Comparison

Dotted vs Notch

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

Head to head
About

Dotted

This app offers a private and calm space to track daily habits, tasks, and moods with a focus on gentle progress. It features a photo journal, shared rituals with a trusted person, and quiet reminders, all without intrusive notifications or data collection.

Highlights
  • Private habit tracking
  • Daily task list
  • Photo journal with mood logging
  • Shared rituals with one person
  • Gentle weekly/monthly/yearly reviews
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Quiet reminders and quiet hours
Features
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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. PHOTO JOURNAL Every day gets its own journal page. Write freely or follow three gentle prompts, add up to 10 photos, and pick a mood. Search past entries and keep your favorite days close. 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 advertising. We use product analytics and crash diagnostics to improve Dotted. ——— Dotted is free to download: three habits, the photo journal, mood and tasks are free. Optional Dotted Pro unlocks unlimited habits, reviews, share cards and more as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://dotted.day/privacy Terms of Use: https://dotted.day/terms

About

Notch

This app helps you track progress towards any goal with a visual dot grid. It focuses on your achievements rather than daily streaks, eliminating guilt and encouraging consistent effort over time. Set deadlines and monitor your progress without pressure.

Highlights
  • Visual dot grid for goal progress
  • Customizable trackers (emoji, name, unit)
  • Optional deadlines with widget countdown
  • Overdue goal indicator
  • Home screen widget
  • Analytics
Features
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Notch turns any goal into a dot grid you fill in as you progress: no streaks, no daily requirement, no guilt. Tap when you make progress. Watch it fill up. Most goal apps are habit trackers with a new frame. Miss a day and your streak breaks. You feel bad. You stop opening the app. Notch works differently. Set a goal, any goal: 50 books, 1,000 km, $10,000 saved, a novel written. Pick how many steps it takes to get there. Tap each time you make progress. A dot lights up. Over weeks and months, your grid fills in. You see how far you've come. Not a percentage or a bar chart. A grid that grows each time you show up. Notch has no daily requirement. It doesn't track when you last opened it. Go a month without progress and nothing resets. Notch doesn't score your consistency. It records your progress. Set a deadline if you want one. Notch shows how much time remains on your widget and inside the app, without judgment. Missed your deadline? We'll gently mark it as overdue. Nothing resets. Nothing breaks. A home screen widget keeps your goals in front of you throughout the day; now showing days remaining for deadlines and overdue indicators at a glance. WHAT'S INCLUDED - Visual dot grid for any goal - Custom emoji, name, and unit per tracker (runs, kg, books, $, pages) - Optional deadlines with widget countdown - Overdue indicator for past-due goals - Home screen widget (Pro) - Analytics (Pro) - iCloud sync (Pro) - Backup and restore (Pro) - No account. No subscription. NOTCH PRO One purchase unlocks unlimited trackers, the home screen widget, analytics, iCloud sync, and backup. No recurring charges. Pay once for lifetime use.

Screenshots

Dotted4 screens
Notch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Notch at every 3 days against Dotted's weekly. Notch also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Dotted's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Notch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dotted against 5.0 for Notch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dotted ships an update weekly, Notch every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Dotted versus Notch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDottedNotch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeddy App Labs, LLCEkky Pramana

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dotted

Subscriptions2
  • Dotted Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Dotted Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dotted Pro Lifetime$99.99
1 purchases

Notch

One-time1
  • Notch Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Dotted free?
Dotted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notch free?
Notch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dotted or Notch?
Dotted and Notch are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dotted or Notch have ads?
Neither Dotted nor Notch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dotted or Notch?
Dotted ships an update weekly, and Notch every 3 days. Most recently, Dotted was updated on November 5, 2026 and Notch on November 5, 2026.

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