Comparison

Clutter vs Life Dots

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

Head to head
About

Clutter

This app helps you manage and organize the screenshots you take on your device. Easily review, sort, and save important images into custom folders, with options to add tags and notes for quick retrieval. It also allows direct saving from the share sheet and keeps your data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Screenshot cleanup
  • Quick review and sort
  • Folder organization
  • Tagging and notes
  • Direct saving from share sheet
  • On-device processing
  • Customizable themes
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Screenshots piling up? Things to read later. Things you want to buy. Places you want to visit. Little things you want to remember. Screenshots are easy to save. Organizing them? Not so much. ◆ Clutter makes screenshot cleanup simple. Clear what you don’t need. Keep what matters. Find it again when you need it. You don’t have to clean up everything at once. Just start with a few. ◆ Quickly review and sort Go through screenshots one by one. Delete, save for later, or move to a folder. All from one screen. ◆ Keep screenshots in folders Shopping, travel, restaurants, ideas—or anything you want. Add tags and notes to find things faster. ◆ Browse them anytime See screenshots by folder. Or flip through them one by one. You can even copy text directly from a screenshot. ◆ Save right after capture Use the Share button to save directly to Clutter. No need to open the app. ◆ Make Clutter yours Choose your home artwork, theme, and app icon. Organizing can be cute, too. ◆ Your photos stay on your device Clutter doesn’t upload your photos or screenshots to external servers. Your photos are processed on your device. Thousands of screenshots? That’s okay. Start small. Clear a few today. Turn screenshot clutter into something you can find again.

About

Life Dots

Visualize your life's progress through a simple grid of dots representing your day, month, year, or lifespan. A home screen widget provides a constant reminder to make the most of your time and stay motivated.

Highlights
  • Visualize time progression
  • Day, month, year, lifespan views
  • Home screen widget
  • Lock screen widget
  • Motivation and urgency reminder
Features
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Life Dots helps you visualize your life in dots. See how much of your day, month, year, or expected lifespan has passed through a simple grid of dots. Add a widget to keep it visible on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. It’s easy to take time for granted without realizing how quickly it passes. When you need a little urgency or motivation, simply open the app or glance at your widget for a reminder to make the most of your time.

Screenshots

Clutter4 screens
Life Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life Dots at none against Clutter's 1. Life Dots also leads on ads (none vs shown). Clutter's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Clutter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Life Dots asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Clutter against 5.0 for Life Dots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Clutter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Life Dots's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clutter ships an update every 2 days, Life Dots weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Clutter versus Life Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClutterLife Dots
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (48 ratings)5.0 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews94.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhayoung jinTHE DIGITAL MINIMALIST PTE. LTD.

Customer experience

Clutter

All ratings48 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative1.8%

Life Dots

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clutter

One-time1
  • Clutter Pro Lifetime$2.99
None

Life Dots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clutter free?
Clutter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Life Dots free?
Life Dots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clutter or Life Dots?
Clutter and Life Dots are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 48 and 28 ratings respectively.
Do Clutter or Life Dots have ads?
Clutter shows ads; Life Dots does not.
Which is updated more often, Clutter or Life Dots?
Clutter ships an update every 2 days, and Life Dots weekly. Most recently, Clutter was updated on October 19, 2026 and Life Dots on October 13, 2026.

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