Comparison

Dotted vs Centred

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

Centred

Features
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Centred is a productivity and wellness companion built for ADHD brains - and for anyone who finds traditional productivity apps overwhelming. At its heart is Matthew, a gentle AI assistant who helps you brain-dump the chaos, prioritise what matters, plan meals, build habits, and stay grounded through challenging days. No streaks. No shame spirals. No aggressive notifications. Just kind, considered support that meets you where you are. WHAT'S INSIDE - Brain Dump - Pour out everything on your mind. Matthew sorts the noise into tasks, ideas, and gentle reminders. - Tasks & North Star - Set a guiding goal, break it into small steps, and track progress without pressure. Your garden grows as you do. - Kitchen - Meal suggestions, shopping lists built from what you have, and one-tap hand-off to the store. Eating well shouldn't be a project. - Focus Sessions - Pomodoro-style work blocks with optional breathing breaks. Designed for minds that need rhythm, not rigidity. - Mood Check-ins - Quick check-ins with personalised advice from Matthew. Track how you actually feel, not how you should feel. - Matthew Chat - Talk through challenges, ask for advice, or just vent. Matthew listens without judgement. CENTRED PREMIUM Unlock unlimited Matthew conversations and advanced features: - Unlimited daily AI messages (free tier: 10/day) - Voice brain dump - Advanced meal planning with real recipes Monthly subscription $4.99/month, annual $39.99/year (saving 33%). Both include a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled - manage anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. The free plan is forever; Premium is optional. PRIVACY Your data is yours. We use Firebase Auth (Sign in with Google or Apple) and store your data privately in Firestore. We never sell your data. We never train AI models on your conversations. Full privacy policy at centred.potfiction.com/privacy. Centred is built by Potfiction, makers of small, considered apps for life's bigger moments.

Screenshots

Dotted4 screens
Centred4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Centred at none against Dotted's 3. Centred also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Dotted's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price 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. Centred asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Dotted versus Centred: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDottedCentred
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeddy App Labs, LLCJaco Rossouw

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
None

Centred

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dotted free?
Dotted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Centred free?
Centred is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dotted or Centred have ads?
Neither Dotted nor Centred shows ads.

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