Comparison

Linejots vs Year in Pixels

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

Head to head
About

Linejots

Features
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Linejot is a one-sentence-per-day journal for people who want a private daily record without a long writing ritual. Tap a day, write up to 280 characters, add an optional emoji or photo, and move on. The monthly recap stitches your entries together into a plain-language snapshot of the month. Linejot keeps entries local on device. There is no account, no social feed, no ads, no analytics, and no subscription.

About

Year in Pixels

Features
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Year in Pixels turns your mood into a picture. Every day becomes one colored pixel, and over weeks and months your whole year fills in as a mood mosaic you can read at a glance. Checking in takes about five seconds: tap how you feel, and today's pixel paints itself. YOUR YEAR IN PIXELS - One colored tile for every day, from rough to great - Your whole year on one screen: good stretches, hard weeks, slow changes - Tap any day to see what you logged - Flip back to past years, and share your year as an image A 5-SECOND MOOD TRACKER - Pick a mood with one tap; add emotions, activities, energy or a note only if you want - Check in as often as you like, morning, evening or both - A gentle daily reminder at the time you choose MOOD CALENDAR & DAILY JOURNAL - Browse any month as a colored mood calendar - Your notes and tags stay with the day they belong to PATTERNS & INSIGHTS - Average mood, check-ins and streaks over 7, 30 and 90 days - A mood trend chart that shows where things are heading - See which activities and habits tend to go with your better days - A warm weekly recap and a deeper monthly analysis, written for you on your device HABITS ALONGSIDE YOUR MOOD - Track the habits that matter to you: exercise, sleep, reading, anything - Streaks and completion at a glance, right next to how you felt MAKE IT YOURS - Mosaic color themes to match your style - Export your entries as CSV or JSON anytime PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your check-ins live on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud - No account to create, no third-party tracking A calmer way to notice how you're really doing, one pixel a day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Linejots4 screens
Year in Pixels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Year in Pixels at Free against Linejots's $0.99. Linejots's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

Year in Pixels is free to download; Linejots costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Linejots ships an update every 3 days, Year in Pixels every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Linejots versus Year in Pixels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinejotsYear in Pixels
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert CorbinNeobile LLC

In-app purchases

None

Linejots

No in-app purchases

None

Year in Pixels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Linejots free?
Linejots costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Year in Pixels free?
Year in Pixels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Linejots or Year in Pixels have ads?
Neither Linejots nor Year in Pixels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Linejots or Year in Pixels?
Linejots ships an update every 3 days, and Year in Pixels every 2 months. Most recently, Linejots was updated on October 11, 2026 and Year in Pixels on October 15, 2026.

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