# Color Dots for a Learning Baby — user reviews > 178 indexed App Store user reviews of Color Dots for a Learning Baby by Ellie's Games, LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 309 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-dots-for-a-learning-baby/id415334566/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/color-dots-for-a-learning-baby/id415334566.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 183 · 4★ 57 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 18 · 1★ 15 ## What do users think of Color Dots for a Learning Baby? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and engaging game - 👍 Great for hand-eye coordination - 👍 Keeps kids entertained - 👍 Customizable settings (size, speed, etc.) - 👍 No ads or in-app purchases **Cons** - 🐛 Settings not always responsive - 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes - 🤖 Repetitive gameplay - 🤖 Lacks additional features (e.g., music, shapes) **Commonly reported bugs** - Settings not saving properly - Exiting to home screen when touching background - Inconsistent vibration/sound feedback **Most requested features** - Add more shapes or random elements - Introduce different sound effects - Ability to save progress or settings - Landscape mode support ## Newest reviews (19 of 178) ### 4/5 — No landscape mode *2019-03-13* Please make it work in landscape Mode. Very frustrating using it on an iPad in portrait mode for my kids whose learning games all works in landscape mode. I have observed that 90% of your app don't. work in landscape mode. ### 4/5 — 9month old gets and likes it *2018-09-05* Downloaded Dots for my 9 month year old daughter. She had won an iPad in a free raffle at the community night out. Was looking for things she might be able to play. She seems to understand the point of the game and will reach for and pop the dots herself. For as long as a 9 month old pay attention to anything she’ll play the game. So let’s say a solid 30 seconds before she starts chewing on or will toss her iPad to the side and find something new to do. The haptic response when she plays it on my phone might keep her focused a little longer but nothing the developer can do about that I don’t think. Come on Apple vibrating iPads please ! ### 3/5 — Need help *2018-08-08* Hi I work for early intervention and I have a kiddo who is severely disabled. She loves popping the bubbles on this app on my iPhone to get the vibration feedback and it helps with her fine motor control so I purchased a gift card and downloaded it to an iPad we had purchased for the family. For some reason the iPad version isn't vibrating when she pops the bubbles. She's not interested without the vibration. I've tried searching for a contact at Ellie's Games but find no support. Can you please assist me or let me know how I can return and be refunded to a gift card so I can purchase something else better suited for her? Thank you. **Developer response:** Hi Lnr103, iPads do not contain the hardware to make the device vibrate. That's why dot popping isn't vibrating on your device. Apple would be happy to refund your purchase if your not satisfied. Feel free to contact them, or search google on how to refund a purchase. Cheers, Erik ### 5/5 — Great app!!!!!! *2018-04-06* My 1.5 year old loves this. It works in the car on long car rides. It put him to sleep. The 4 year old loves it too. ### 5/5 — Great for our 11 month old on the plane! *2017-05-23* Great for our 11 month old on the plane! ### 5/5 — No ads, lots of fun *2017-04-27, version 3.7.2* C is 10 months and thinks this is a lot of fun! ### 5/5 — Perfect for toddlers *2017-03-27, version 3.7.2* My 2 year old has played this for nearly a year now. It's a nice distraction. ### 5/5 — Great *2017-01-11* My baby loves this game and so do us as parents. It really is frustration free. I would recommend the Ellie's Games to everyone. ### 5/5 — Grandkids love it *2016-12-12, version 3.7.2* Great game. Entertains my grandkids a long time. ### 5/5 — Great for long trips with toddler *2016-12-06, version 3.7.2* We break out this game on long plane rides and car trips and it breaks up the monotony and it's easy for him to do. ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2016-10-19, version 3.7.2* My son is handicapped and this app is wonderful for him! ### 5/5 — Fun game *2016-09-29, version 3.7.2* My kids love it! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2016-08-26, version 3.7.2* It's awesome!! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2016-07-24, version 3.7.2* Fabulous for my 1 year old. It helped keep her quietly entertained on planes and in church. I love this app! ### 5/5 — My 1 year old loves it! *2016-06-16, version 3.7.2* It's simple enough for real young ones and makes a nice popping noise. She asks for it by name. ### 5/5 — Perfect for our 8 month old *2016-06-06, version 3.7.2* Love the simplicity and the colors! The ability to change the size and speed of the bubbles excites our daughter as she recognizes the change. (I'd love to see a setting to add more shapes or a random one with different fun noises when they pop as I noticed the simple slight changes are intriguing.) ### 5/5 — Improved visual scanning and hand-eye coordination *2016-05-18, version 3.7.2* This app helped my son with autism to be prepare to use AAC apps well as he was focussing only right side mostly . Now I see him to scan all area of iPad and not to his preferred spots.thanks! ### 4/5 — Love this app *2016-03-21, version 3.7.2* My 10 week old love this app. She is very fascinated by the floating colors and they makes smile. ### 5/5 — My 9 month old has loved this since 3 months *2016-01-28, version 3.7.2* I think this app is really great. