Comparison

Visual Time vs Nearly There

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

Head to head
About

Visual Time

Visualize your progress through the day, week, month, and year with a simple dotted line. Set daily intentions and countdowns to important events. Keep your sense of time tangible and focused across your devices.

Highlights
  • Day, week, month, year progress visualization
  • Daily intention setting
  • Custom countdowns
  • iCloud sync
  • Home screen widgets
  • Mac menu bar app
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Dotted Line shows you exactly where you are in time, right now, and helps you decide what to do with what’s left. How far through the day are you? The week? The month? The year? Most of us have a vague sense, but Dotted Line makes it concrete. A simple row of dots, a percentage, and suddenly time feels real. Set a daily intention, count down to what matters, and keep your sense of time visible across iPhone, iPad and Mac. WHAT YOU GET · Day, week, month, and year progress. · Daily intention: set your focus each morning. · Custom countdowns for trips, deadlines, launches, birthdays, and anything you’re looking forward to. · Optional iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac. · Daily reminder to keep you grounded. · Clean, minimal design that stays out of your way. · Light, dark, or system theme. · iPhone, iPad and Mac app included. DOTTED LINE PREMIUM · Home screen widgets: glance at your time without opening the app. · Countdown widgets: keep your next event visible. · Custom colors: make it yours. · Mac menu bar app: keep your timeline, intention, or countdown visible from the menu bar. One-time purchase. No subscription. Ever.

About

Nearly There

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Hate your job? Nearly There doesn't pretend otherwise. It's a shift countdown app built for people counting down the minutes, not chasing wellness points. Set your shift, watch the "% of BS completed" bar climb, and get a quote that either motivates you or tells you the truth — your choice. WHAT IT DOES — Live shift countdown with a real-time BS% bar — Nested meters: today, this week, this month, and your entire working life — A quick mood check-in at the end of each shift, logged with faces that get progressively more unimpressed — Notes: jot down the BS moments and the (rare) funny ones — History: see your week at a glance, your best and worst days, and how this week's shaping up against last week — A quote card with two moods — Motivation, if you need the push, or Realist, if you don't — An optional 18+ uncensored quote pack, for when "keep going!" doesn't cut it NEARLY THERE PRO Free gets you the full daily loop — the countdown, the meters, the mood log, the notes. Free forever, not a trial. Pro unlocks the bigger picture: your full mood and notes history, a live money-earned ticker for your shift, a retirement countdown, and escape countdowns for your next day off and any leave you've got booked. Two ways to unlock it — a one-off "Resignation Letter" purchase, or a cheaper "Annual Retainer" with a 7-day free trial. No monthly plan. No surprises. PRIVACY No account. No login. No ads, ever. Nothing about your shifts, your mood, or your pay ever leaves your phone. We don't monetise you the sleazy way — that's what the purchase is for. Nearly There isn't a self-care app. It's workwear. Privacy: https://fabulous-kitsune-e2d757.netlify.app Terms: https://celadon-rabanadas-9bd9d9.netlify.app

Screenshots

Visual Time4 screens
Nearly There4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nearly There at 15.1 against Visual Time's 17.0. 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. Visual Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nearly There sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Time ships an update every 2 weeks, Nearly There weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Visual Time versus Nearly There: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual TimeNearly There
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNikola Novakovicjacob lines

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Time

One-time1
  • Dotted Time$1.99
2 purchases

Nearly There

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Retainer7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Resignation Letter$9.99

Questions

Is Visual Time free?
Visual Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nearly There free?
Nearly There is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visual Time or Nearly There have ads?
Neither Visual Time nor Nearly There shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Time or Nearly There?
Visual Time ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nearly There weekly. Most recently, Visual Time was updated on October 6, 2026 and Nearly There on September 20, 2026.

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