Brain Dots vs BrainUP
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
BrainUP
Enhance your cognitive abilities with engaging games designed to improve logic, arithmetic, visual, and memory skills. Track your progress, compare scores globally, and challenge friends. Offers daily free access with premium options for full game unlocks.
- Brain training games
- Progress tracking
- Logic, Arithmetic, Visual, Memory skills
- Global score comparison
- Daily free games
- Friend challenges
- Categorized workout programs
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BrainUP is a brain training and progress tracking application, including special designed games. When you signup BrainUP you will get a free 5 minute BrainUP Test, after test you will see your scores for each categories. BrainUP has major categories such as Logic, Arithmetic, Visual and Memory. BrainUP not only let you improve your Logic, Arithmetic, Visual and Memory skills but also you will fun with animated educated games. Each games developed for better user experience. BrainUP Features * Track your progress and see your improvements. * Global scores for each games and categories. * Daily and categorized workout programs for your level. * Test your level and play with daily free games. * Compare your scores for each games and categories globally. * Challenge with your friends. All games features will be unlock when you get Premium account. Standart account users can also use BrainUP with daily free games and test measurement section. BrainUP game has Premium membership. With subscribing you will unlock all games and track progress of your improvements. Following is the Information about the auto-renewable subscription.We offer BrainUp to track your brain activities, measure your scores and display results depend on your improvements. With subscribing you can use access BrainUp app all games and tracking content during your subscription period. Subscription periods are Monthly.Privacy Policy http://dakyuz.com/index.php/2018/10/16/brainup-privacy-policy/ Terms and Conditions http://dakyuz.com/index.php/2018/10/16/brainup-terms-and-conditions/ Every period your subscription renews.Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.Monthly Package per monthly $9.99. Premium Package per 3 months $19.99, Premium Package per 6 months $29.99 Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can cancel your subscription via this url: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BrainUP at none against Brain Dots's shown. BrainUP also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Brain Dots's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 27%) and ratings volume (8.2K vs 197). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 BrainUP sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Brain Dots against 4.3 for BrainUP. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Dots has 8.2K ratings behind it against 197, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Brain Dots's written reviews are positive against 27% of BrainUP's.
Brain Dots ships an update every 3 weeks, BrainUP every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Dots | BrainUP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8.2K ratings) — better | 4.3 (197 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.9% of reviews — better | 26.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 197 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Translimit, Inc. | Dakyuz Yazilim Ticaret Limited Sirketi |
Customer experience
Brain Dots
BrainUP
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
BrainUP
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
BrainUP
- Brain Training Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
- Brain Training 3 Months Plan$12.993 Months
- Brain Training 6 Months Plan$19.996 Months
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Small Pack of Coins$5.99
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- Medium Pack of Coins$10.99
- Large Pack of Coins$19.99
- Big Pack of Coins$35.99
- Giant Pack of Coins$69.99
Questions
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