Notch vs TapTrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Visual dot grid for goal progress
- Customizable trackers (emoji, name, unit)
- Optional deadlines with widget countdown
- Overdue goal indicator
- Home screen widget
- Analytics
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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.
TapTrail
Track habits, reps, or any countable item directly from your Home Screen. This app allows quick increments or decrements via widgets, automatically resetting counters on a schedule and saving all changes to a detailed history. Analyze trends with a simple analytics view, all without opening the application.
- Home screen widget for direct interaction
- Automatic counter resets
- Detailed history logging
- Simple analytics and trend view
- Recurring counter options
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Count anything from your Home Screen - habits, reps, water, prayers, a tally - without ever opening the app. A tap is a dot; your taps leave a trail you can look back on. • Tap a home-screen widget to increment or decrement - the app never opens. • Normal or recurring counters (daily, weekly, or every N days) that auto-reset on schedule - each reset saved to history. • Every change and reset is kept in a clean history you can filter by All / Logs / Resets and by date. • A simple analytics view shows the count at each reset, with trends. • Always free. No ads, no account, no tracking - all on device. iOS 26 Liquid Glass, light & dark.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TapTrail at none against Notch's 1. Notch's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Notch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TapTrail asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notch against 5.0 for TapTrail. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Notch ships an update every 3 days, TapTrail weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notch | TapTrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ekky Pramana | Mustafa Aslanov |
In-app purchases
Notch
- Notch Pro$9.99
TapTrail
No in-app purchases
