Comparison

Fit vs Dotnote

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

Head to head
About

Fit

Visually monitor your fitness journey by combining weight logging with progress photos. See subtle body changes, create before & after comparisons, and stay motivated with reminders. Your data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Track weight and visual body changes
  • Combine weight and progress photos
  • Offline-first data storage
  • Before & after comparison tool
  • Progress tracking reminders
  • Optional iCloud backup
Features
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Your weight doesn't tell the whole story. You could lose fat and gain muscle and the scale won't budge. That's why photos matter — they show what's actually changing. Fit-Stitch pairs weight tracking with progress photos so you can see the full picture, not just a number. What it does: - Track your weight and take progress photos over time - Tag your snapshots and photos to organize your progress - Create side-by-side comparisons to spot changes you'd otherwise miss - Sync across your devices with iCloud — your data goes to your own private account, never ours - Lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID for extra privacy - Set reminders so you remember to track consistently Your data stays yours. Your photos and data live on your device. No accounts, no ads, no data collection. If you turn on iCloud sync, it goes to your own private iCloud — we never see it. Built by two indie devs, not a corporation. We're responsive, and we actually read our messages. If something's broken or you have an idea, reach out — we'd love to hear from you.

About

Dotnote

Quickly log your daily mood and identify patterns in your well-being. This low-friction check-in helps you understand what makes your days good or bad, offering insights without complicated journaling.

Highlights
  • Fast daily rating
  • Log wins and improvements
  • Year view and trend analysis
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • No account required
  • Local data storage
Features
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You know something needs to change. Maybe it is your habits, your focus, your energy, or the way your days keep slipping by unexamined. Dotnote turns that feeling into a signal. In about 10 seconds a day, you can: - rate your day from 1 to 5 - capture one win or one thing to improve - add a short reflection if you want - spot patterns over time After a few weeks, you stop guessing. You can see which days feel good, what helps, what throws you off, and when you are starting to drift. Dotnote is not a complicated journal, and it is not a bloated habit tracker. It is a low-friction daily check-in built to help you stay honest with yourself. WHO IT IS FOR You do not need to be struggling. Dotnote is useful for anyone who wants a clearer picture of their own life: the person trying to build consistency after a rough patch, the professional who feels productive but cannot tell whether that actually maps to good days, the parent who wants to stay self-aware without adding another task to the pile. If you have ever finished a week and had no real sense of how it went, this is the tool that fixes that. HOW IT WORKS Each day you get one prompt: how was today, from 1 to 5. That single number is enough to start building a picture. Then you can add a win (something that went well, however small) or something to improve (a pattern you noticed, something you want to adjust). That is the whole loop. Thirty seconds on a good day, ten seconds when you are in a rush. The optional reflection field is there when you need to write something longer, but it is never required. Dotnote does not ask you to fill in five sections before you can close the app. THE YEAR VIEW The year view is where the data becomes useful. Every day of the year is represented as a single dot, colored by your rating. At a glance you can see your actual rhythm: the stretches where things were consistently good, the weeks that were rough, the patterns that repeat without you realizing. Most people are surprised by what they find. The data is honest even when memory is not. From the year view you can also scroll through individual days, spot correlations you had not noticed, and get a grounded sense of how your year is actually going rather than how you imagine it is going. WIDGETS Dotnote includes home screen and lock screen widgets so the check-in stays in reach without opening the app. A tap from a widget goes directly to today's entry. Nothing is buried. The friction is as low as it gets. PRIVACY AND NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Your data lives on your device. There is no Dotnote account, no sign-up, no cloud sync to a third-party server. Everything stays local by default. If you use iCloud, your data can sync across your own devices, but it does not go anywhere else. Features: - Fast daily rating - Wins and improvements - Year view and trends - Widgets for quick check-ins - No separate Dotnote account required Privacy Policy: https://dotnote.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Fit4 screens
Dotnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dotnote at Free against Fit's $4.99. Dotnote also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Fit's advantage is ratings volume (331 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Dotnote is free to download; Fit costs $4.99 up front. Fit sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Dotnote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dotnote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fit has 331 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Fit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dotnote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fit ships an update every 2 months, Dotnote every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fit versus Dotnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFitDotnote
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (331 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings331 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperREDSHIFT SYSTEMS INC.adapting.tech sp. z o.o.

Customer experience

Fit

All ratings331 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive78.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative19.0%

Dotnote

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

Bugs and requests

Fit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to upload photos
  • Unable to set reminders or update weight
  • Lost progress photos after device change

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to add notes to progress pictures
  • Improve before/after layout and allow more than 2 photos
  • Add option to organize photos by date into albums
  • Implement landscape mode
  • Add ability to input measurements

Dotnote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fit

One-time2
  • Fit-Stitch ProFree
  • Unlock Customizations$0.99
2 purchases

Dotnote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Fit free?
Fit costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Dotnote free?
Dotnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fit or Dotnote?
Dotnote is rated higher. Fit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 331 ratings, while Dotnote averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fit or Dotnote have ads?
Neither Fit nor Dotnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fit or Dotnote?
Fit ships an update every 2 months, and Dotnote every 9 days. Most recently, Fit was updated on October 12, 2026 and Dotnote on October 1, 2026.

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