Comparison

Widgetik vs DOTS

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

Head to head
About

Widgetik

Personalize your iPhone Home and Lock Screens with a wide array of aesthetic and interactive widgets. Track habits, monitor progress, display photos, and stay organized with customizable designs that match your style.

Highlights
  • Interactive widgets for daily routines
  • Log progress directly from widgets
  • Apple Health integration
  • Advanced customization options
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Variety of widget types
Features
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Beautiful, interactive widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and iPad. Log water, check off habits and tasks, start a focus session or feed your aquarium fish right from the widget, without opening the app. Then make every widget your own with colors, gradients and fonts, or let your wallpaper show through. HABITS & WELLNESS • Habit Tracker: tick off daily habits with a tap and keep your streak going. • Habit Streak: your current streak and this week at a glance. • Habit Counter (Premium): count sets, reps or any daily goal, one tap at a time. • Hydration: log water in one tap and follow your daily goal. • Mindfulness: track meditation, breathing and mindful minutes. • Focus Timer (Premium): start, pause and reset focus sessions from the widget. • Step Counter: your daily steps from Apple Health. PLAN YOUR DAY • Agenda & Day Planner (Premium): see what's on now, how long until your next event, and the days ahead. • Daily Dashboard: time, your next countdown, steps, water and mindfulness in one widget. • Interactive Checklist: keep tasks, routines and groceries on your Home Screen and check them off there. • Event Countdown: count down to trips, birthdays, exams and big moments. • Upcoming Birthdays (Premium): upcoming birthdays, ages and days remaining. • Month Calendar and Week Strip: the month or the current week at a glance. • Progress Tracker: see how far through the week, month, season or year you are, or follow a step or personal goal. CLOCKS • Digital Watch, Analog Watch and Emoji Clock: a clock face in your style. • World Clock: the time in the cities you care about. JUST FOR FUN • Aquarium: a small tank of fish to feed and keep clean. • Zen Garden (Premium): water your plant and watch it grow. • Daily Quote and Daily Inspiration: a fresh quote every day. • Photo: pin a favorite photo or rotate through a collection. • Moon Phase: follow the current lunar phase. • Battery: your battery level at a glance. LOCK SCREEN, CONTROL CENTER & IPAD • Lock Screen widgets for the date, calendar, progress, steps, water, battery and world time. • Control Center controls to log water, check off a habit or start a focus session. • Extra Large widgets on iPad for Agenda, Aquarium and Daily Dashboard. MAKE IT YOURS Choose solid colors or gradients, themes, fonts and text colors, and see every change in a live preview. With Transparent Backgrounds (Premium), Agenda, Daily Quote and Battery blend into your wallpaper: take two screenshots and Widgetik lines each widget up with the wallpaper behind it. APPLE HEALTH Widgetik uses HealthKit to show your steps and, if you turn it on, to save water you log in Widgetik to Apple Health. WIDGETIK PREMIUM Widgetik is free to download and includes ads. A one-time Premium purchase removes ads and unlocks Agenda, Upcoming Birthdays, Habit Counter, Focus Timer, Zen Garden, extra fonts, custom text colors and Transparent Backgrounds. No subscription. Your habits, health data, calendar and photos stay on your device.

About

DOTS

This minimalist widget visually tracks the progress of your day, week, month, and year. It serves as a daily reminder to make the most of your time, offering customization options for colors and custom dates.

Highlights
  • Track day, week, month, and year progress
  • Customizable colors for dots and background
  • Add custom dates for specific goals
  • Minimalist home screen widget design
  • Designed for reflection on time usage
Features
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A small, daily reminder to make the time count. DOTS:. is a minimalist home screen widget that shows what percentage of your day, week, month, and year has already passed — and how much is still ahead. FEATURES • Track day, week, month, and year progress • Pick any color for the dots and background to match your home screen • Add a custom date to count toward something that matters DESIGNED FOR REFLECTION Time is the only resource you can't earn back. DOTS:. keeps it beautifully visible so you can decide what to do with it. Drop it on your home screen. A year is shorter than you think.

Screenshots

Widgetik4 screens
DOTS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Widgetik at Free against DOTS's $1.99. Widgetik also leads on ratings volume (63 vs 1). DOTS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

Widgetik is free to download; DOTS costs $1.99 up front. Widgetik sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DOTS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DOTS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widgetik has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Widgetik versus DOTS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgetikDOTS
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.6 (63 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1817.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANDREI RUSTIJonathan Rallison

Customer experience

Widgetik

All ratings63 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

DOTS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Widgetik

One-time1
  • Premium version$1.99
None

DOTS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Widgetik free?
Widgetik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DOTS free?
DOTS costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Widgetik or DOTS?
DOTS is rated higher. Widgetik averages 4.6 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while DOTS averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Widgetik or DOTS have ads?
Widgetik shows ads; DOTS does not.

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