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Update lost sound *2017-09-16* Just updated and now the app makes no sound. ### 1/5 — Update broke it *2015-06-28* I always hate it when reviews are complaints about bugs. There is supposed to be a link for app support. However in this case that just takes you to a website where there is no support-just links back to the App Store. My kids have loved this app since we got it over a year ago. I always wanted more settings and options but was fine with the limited features it had. I was excited for the update that added some. Unfortunately now it doesn't make noise or vibrate and the dots are always slow no matter the settings. I would rather it had no options than what we have now. Please fix it. And fix the app support link so it works so people don't have to complain in the reviews and can submit big reports appropriately. Bugs happen. Please fix them. ### 1/5 — Pain in the heinny! *2015-04-21, version 3.6.2* Idiot app bumps u out when my infant makes a hand gesture. It's not really for kids and pretty stupid that way. ### 1/5 — Over priced *2015-01-10, version 3.6.2* $2.99 and all that I got was one simple game that my daughter was bored with in just a few minutes. This is a ripoff. And if she wants to play a different game, it's another $2.99. What a waste. ### 1/5 — Not for babies *2014-06-11, version 3.6.2* My 9 month old nephew finds this interesting to look at for 10 seconds then sticks my phone in his mouth. I find it hard to believe any child under 1 year has the cognitive ability or attention span to play this. ### 1/5 — Awful *2013-11-17, version 3.6.2* It's great that the publisher could get seven friends to write five star reviews but trust me, it's awful. ### 1/5 — Poor *2011-10-27* All I get is a sign up page for twitter download, waste of money. ### 1/5 — Pop ups are annoying! *2011-09-10* The game is ok but the constant prompts to submit a review means you get one star. ### 1/5 — Game constantly interrupted *2011-08-10, version 2.1* Game is CONSTANTLY interrupted by the "write a review" prompt. Well, here's your review: even a small child can't play it with the every-other-level review demand popping up! So I can't recommend it to anyone. And I hate it. I hope this encourages the maker to change that. If I could give it no stats, I would. For a game where all you do is tap dots- and can't even go back to the menu once you start a game- this is a poorly done version which misses out on basic functionality, then destroys what's left in a bid for attention. No stars. It's hard to screw up something this simple, but they found a way! ### 2/5 — New version is no good *2015-07-01, version 3.7* My toddler loved this app. But the updated version took away the music and the vibration doesn't work anymore. She gets so frustrated with it now that its missing her favorite parts. No good. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Dot fun *2026-02-25* It’s a good game for kids and helps them learn ### 5/5 — Help *2024-12-07* How do I get out of the program!!! **Developer response:** Hi! Hopefully, you found your way out. Usually, you can swipe from the bottom of your device to get back to the home screen. You can also get back to the main menu by using the back button found in the top left corner of the game. I hope this helps! Thanks for the support ### 5/5 — Nice update *2024-11-22* The latest update with more animations is nice! ### 5/5 — It can actually be hard 😂😋 *2020-11-22* Haha this game is for baby's! Haha but im 8 abd I love it , Cause I like making it hard and then it’s really a challenge 😂 Oh it’s also really relaxing 😌 thank you for making this app And also pls make a option on settings for saving progress.🙃 ### 5/5 — Great! *2020-07-21* It is a great app!!! If you get it make sure your kid doesn’t get to settings!😏😛 ### 5/5 — Good *2020-04-14* My son likes it ### 5/5 — fun *2019-12-27* I actually think this is fun and I am 9 years old. I adjusted the settings to make it harder so it is still awesome... ### 5/5 — Great infant/toddler app *2019-12-13* I’ve used this app once my little girl started the pincer grab. She was nicely stimulated by the colorful dots moving around and didn’t really try to tap at first because her touch was too light and not the pad of her finger. Now, at 16 months she uses her finger pad to touch the dots and her touch is strong enough to be detected. Her fun quirk is that she’ll grab my finger and guide it to touch the dots. It’s a fun game for both of us to play together. ### 5/5 — Color Dots *2019-09-30* I’ve had this app since my 4yo grandson was just a few months old and he still asks to play it! ### 5/5 — My 1 Baby App *2018-09-11* Little Hannah is 8 months, and extremely grabby right now. I have a good case, so I let her have the phone. But, before I do, I open up Color Dots and enable Guided Access mode. She has an absolute blast with this app. She smiles and laughs as she pops the dots by slapping the screen with her fingers and hands. The pop noise and vibration response makes this a perfect little game for an infant, and a must-have in any new parent’s arsenal. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*