Dotted vs Magnet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ 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 โ 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 โ no shame, no graphs that pretend to know you. SHARED RITUALS Keep one small ritual together with someone you trust โ 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 โ 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. โโโ 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 โ [your name] โ Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://dotted.day/privacy Terms of Use: https://dotted.day/terms
Magnet
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Magnet turns your everyday to-dos into little paper magnets on a warm, cozy board โ the calm, charming alternative to yet another cold checklist app. Jot something down and it becomes a cute sticky note stuck to your board, complete with washi tape, push-pins, and soft paper textures. Snap a photo and it lands as a framed polaroid โ or lift the subject out into a die-cut sticker. Doodle a quick sketch and pin it up. It's your fridge door, in your pocket. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT โข Notes that feel handmade โ every magnet is a warm paper sticker with tape, pins, and gentle shadows. Nothing generic. โข One line, many magnets โ write "buy oranges, water plants, call mom" and Magnet splits it into three, each with a matching little icon. โข Photos become magnets โ snap or upload a picture for a framed polaroid, or lift the subject cleanly out into a sticker (all on-device). โข Doodle magnets โ sketch something by hand and stick it on. โข Arrange your way โ drag magnets anywhere, resize, tilt, and shake your phone to shuffle the board. Pick from cozy surfaces: dotted, grid, paper, fridge, corkboard, or a starry night. โข A gentle calendar โ tap any day to plan ahead, and look back on everything you've finished. โข Lock Screen widget & Live Activity โ glance at today's magnets, and check one off, without opening the app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no cloud. Your notes are yours. MAGNET PLUS A single, one-time purchase (no subscription, ever) unlocks: โข Unlimited magnets โข Photo cut-outs (lift the subject from any photo) โข Every future update The free version is genuinely useful โ keep a boardful of magnets, plan your calendar, and enjoy the whole cozy experience. Plus is there when you want more room and the photo magic. Made with care by one indie developer who loves cozy, tactile things. Thanks for giving Magnet a home on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Magnet at every 4 days against Dotted's weekly. Dotted's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Magnet sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dotted ships an update weekly, Magnet every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dotted | Magnet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teddy App Labs, LLC | Minh Kha Pham |
In-app purchases
Dotted
- Dotted Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Dotted Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Dotted Pro Lifetime$99.99
Magnet
- Magnet Plus (Launch Offer)$6.99
- Magnet Plus$9.99









