# Squared2 — Dots & Boxes · No Ads > Dots & Boxes · No Ads (iPhone/iPad app by HOLLENDER CONSULTING LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squared2/id6801620446 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [HOLLENDER CONSULTING LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6792292860) - Category: Games, Board, Family - Price: $0.99 (on sale, was $1.99) - Age rating: +4 - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 11 MB - Languages: European Portuguese, German (Germany), Bangla, Kannada, Catalan, Czech, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Korean, Croatian and 34 more - Released: 2026-09-17 - Data updated: 2026-10-08 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squared2/id6801620446/reviews.md ## What is Squared2? Draw the fourth side. Claim the box. Take another turn. In Squared2, one well-timed move can open a whole chain and turn a close game around. The pencil-and-paper classic Dots and Boxes is back for quick matches and friendly rivalries. Play with two, three, or four people, or challenge the computer. This is a game I remember playing in school with my friends, and I am so pleased to bring it to a new, modern digital format. This game goes by a few other names too, depending on where you grew up: Boxes, Squares, Paddocks, or Pigs in a Pen. MORE WAYS TO PLAY TOGETHER - Pass & Play: gather around one screen and take turns. - Live online: challenge friends and trade moves in real time. - Turn-based online: take your turn when it suits you, without needing everyone online together. - Nearby: connect on separate devices and play people in the room. Online matches use Game Center. Local and nearby play do not require a Game Center account. Online features are subject to account restrictions. SIMPLE RULES. SATISFYING TACTICS. Join two dots with a line. Complete a box and it belongs to you, marked with your initial. You also get another turn. Finish with the most boxes to win. The challenge is knowing which line to leave. Give away the wrong opening and your opponent may collect a chain of boxes before you play again. Look ahead, time your moves, and make the next turn count. PICK YOUR PACE Choose eight board presets, from 3×3 dots to a sprawling 12×12 grid. Start small for a quick round or settle into a larger contest. The Swedish opening begins with the border already drawn, changing the choices from the first move. Four computer strengths, Easy through Expert, give you room to learn and a reason to improve. Ask for a hint when you want a nudge, undo during local play to try another approach, and revisit a finished game with Watch Replay. KEEP YOUR PLACE. BUILD YOUR RECORD. Local games save as you play, with room for up to six unfinished games. Return when you're ready for the next round. Earn XP in qualifying games, climb the levels, and pursue 28 achievements and six Game Center leaderboards. Track your wins, boxes, chains, and progress. Pass & Play is for the rivalry, not XP. THE PAPER CLASSIC, MADE FOR YOUR SCREEN Clean dot grids, colorful claims, and an ink-on-paper design in light and dark keep the board easy to follow. Play on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac, with support for 50 languages. One purchase. No subscriptions or in-app purchases. No third-party ads or tracking. We may show you our other games. Pick a board. Bring your friends. Leave them one less box. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-06 Fixes: • Online: when Game Center refuses a rematch for your account, the results card says why and no longer offers Rematch. • Restart no longer leaves the old game behind in Saved Games. • A long Game Center name in an invitation now wraps instead of being cut off. • Pass & Play: the players' names are in your language, and each player's boxes carry their own number, not just their color. • How to Play now explains how to draw a line on your device, and no longer names just three computer players. Video Instructions: a short captioned lesson played on the real board — the basics, the different boards and the ways to play. Open it from the main menu, from How to Play, or on the Mac from the Help menu. On the Mac, the Help menu now opens How to Play and the Video Instructions. More Games From Our Team opens our page on the App Store, and Rate Squared² is always there. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-09-29 Fixes: • Apple TV: with a game waiting to resume, the whole main menu now fits the screen. • Results with three or four players and long names now fit — or scroll — so every button, including Back to Menu, can be reached. • If a move can't be sent to a nearby player, the game now tells you — and in a two-player game it reconnects on its own and sends the move again. • An online game that finished while you were away now counts toward your XP and stats when you open it — once. • Game Center's messages after an online game now sit inside the results card instead of over its title. • Messages about the connection during a game no longer cover the players or the board. • Online: rematch offers arrive sooner, a live game that lost its first move now recovers, and a child account is told what Screen Time allows. • Long Game Center names now show in full on the main menu — on a line of their own when they don't fit beside the logo. • Trying to draw a line that's already drawn now gives a gentle "no" sound and buzz. • Arabic, Hebrew and Urdu: the S² logo no longer appears reversed. • The widget, the Mac menu bar, and the dates on the stats and saved-games screens now follow the language you choose in the app. • The Stats screen's Done button is now a sensible size. • Messages about playing nearby now name the Play Nearby option you actually see. ### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-22 Fixes: • Rate Squared² now appears after every finished game until you tap it, not only after a win. Invite a friend, rate, share and more games — now wherever you start or finish a game: the main menu's footer, the results screen, Settings and the Play Online hub each offer Invite a Friend, Rate Squared², Share Squared² and More Games From Our Team. Rate stays until you've tapped it, then steps aside. More Games From Our Team: our other games are one tap away, with their names in your language. ### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-18 No release notes. ## More apps by HOLLENDER CONSULTING LLC - [Odin's Checkers](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/odins-checkers/id6792292858) - [Odin's Tic-Tac-Toe](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/odins-tic-tac-toe/id6812001578) - [Odin's Drop 4+](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/odins-drop-4-plus/id6818329668) All apps by HOLLENDER CONSULTING LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/6792292860 --- *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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