Brain Dots vs Ball Into
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Dots
A challenging puzzle game where you draw lines and shapes to make two balls collide. Collect different drawing tools and create your own levels to test the skills of players worldwide. It's a test of logic and flexible thinking.
- Bump two balls to clear stages
- Draw lines and shapes freely
- Collect over 25 varieties of pens
- Create and share custom stages
- Review and share victory moments
- Tests logical thinking and flexibility
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Over 50 million downloads! The only thing you need to do is to “bump two balls.” Will you be able to clear these simple-looking but actually difficult stages? ▼ The rules are simple! ◆ Let's bump the two balls All you need to do to clear a stage is to “make the blue and red balls bump”. Draw lines and shapes freely to move and roll the balls. Flexible thinking is going to become the key to victory. ◆ Let's collect pens Starting off with a simple pencil, moving onto color pencils, crayons and so on. We have prepared more than 25 varieties of pens of different colors and sizes. Collect various pens and walk through the stages. ◆ Share the moment of victory You can review the moment you cleared a stage on video or picture. Share it on SNS to show off your superior skills to your friends. Not to mention that watching your friends’ gameplay might also become a hint!? ◆ Create Stages Create your own stages and see if users all over the world can solve them. Over 3 million stages already created! ◆ Your brain abilities will be tested This game, continuing after Brain Wars, also tests your logical thinking and the flexibility of your mind. As this game includes the elements of riddle and “Escape the Room” type of games, we would recommend Brain Dots to people who enjoy brain-type puzzles, cards and strategy games. It might also have an impact on your children’s intellectual growth and preventing brain deterioration? ▼ Languages 15 languages! Brain Dots is played all over the world! Japanese / English / Korean / Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese / Spanish / French / Portuguese(Brazil) / Swedish / Finnish / Russian / Vietnamese / Thai / Indonesian / Hindi ▼ Latest information Twitter:@braindots_app Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/braindotsapp
Ball Into
A physics-based puzzle game where you draw trajectories to guide a ball into a target box. It features numerous levels with unique obstacles and environmental effects that challenge your problem-solving skills. Enjoy a relaxing experience with its clean visuals and soothing music.
- Physics-based puzzle gameplay
- Draw trajectories to guide the ball
- Numerous well-designed levels
- Obstacle and environmental challenges
- Simple and clean game style
- Soothing game music
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1. Ball Into is a casual puzzle physics game. 2. The operation is very simple. You only need to click on the screen, hold and drag to form an auxiliary parabola, and control the ball into the box. 3. The game provides a large number of well-designed levels. You need to play your imagination, skillfully use the layout features of the obstacles in the level, and find out the path of the ball into the box. 4. How to control the launch intensity when there is “WINDY”? How to predict the launch path when there is “MIRROR”? How to overcome inertia thinking when the direction of “GRAVITY” changes? How to grasp the launch timing? These questions will be gradually answered in the process of completing the levels from easy to difficult. 5. Simple and clean game style, soothing and pleasing game music, let your mind and body completely relax, and immersed in the fun puzzle world. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email us at contact@mudotek.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ball Into at none against Brain Dots's shown. Ball Into also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Brain Dots's advantage is ratings volume (8.2K vs 64). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Brain Dots sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Ball Into sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ball Into holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Dots has 8.2K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Brain Dots ships an update every 3 weeks, Ball Into fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Dots | Ball Into |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8.2K ratings) | 4.6 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Translimit, Inc. | Mudotek Mobile Games |
Customer experience
Brain Dots
Ball Into
Bugs and requests
Brain Dots
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to create own levels
- Hint feature not working as expected
- Inability to play on iOS 17 devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save and transfer progress across devices
- Option to disable hint prompts
- More advanced level creation tools
- Improved Apple Pencil support
Ball Into
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brain Dots
- Mechanical pencil$0.99
- Pen$0.99
- Colored pencil$0.99
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- Crayon$1.99
- Brush$1.99
- Watercolor painting brush$1.99
- Decorated pen$2.99
- Rainbow pencil$2.99
- Fountain pen$3.99
- Remove Cut-In Ads$3.99
Ball Into
- 9 HINTS$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99









