# Dominate — user reviews > 40 indexed App Store user reviews of Dominate by Charles Talibard, rated 4.70/5 from 7 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dominate/id310560267/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dominate/id310560267.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (11 of 40) ### 4/5 — The end? *2012-05-09, version 1.2* Level 8 message "you have mastered Dominate". Well it took me long enough :-) Enjoyed it. ### 4/5 — Excellent jeu *2010-03-01, version 0* Un casse-tête sur lequel je passe des heures. Vraiment très bien et intelligent. Je suis adepte du sudoku et je trouve que dominate est de la même veine. Quelques suggestions qui amélioreraient encore l'application : . Avoir un code pour jouer en compétition à plusieurs en même temps sur le même puzzle ( à celui qui le résout le plus vite ). . Pouvoir reprendre le puzzle depuis le début pour améliorer son temps ou tout simplement réessayer en cas d'échec. ### 4/5 — Awsome Hint System! *2009-10-22, version 0* Got it and don't regret it! :D Its an awsome logic puzzle/pattern recognition game. And it has the best hint system i've ever seen in a puzzle game, period! This is because when using a hint, not only are your presented with the hint, but with the logic why this is a hint! You don't have to guess why this domino is exactly at that place, but you are told the why's and because's! Together with the good tutorial and the hint system one can grasp the game's logic easily. I've played completed about three games. Each of them took me 20 to 30 min. About 5 games I had to forsake, because I had overseen some possible doubles in the beginning. This was bad, because Dominate does not have an undo feature (currently; the dev already mentioned in iTunes, that this will come in an update). Another (small) drawback is the color with which not-possible-tiles are marked. It's currently (dark) blue and nearly not visible, this will also be chaned by an update. Overall: If you like puzzles, you should keep an eye on this one! ### 4/5 — Love it! *2009-09-22, version 0* Bought this game yesterday because my other games were getting old. Completely addicted already - can't seem to put it down! The only reason I am not giving it five stars is because I wish it had a "difficulty level" feature to make it easier to get the hang of it..... ### 5/5 — I need a twelve-step program to kick this habit... *2009-07-05, version 0* If you're into logic games, this one is fantastic, and sickeningly addictive. It's a little challenging at first (I'm okay with that - this usually means I probably won't get tired of it, and this has proven to be oh-so true with this game), but once you get the logic behind it, it's play, play, play! (OMG - make me stop!) The one thing I wish they'd add is the ability to restart a game, or even just a way to wipe the board with one click, so I don't have to undo it all manually. I see in the update that there are now undo arrows, but that still seems to just undo a step at a time. Once I've followed a particular rabbit trail to nowhere, I'd like to be able play the same board, but from scratch. Thanks for this really marvelous game!! ### 5/5 — captivating *2009-06-15, version 0* It took a little while to get into, but like Sudoku, once you begin to understand it gets easier (and more fun). I'm very much looking forward to the upgrades referenced - specifically more definition in the lines. Thanks for good, not completely mindless, fun. ### 4/5 — Good game, but needs better instructions and/or tutorial *2009-05-13, version 0* The only reason I'm not giving this game 5 stars is that it took me quite a while to figure out how draw lines where you don't make a domino. The lines could also be darker. It would be great if it was easier to see which are the dominos you've already created/matched. The other thing that it took me a while to figure out is that if you click on pause, you get to a screen which shows you which dominos you still need to "make". Once I figured out how to play Dominate, I've really enjoyed it. ### 5/5 — Excellent Deduction Game *2009-05-08, version 0* Thoroughly enjoy this deduction puzzle/game. Up there with Sudoku and Jabeh. Only request is to make the lines between the squares more prominent. Good job. ### 5/5 — Très bon jeu *2009-05-04, version 0* Excellente application. Quelques parties sont nécessaire pour se prendre au jeu... ### 5/5 — The best puzzler! *2009-04-30, version 0* Excellent puzzler, simple idea perfectly executed and a good challenge. Terrific iPhone app. ### 4/5 — Better than Sudoku! *2009-04-29, version 0* Unless I miss my guess, this puzzle can be solved by logic. Guesswork is not required. With Sudoku, there is always a point where one has to guess. I find this puzzle to be both challenging and stimulating with endless replay value. The fifth star will come when graphics get a little better. In particular. There needs to be more visual distinction between the solved dominos so that the lines are obvious at a glance. Keep up the good work. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — MS *2013-10-08, version 2.0* I loved this game until I installed the new version. It's hard to see what lines have been blocked. This style might work well for Apple's new icons, but it doesn't provide a good experience with this game. I won't be playing this one anymore unless I find a way to get the previous version back. ### 1/5 — Too random for a logic puzzle *2009-05-07, version 0* Started off well, but I can't recommend a logic puzzle where it can be simple trial and error from 1 move in. If it can't be solved using logic, what's the point? ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2009-05-03, version 0* Keep ur money. This game is total crap. ### 2/5 — New version has a terrible bug *2014-06-14, version 2.0* This has long been one of my favorite puzzle types, and I loved the previous version. However, the current version has a bug that really should have been caught, and it makes the app hard to use. If you hit "undo" to remove a domino, it also removes all the barriers on the edges of that domino, even if you had placed some of them before placing the domino. The undo function needs to remove the domino but leave intact any barriers that you'd already placed. Solving a difficult puzzle often involves making a "what if" move by placing a domino hypothetically and seeing what happens; if it leads to an impossibility, then you can undo all the moves back to the hypothetical move and place a barrier between the two squares of the disproven domino. But with this bug, undoing a series of moves in this way doesn't correctly return the board to its earlier state -- barriers are now in the wrong places. This app would get four stars from me, but this careless bug spoils it for me. Another simple feature I'd love to see is to be able to indicate somehow that you're making a hypothetical move and have it