or forward between documents. Keep a growing library organized Recent Documents, Favorites, and folders keep important files close. Choose a destination before creating a document or folder, then rename, move, delete, and restore items with a familiar flow on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Recover from accidental changes Amber can keep earlier contents in version history on the current device. Preview an older version, compare it with the current document, and restore the one you need. History is stored separately on each device rather than in iCloud, and its storage limit is under your control. Continue across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Your documents sync through iCloud Drive. Capture a thought on iPhone, shape a longer draft on iPad, and work with the original files in Finder on Mac. No separate Amber account is required. Amber includes an interface and built-in guides in Korean, English, Japanese, and Russian. Terms of Use and EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://drfranken.net/apps/amber/privacyPolicy_en.html

Screenshots

Dot Vibe4 screens
Amber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dot Vibe at Free against Amber's $2.99. Dot Vibe also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). Amber's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, 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

Dot Vibe is free to download; Amber costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dot Vibe against 5.0 for Amber. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot Vibe ships an update every 4 days, Amber fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dot Vibe versus Amber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot VibeAmber
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoah SmithDONGWOOK LEE

In-app purchases

None

Dot Vibe

No in-app purchases

None

Amber

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dot Vibe free?
Dot Vibe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Amber free?
Amber costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dot Vibe or Amber?
Dot Vibe and Amber are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Dot Vibe or Amber have ads?
Neither Dot Vibe nor Amber shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot Vibe or Amber?
Dot Vibe ships an update every 4 days, and Amber fortnightly. Most recently, Dot Vibe was updated on October 10, 2026 and Amber on October 24, 2026.

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