Comparison

Dimmly vs ShotMark

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

Head to head
About

Dimmly

Organize your life with a task and habit tracker designed for long-term use. Build lists, set recurring tasks, and track daily progress. Seamlessly syncs across iPhone and Mac, offering a clean interface with essential features.

Highlights
  • iCloud sync across iPhone and Mac
  • Scoreboard for game tracking
  • Streaks for multi-completion tasks
  • Add full notes and sub-steps to tasks
  • CSV import & export
  • Daily repeating tasks
  • Native Mac app
Features
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Dimmly is the task and habit tracker you'll actually stick with — now on iPhone and Mac with iCloud sync. Build your lists, set alarms, repeat tasks automatically, and track how many times you complete them each day with Streaks. Track your subscriptions, count down to the days that matter, add up expenses, and keep score on game night. Every feature you need — nothing you don't. 7 list types: • List — a simple checklist. Swipe to complete. • Ranked — your items numbered 1, 2, 3… • Grocery — shopping mode with quantities on every item • Sum — add amounts and watch the running total. Great for expenses. • Subs — track subscriptions: price, renewal date, and your monthly total • Countdown — count the days to trips, birthdays, deadlines • Score — a scoreboard for board and card games: rounds, totals, rankings Features: • iCloud sync — your lists stay in sync across iPhone and Mac • Reminders hub — everything with an alarm, from any list, in one place • Streaks — complete a task multiple times per day and track your progress • Big Notes — add full notes to any task • Checklists — break any task into sub-steps • Alarms with quick options — 1 hour, 3 hours, tomorrow • Repeats — daily, weekly on the days you pick, monthly, yearly • Siri — add items with your voice • Pull down to add tasks instantly • Swipe to complete, swipe to delete • Undo anything within 4 seconds • CSV import & export • 25 handpicked color palettes — or create your own • Home screen widgets • Native Mac app with full keyboard and mouse support • Available in 8 languages • No subscription — unlock unlimited lists once, yours forever

About

ShotMark

Organize your screenshots into searchable notes and folders. Quickly find important information without endless scrolling. Export your organized content as clean shareable images.

Highlights
  • Save screenshots with notes
  • Organize into folders
  • OCR text detection
  • Instant search
  • Clean export to images
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Save the screenshot. Keep the reason. ShotMark keeps screenshots and their context together. Save ideas, receipts, conversations and references as cards, add notes, and find them again without searching through your photo library. KEEP THE CONTEXT Add notes, voice notes and reminders to screenshot cards. Keep related screenshots together in one card. ORGANISE YOUR LIBRARY Browse in Grid or List, pin important cards, and group screenshots into Collections. Archive cards without deleting their content, then restore them when you need them. Select several cards to move, pin, archive or delete them together. With Pro, use Projects to organise Collections and individual cards. FIND WHAT YOU SAVED Search titles, notes and tags. Detect and copy text from screenshots, with OCR search available in Pro. SHARE AND SYNC Export cards as images to share. Pro adds watermark-free export and optional iCloud sync across your Apple devices. Pro access is required on each platform used for sync. MAKE IT YOURS Choose Light, Dark or System appearance. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Portugal), Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. START FREE, UPGRADE WHEN YOU NEED MORE Save up to 12 cards free on iPhone and iPad. Archived cards count toward this limit. Pinning, archiving, multi-select and Collection moves are included free. Pro adds unlimited saved cards, Project organisation, OCR search, iCloud sync and watermark-free export. PRO THAT FITS YOUR DEVICES Choose iPhone & iPad Pro, Mac Pro, or All Platforms Pro covering iPhone, iPad and Mac. Eligible existing Pro owners can add the other platform with an owner discount through the App Store. Each option is a one-time purchase, with no subscription. Prices are shown in your local App Store currency. No ShotMark account is required.

Screenshots

Dimmly4 screens
ShotMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Dimmly at free against ShotMark's free with in-app purchases. Dimmly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Dimmly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ShotMark sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dimmly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dimmly ships an update every 5 days, ShotMark every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dimmly versus ShotMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDimmlyShotMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEduardo PinillosZhen Chyi Lee

Customer experience

Dimmly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ShotMark

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dimmly

One-time2
  • Dimmly Pro — Welcome Offer$6.99
  • Dimmly Pro$9.99
3 purchases

ShotMark

One-time3
  • Unlock Pro$2.99
  • ShotMark Mac Unlocked$5.99
  • ShotMark Pro — All Platforms$6.99

Questions

Is Dimmly free?
Dimmly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShotMark free?
ShotMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dimmly or ShotMark?
Dimmly is rated higher. Dimmly averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while ShotMark averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Dimmly or ShotMark have ads?
Neither Dimmly nor ShotMark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dimmly or ShotMark?
Dimmly ships an update every 5 days, and ShotMark every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dimmly was updated on October 31, 2026 and ShotMark on October 31, 2026.

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