Comparison

Weekender vs Dots Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Weekender

This app provides a clear view of your upcoming weekends, highlighting free time for planning trips and events. It integrates with your existing calendars and allows for custom holiday and vacation day tracking. Focus solely on your weekend plans without weekday distractions.

Highlights
  • Weekend event overview
  • Existing calendar integration
  • Friday evening display option
  • Custom holiday tracking
  • Add/edit events within app
Features
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Weekender is a calendar app that shows your upcoming weekends at a glance. Easily spot empty weekends early on so you can plan trips or events with friends and family, and make the most of your weekends :) * Seamlessly displays the events from your existing iOS calendars * Ability to choose which calendars to display * Option to also show Friday evenings with a user selectable cut-off time * In-app purchase to define your own Holidays and Vacation days that are shown along your weekends * Integration with Calendar allows you to add, modify or delete events from within Weekender This app is all about your weekends :) Big things happen on weekends, so why let yourself be distracted with workdays in your calendar! Visually see which weekends are long weekends. On first launch, Weekender will ask you for permission to access your calendar in order to display your weekend events.

About

Dots Tracker

Effortlessly track anything from mood to workouts to gain insights into your life. Seamlessly add data via the app, widgets, or shortcuts. Future updates will include on-device machine learning predictions to anticipate future patterns.

Highlights
  • Track mood, migraines, workouts, traffic, and more
  • Add dots via app, widgets, or shortcuts
  • Calendar view for pattern exploration
  • On-device Machine Learning Predictions (future)
  • Simple and adaptable interface
Features
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Discover hidden patterns in your life by effortlessly tracking anything with Dots. Whether it's your mood, migraines, workouts, traffic, or even your plant's health, Dots provides a simple yet powerful tool for gaining insights. The strength of Dots lies in its simplicity and adaptability. Add dots seamlessly through our app, home screen widgets, or set up automated tracking with shortcuts. Explore your patterns more deeply in the calendar view. Simply tap or press & hold on a single Dot to unveil information about your habits and routines. Excitingly, our future updates will introduce on-device Machine Learning Predictions. This will empower you to anticipate future patterns based on your past dots, supercharging your ability to see patterns. Embrace the future of tracking with Dots.

Screenshots

Weekender4 screens
Dots Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dots Tracker at Free against Weekender's $0.99. Dots Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Weekender's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 67%) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Dots Tracker is free to download; Weekender costs $0.99 up front. Weekender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dots Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dots Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weekender has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Weekender's written reviews are positive against 67% of Dots Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weekender ships an update monthly, Dots Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Weekender versus Dots Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeekenderDots Tracker
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (23 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGanymed StanekArnaud Gillard

Customer experience

Weekender

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

Dots Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Weekender

One-time1
  • Holidays and Vacation Days$0.99
1 purchases

Dots Tracker

One-time1
  • Emojis$0.99

Questions

Is Weekender free?
Weekender costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Dots Tracker free?
Dots Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Weekender or Dots Tracker?
Dots Tracker is rated higher. Weekender averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Dots Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Weekender or Dots Tracker have ads?
Neither Weekender nor Dots Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weekender or Dots Tracker?
Weekender ships an update monthly, and Dots Tracker every 2 months. Most recently, Weekender was updated on October 4, 2026 and Dots Tracker on October 9, 2026.

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