Comparison

Dots vs Tiptoe

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

Head to head
About

Dots

Visualize your life, year, and day as calming dot grids to understand your time's progress and focus on what matters. This app offers a peaceful reminder, not a demanding productivity system, with customizable timelines and widgets.

Highlights
  • Life progress in weeks
  • Current year in days
  • Today in minutes
  • Automatic Dots Wallpaper
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Custom timelines
  • Private notes on days
Features
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Dots makes time visible, and intentional. It turns your life, year, and day into calm dot grids so you can see what has passed, what remains, and what is worth your attention now. Life Calendar shows your life in weeks. Year in Days shows the shape of the current year. Today in Minutes turns the day into a simple visual rhythm. Use Dots when you want a quiet reminder, not another productivity system. Open it for a quick check-in, use wallpaper to always have this insight, add widgets to keep time in sight, and create personal timelines for the seasons that matter: a trip, a project, a school term, a sabbatical, an anniversary, a move, or any private milestone. What you can do with Dots: - See life progress in weeks - Track the current year in days - View today as minutes - Add automatically updated Dots Wallpaper - Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Create custom timelines with Dots Plus - Add private notes to meaningful days - Choose premium color themes - Export polished Moment cards and videos Dots Plus is an optional one-time purchase. No subscription. Unlock it once to make Dots more personal, more visible, and easier to keep close. Dots is designed to stay calm: no streaks, no feed, no noise. Just a clear view of time so each day feels a little less abstract. Privacy Policy: https://lazy8.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tiptoe

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Tiptoe is the app for couples who want to run life together without tiptoeing around each other. It's free for both of you. The dishes, the vet appointment, the plans for Friday, the thing you've been meaning to bring up for two weeks. It all lives in one place you both can see, so nothing depends on one person remembering everything. RUN THE DAY TOGETHER See what's on today for both of you, side by side. Tasks, chores and plans in one view, color-coded so you always know what's yours, what's theirs, and what's shared. TASKS AND CHORES THAT DON'T NEED NAGGING Add a task, choose who owns it, and set a date in a few taps. Nudge your partner when something is overdue, and undo anything you checked off by mistake. Set repeating chores on the days that suit you, keep shared lists for groceries and packing, and see overdue items before they turn into a conversation. ONE CALENDAR FOR THE TWO OF YOU Everything you're each committed to, in one week or month view. Plans, appointments and check-ins, all in one place. YOUR WEEKLY CHECK-IN Add topics any time during the week, then sit down together. Work through your topics, capture decisions and turn next steps into tasks. Pause anytime and return to your shared recap. THANK-YOUS One tap when your partner handles something, with room to add a personal note. FREE FOR BOTH OF YOU Sign up free, no card needed. You share one space for two: tasks, recurring chores, lists, the calendar, thank-yous, reminders, and the weekly check-in. Your free account includes your first 30 tasks and chores. Every one you create counts, open or done, and deleting one doesn't give it back. TIPTOE PRO Go Pro whenever you want more. One plan, US $9.99/month, covers you both. Pro adds: • Unlimited tasks and chores • Insights: who carries what, your patterns over time and a weekly readback • Every past check-in, kept • Tiptoe in Apple or Google Calendar • Email tasks straight into Tiptoe One Pro subscription covers both partners. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your private tasks stay yours until you choose to share them, and we never sell your data or use it for ads. Tiptoe is not therapy or counseling. It's a shared place to plan everyday life, so you have more room for the rest of it. Tiptoe is free to use with no purchase. Tiptoe Pro is an optional auto-renewable subscription at US $9.99/month; one subscription covers both partners. When you upgrade, payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Pro renews monthly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tiptoe.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://tiptoe.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Dots4 screens
Tiptoe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tiptoe at every 4 days against Dots's fortnightly. Tiptoe also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Dots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Tiptoe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dots against 5.0 for Tiptoe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dots ships an update fortnightly, Tiptoe every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dots versus Tiptoe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotsTiptoe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLei GongJamison Cote

Customer experience

Dots

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tiptoe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dots

Subscriptions2
  • Dots Cloud$0.991 Month
  • Dots Cloud$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dots Plus Forever$2.99
2 purchases

Tiptoe

Subscriptions2
  • Tiptoe Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Tiptoe Pro Annual$59.001 Year

Questions

Is Dots free?
Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiptoe free?
Tiptoe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dots or Tiptoe?
Dots and Tiptoe are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Dots or Tiptoe have ads?
Neither Dots nor Tiptoe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dots or Tiptoe?
Dots ships an update fortnightly, and Tiptoe every 4 days. Most recently, Dots was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tiptoe on November 6, 2026.

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