Dotted vs Routine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dotted
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Dotted is a calm, private habit notebook. One small dot a day, paper-textured pages, and quiet progress — instead of charts, badges, and noise. Keep your habits in one place. Mark the day with a dot. Add a note. Log a mood. Then close the app. QUIET BY DEFAULT Soft terracotta and paper. No streaks shouting at you, no leaderboards, no accounts to create. Dotted does not collect your habits. ONE DOT A DAY Tap to mark the day. The grid fills slowly. The app never tells you to do more. DAILY TASKS A quiet to-do list lives next to today's dots. Add a small task, check it off, or carry it to tomorrow. You can also keep a shared task with the person in your Shared Ritual. DAILY NOTE & MOOD Capture a single line. Pick a mood. Look back through the year on a paper-textured calendar. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Dotted has no accounts and no servers we own. Your habits, dots, notes, and moods stay on your device and sync only through your own iCloud. REVIEW AT YOUR PACE Browse the week, the month, or the year. See gentle stats — no shame, no graphs that pretend to know you. SHARED RITUALS Keep one small ritual together with someone you trust — like a daily walk, a stretch, or a check-in. Both tap a dot for the day; the ritual stays in sync between you. No public feed, no followers. You can leave at any time. QUIET REMINDERS & QUIET HOURS One gentle nudge if you want one. Set quiet hours to silence reminders at night. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep today's dots one glance away. GENTLE WEEKLY, MONTHLY, AND YEARLY REVIEWS Three quiet rooms to look back: the past week, the past month, the past year. Streaks, gentle stats, and a paper-textured year calendar. SHARE CARDS A quiet way to share a small win — turn a streak or a finished month into a paper-textured card you can save or send. MADE WITH CARE Dotted is built and maintained by Teddy App Labs. No tracking SDKs, no advertising, no third-party analytics shipped with the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.teddyapplabs.com/dotted/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.teddyapplabs.com/dotted/terms-of-service
Routine
This app provides curated daily routines inspired by disciplined individuals. It offers a system for building habits with pre-built schedules, a focus timer, and progress tracking. Features include streaks, achievements, reflections, and Apple Watch integration.
- Curated Icon Routines
- Pomodoro Focus Timer
- Streaks & Consistency Heatmap
- XP, Levels & Achievements
- Reflections & Journal
- Apple Watch Companion
- Smart Reminders
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Routine is the habit tracker built for people who are serious about discipline. Follow curated daily routines inspired by the world's most disciplined icons — athletes, entrepreneurs, and thinkers who've mastered their mornings, focus, and consistency. Routine isn't just a checklist. It's a system. — WHY ROUTINE? — Most habit apps give you a blank page. Routine gives you a blueprint. Pick a protocol from our curated Icon library, and get a pre-built daily schedule of habits — timed, ordered, and ready to follow. No setup paralysis. Just start. — FEATURES — ▸ CURATED ICON ROUTINES Browse protocols inspired by elite performers. Each Icon comes with a complete daily routine — wake up times, workouts, meditation, reading, and more. Activate one and make it yours. ▸ POMODORO FOCUS TIMER Deep work sessions with a built-in Pomodoro timer. See your focus phase, block count, and earn XP for every minute of concentrated effort. Distraction-free by design. ▸ STREAKS & CONSISTENCY HEATMAP Your streak is sacred. Track consecutive days of discipline with a visual calendar heatmap that shows your consistency over weeks and months. Never break the chain. ▸ XP, LEVELS & ACHIEVEMENTS Every completed habit earns XP. Level up from Beginner to Master. Unlock achievement badges along the way. Your discipline finally has a scoreboard. ▸ REFLECTIONS & JOURNAL After completing a habit, capture what you learned. Write reflections that stick. Or use the personal journal for longer-form notes and thoughts — all in one place. ▸ APPLE WATCH COMPANION Check off habits, view your daily schedule, and run focus timers directly from your wrist. Your routine goes wherever you do. ▸ SMART REMINDERS Never miss a habit. Schedule notifications for each habit at the exact time you need them. Customize per habit, per day. ▸ NIGHT OWL MODE Your day doesn't end at midnight? Routine's grace period ensures late-night habits still count toward today's streak. Built for real life. — THE ROUTINE DIFFERENCE — Other apps track what you do. Routine shows you what to do. Instead of starting from scratch, you learn from the best. Instead of guessing which habits matter, you follow proven protocols. Instead of forgetting why you started, you reflect and journal your progress. — PREMIUM — Routine is free to use with core habit tracking. Routine Pro unlocks: • Unlimited Icon routines • Full journal & reflection history • Advanced stats & achievement system • Apple Watch companion • Priority support Start with a free trial. Cancel anytime. Ready to stop wishing and start building? Download Routine and follow your first elite protocol today. Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-35e1e95b550680e8a158fd7e24ec0080?source=copy_link Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://www.notion.so/Support-35e1e95b550680958230d2322ea12b19
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Dotted at 5 against Routine's —. On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Routine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Dotted | Routine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teddy App Labs, LLC | Redouan Afoulous |
In-app purchases
Dotted
- Dotted Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Dotted Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Dotted Pro Lifetime$99.99
Routine
- Routine Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Routine Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









