Comparison

Payoff Dots vs Savebar

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

Head to head
About

Payoff Dots

Visualize and track your debt repayment progress with a unique dot-filling system. Monitor multiple debts, record payments, and see your balances decrease over time. Archive debts and use discreet widgets for a clear overview.

Highlights
  • Visual payoff dots for each debt
  • Progress tracking for individual and overall debts
  • Quick balance updates
  • Archive completed or paused debts
  • Discreet widgets without dollar amounts
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Light and dark appearance modes
Features
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Payoff Dots makes paying down debt feel visible and achievable. Add your balances, record updates, and watch each payment fill your payoff dots. The dashboard brings every active debt together while individual pages show exactly how far each balance has moved. FEATURES • Visual payoff dots for every debt • $100 dots for balances up to $25,000 and $1,000 dots above that • Overall and individual progress tracking • Quick balance check-ins • Archive completed or paused debts without deleting them • Discreet widgets that never show dollar amounts • Small, medium, and large widget layouts • Light and dark appearances designed for iPhone and iPad • Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad • No separate Payoff Dots account required FREE AND PRO The free version supports up to two active debts. Payoff Dots Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited active debts. There is no subscription and no advertising. PRIVACY Your debt information is stored on your devices and in your private iCloud database for syncing. Waypoint Labs LLC does not operate a separate debt-data server. Payoff Dots does not include advertising, third-party analytics, or tracking. Payoff Dots is a tracking tool and does not provide financial, lending, tax, or investment advice.

About

Savebar

Visually track your savings progress directly on your Home and Lock Screens. Easily add funds with customizable buttons and see your goals come to life. This app offers a private and ad-free experience for managing your financial aspirations.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets for progress tracking
  • Lock Screen widgets for quick updates
  • Tap-to-add amount buttons
  • Add photos and product links for goals
  • Edit or delete deposit history
  • Goal-specific currency options (Pro)
Features
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Savebar puts your savings progress where you'll see it every day — on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Set aside some money, tap an amount button like +$10 on the widget, and watch the bar move. No bank connection, no account, no subscription. You add what you've saved yourself; your goals and amounts stay on your iPhone. FREE • Small widget: one goal, its progress bar and percentage, and a button that adds your set amount without opening the app • Add a photo of what you're saving for — the Small widget shows it big • Paste a product link and the photo and name fill in for you • Save something from a shop page in Safari — or with the Share button — as a goal, with its photo, name and price • One goal — name, target amount and optional date • In the app, type any amount or tap one you use often • Every deposit is kept in a history you can edit or delete • With a date: how many days are left and how much to set aside per day • Your device's currency by default, changeable in Settings • A different currency for each goal • No ads SAVEBAR PRO — one-time purchase, no subscription • Unlimited goals: save for several things at once • Medium and Large widgets: several goals at once, with days left and per-day amounts, and up to two amount buttons for each • Lock Screen widgets: a ring with your percentage, what's left to go, and a one-line view • Apple Watch: add to a goal from your wrist with the same amount buttons, plus watch face complications PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Amounts, goal names and photos are never sent to us. Only when you enter a product link does the app load that store page directly. Anonymous usage events (like "a widget + was tapped") help improve the app; you can turn them off in Settings.

Screenshots

Payoff Dots4 screens
Savebar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Savebar at every 2 days against Payoff Dots's every 2 weeks. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Payoff Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Savebar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Payoff Dots ships an update every 2 weeks, Savebar every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Payoff Dots versus Savebar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPayoff DotsSavebar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaypoint Labs LLC UTMinari Taniguchi

Customer experience

Payoff Dots

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

Savebar

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Payoff Dots

One-time1
  • Payoff Dots Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Savebar

One-time1
  • Savebar Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Payoff Dots free?
Payoff Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Savebar free?
Savebar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Payoff Dots or Savebar have ads?
Neither Payoff Dots nor Savebar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Payoff Dots or Savebar?
Payoff Dots ships an update every 2 weeks, and Savebar every 2 days. Most recently, Payoff Dots was updated on October 29, 2026 and Savebar on October 29, 2026.

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