Comparison

Pakari vs Dot

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

Head to head
About

Pakari

Features
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Pakari is the alarm for your workdays. It automatically skips your country's public holidays, so you never again wake up at 6 a.m. on a day you didn't have to. Set your alarm just once. Pakari knows the holiday calendar of 70+ countries (and your region, where it applies) and stays silent on those days. On workdays, it wakes you right on time. โ–  WHY PAKARI โ€ข It doesn't ring on your country's holidays โ€” automatic, nothing to do. โ€ข Choose your country and region: local holidays count too. โ€ข My holidays: is your country missing, or do you have your own holiday? Add it and it won't ring that day. โ€ข Wakes you for real: rings even on silent or in a Focus. โ€ข Unlimited alarms for different schedules and routines. โ€ข Exceptions and vacations: mark your own days off. โ€ข Soft, melodic tones designed to wake you gently. โ€ข Gradual wake-up: the volume rises little by little. โ€ข No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your iPhone. โ–  PAKARI PRO Try the full Pakari free for 7 days. Then continue with the yearly subscription or the one-time lifetime purchase. Your already-scheduled alarms will always keep ringing. Wake up only when you really have to. โ€” The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your account Settings. Privacy: https://dichris2901.github.io/Soluna/privacy.html Terms: https://dichris2901.github.io/Soluna/terms.html

About

Dot

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Dot is a to-do list you talk to, and its background is a real sky. Say or write one sentence: "move the dentist to Friday at 4", "add butter to the shopping list", "what's on today". Dot works out the time, the section and the reminder for you. ONE SENTENCE IS THE WHOLE INPUT Natural language dates in eight languages. Say it or type it, either works. Anything that touches more than one task shows you a preview before it happens, and every change can be undone. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY ARRIVE Notifications are sent by the server, not scheduled by the app, so a task you add on your laptop still reaches the phone in the other room. SHOPPING STAYS ONE TASK A list lives inside a task as items you tick off, not as twelve rows cluttering your day. SECTIONS THAT BUILD THEMSELVES Your labels become the shape of the list, ordered by what is most urgent rather than alphabetically. A BACKGROUND THAT IS AN ACTUAL SKY The time of day is worked out from the real elevation of the sun at your location, so the interface goes dark at dusk in December and stays light at eight in the evening in June. Weather bends the colours, and a task that takes you outside on a wet day gets an umbrella next to its time. There is no theme setting, because the sky is the setting. BRING YOUR REMINDERS WITH YOU One tap imports from Apple Reminders, with a sheet to choose which lists come across. Your iOS lists become sections. ONE ACCOUNT, PHONE AND BROWSER The same tasks on your iPhone and on the web, kept in step as you go. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pakari4 screens
Dot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dot at 17.0 against Pakari's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Pakari sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Dot sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pakari ships an update every 2 days, Dot daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Pakari versus Dot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPakariDot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size46 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiego RuedaForkflow sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pakari

Subscriptions2
  • Pakari Pro mensual$3.991 Month
  • Pakari Pro anual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pakari Pro de por vida$39.99
1 purchases

Dot

Subscriptions1
  • Go$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Pakari free?
Pakari is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dot free?
Dot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pakari or Dot have ads?
Neither Pakari nor Dot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pakari or Dot?
Pakari ships an update every 2 days, and Dot daily. Most recently, Pakari was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dot on October 31, 2026.

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