and all subsequent moves indicated in some distinct way -- in gray lines instead of black, something like that, so you can see at a glance what on the board you have solidly deduced and what you are hypothesizing. Then you should be able to accept the hypotheses (turning the gray lines to black) or remove them all with one touch, rather than having to backtrack one "undo" at a time. ### 2/5 — Almost, but not quite a great game. Not really playable in the current state *2009-05-07, version 0* This game is good. Its a good idea wrapped i good graphics surrounded by a great hint system. Unfortunately, it has a fatal flaw that keeps it from being great, and actually makes it not so playable. The object of the game is to take the 56 squares on the board and turn them into 28 dominoes (0:0 to 6:6). You do this by making pairs of squares into dominoes, and by tagging borders that are not possible matches. The problem is that the program does very little to show you which moves you have made. All it does is gret out the select and take the thin line around the two squares and make it ever so slightly (perhaps one pixel) thicker. So if you have any upper left corner that looks like: [6][3] [1][2] it is almost impossible see if you have selected the 6-3 and 1-2 or 6-1 and 3-2. This makes the game almost unplayable since knowing what moves you have made is critical to completeing the game. The same thing happens when you have put a block between two squares. Because the block line looks more or less like the unbock line, it is hard to look at the board to see what you have blocked. Its fustrating, because if the developer had just made the blocks and border lines a different color, there would be no problem telling. As it stands, I don't play the game any more because there is just too much squinting trying to figure out what's been done on the board. And while I am at it, if the developer wants to make this program even better, how about adding a save-state/restore-state ability to the game. That way it would be easier to try something out and then unwind to your current position. I would be glad to update my review if the developer comes out with a new version that addresses my first issue. ### 2/5 — Annoying *2009-04-28, version 0* I want to like this game, I do, but it's very frustrating, when you make a mistake early on it may only show up half way thru, and by that point it is impossible to correct. No go back function, and u can't tell which tiles are which. I have tried to enjoy it, but can't. Hoping for some sort of update to make this the game it should be.... ### 3/5 — I like it but... *2009-05-04, version 0* ...It needs a better approach to highlight the linked tiles. Right now it's too subtle (at least for me) and it is very frustrating. Linked tiles have are covered by a transparent gray color and outlined with a dark blue. The combination of two dark colors makes it really hard to quickly read the game. This is an urgent fix/improvement and I'll surely update my review if something is done. Other than that this game is a nice logic one with a very polished interface. ### 3/5 — iwannaplay *2009-04-29, version 0* needs better tutorial ### 4/5 — I want 5000 *2019-12-19, version 3.1.1* Wish there was more logic behind the score. The closer to “perfect” you get the closer to 5000 you get. I’ve gotten 4999 a bunch of times by solving the 4 - 8 hr targets in 2 or 3 minutes. I gave up when I solved a 64 hr puzzle in 2 minutes and 45 seconds and still got a 4999. 😭 ### 4/5 — Looks simple but quite challenging *2018-03-07, version 3.0* In this game, it looks quite simple, but it’s not; it’s quite challenging. All 28 dominoes have been placed in a 7x7 square grid, but you can’t see the edges of the individual dominoes, so you can’t tell which two numbers go on a single domino. It’s your job to figure out where each individual domino is. The logic is much like Sudoku. It’s I’d give it 5 stars if its hints included help with where you have made mistakes. It looked like some hints were wrong, but that might have been a result of my having made prior mistakes. It also needs some way to help you track when you’ve narrowed down the possibilities. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Relocate or have opt. to eliminate hint function *2020-01-28, version 3.1.1* Love the game, am at level 33 and I still hit the hint function by accident when going back. Please, please, please, move it over to the pause location. Would rather hit pause than hint. Thanks for a great game! ### 5/5 — Instant classic *2019-09-10, version 3.1.1* The rules are simple, but there is much strategy under the surface. Although the game looks like dominos, the thinking needed to solve it is similar to that in sudoku. The tutorial is good, but the hints are an even better way to learn because they come just when you need them. Each new version has been better than the previous one. The latest version adds a better point assignment system; previous updates made the interface much nicer. This should be considered one of the all-time great computer games. It is too bad it is only on iOS. ### 5/5 — Terrific game, very addictive *2019-09-02, version 3.1.1* I enjoy the game very much. I would appreciate having the ability to disable the hint function - or at least relocate it - so I don’t accidentally tap it when trying to undo/redo. It would also be very nice if the developer would share the method by which scores and rankings are calculated. ### 5/5 — Unique game *2016-09-26, version 3.0* Seen nothing like this elsewhere - the idea is original and very well executed. The current version has considerably improved the user interface and design. Thoroughly recommend if for a quick game while waiting or on the train Good to see it designed for the ipad ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2015-09-16, version 2.1* Such a great game to work your brain and to use your logic skills. Love it! ### 5/5 — LOVE it! *2011-04-03, version 1.2* It's like sudoku but with dominoes. Its been my go-to logic game for the past month. ### 5/5 — Now works with iOS4! *2010-07-08, version 0* Thanks! Hours of great fun now available again! Whew! ### 5/5 — Great Logic Game *2009-10-18, version 0* I think this is one of best and consistently challenging logic/deduction games on the iphone. I've been playing it for 6 months and still love it, that says a lot! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2009-10-13, version 0* Great game concept and very well executed. ### 5/5 — Macht süchtig! *2009-10-04, version 0* Wer Puzzles mag, sollte Dominate auf jeden Fall testen. Das wirklich gute Tutorial und die Lösungsvorschläge helfen beim Einstieg. Wechselnde Spielfelder sorgen für anhaltende Unterhaltung. Ich spiele Dominate nun seit Monaten ohne, dass es je langweilig geworden wäre. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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