Comparison

Dotted vs DayTag

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

DayTag

This app offers a minimalist approach to tracking daily habits and activities. It focuses on quick, one-tap logging with no ads or cloud syncing, prioritizing user privacy and a clean interface. Visualize your progress with detailed trend analysis and heatmaps.

Highlights
  • 0.5-second quick logging
  • Calendar dot matrix view
  • Frequency trend analysis
  • 365-day heatmap
  • Local privacy and security
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • iOS liquid glass aesthetic
Features
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生活不该被繁琐的表单与多余的社交打扰。 DayTag 是一款专为「极简主义者」打造的日常打标与习惯追踪应用。 没有冗长的字段,没有恼人的广告推送,更没有把你的隐私上传至云端服务器的担忧。抬手轻触 0.5 秒,即可完成一次纯粹的生活归档。 【核心功能亮点】 ◆ 0.5 秒极速记录 单手即达,点按即标。运动、阅读、补水、冥想或工作专注……在任何心流时刻,用最轻的交互完成记录,绝不打扰你的专注状态。 ◆ 全景趋势与热力透视 - 日历点阵:当月出勤一览无余,支持主色调或数量热力呈现; - 频次走势:灵活切换 7天 / 1个月 / 3个月 / 6个月 / 今年 / 全年跨度,把握长短期节奏; - 全年热力图:类似代码提交风格的 365 天点阵,生动复盘一整年的坚持。 ◆ 真实习惯规律沉淀 告别虚假的样例!DayTag 根据你的真实出勤数据,动态计算连续坚持天数(Streak)、本周出勤完成度,并提炼近 30 天的高频微习惯,助你稳步达成生活目标。 ◆ 100% 纯本地隐私安全 你的日常轨迹完全属于你自己。所有打标记录仅保存在你设备的本地安全沙盒中,零第三方 SDK、零网络上传、零用户画像追踪。 ◆ Apple Watch 腕上同行 配套极简 Watch 记录界面。抬腕轻触,灵动触感反馈即刻确认,无需掏出手机,生活节奏随时捕捉。 ◆ iOS 26 液态玻璃美学 深度适配深色/浅色模式,悬浮药丸卡片与流动光泽,带来沉浸、赏心悦目的视觉体验。 --- 如果你也追求轻盈、纯粹且尊重隐私的记录工具,欢迎体验 DayTag。 如有任何反馈与建议,欢迎访问我们的支持页面或联系开发者:chenpeng.me@hotmail.com

Screenshots

Dotted4 screens
DayTag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DayTag at none against Dotted's 3. Dotted's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dotted sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. DayTag asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dotted versus DayTag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDottedDayTag
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeddy App Labs, LLC鹏 陈

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

DayTag

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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