Mage Mania vs Dotted Lines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mage Mania
Embark on a dungeon-crawling adventure where you collect elements to cast spells and battle monsters. Explore a world filled with dragons, collect powerful equipment, and utilize over 20 unique spells in this 8-bit styled game.
- 8-bit style graphics
- Tap and clear gameplay
- 20 unique spells
- Over 200 equipment items
- More than 100 monsters to battle
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Dragons ruled the world once. Now they are sleeping in the dungeon with endless wealth and waiting for the adventurer's challenge. Grab your staff and dive into the dungeon. And use your spells to fight the monsters and dragons. The rule is simple. Collect elements by tapping and casting spells for attack. An interesting adventure is waiting for you. FEATURES • 8-bit style • Tap and clear, simple and straight. • 20 spells. • More than 200 equipment. • More than 100 monsters.
Dotted Lines
A classic arcade game where you control a line to complete level targets. Navigate challenges by touching the screen to change direction, sometimes managing two lines simultaneously for increased difficulty.
- Classic arcade gameplay
- Touchscreen controls
- Level-based targets
- Dual line control challenges
- Simple to handle
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It is a very classic arcade game! Game rule: - Simply touch the onscreen keypad to change the line direction. - Need to finish each level target. - Sometime need to control two lines, it is very hard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dotted Lines at 5.0 against Mage Mania's 4.2. Dotted Lines also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Mage Mania's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Mage Mania sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Dotted Lines asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dotted Lines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mage Mania has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Mage Mania's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dotted Lines's.
Mage Mania ships an update every 4 months, Dotted Lines every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mage Mania | Dotted Lines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (100 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jampot Software co., ltd | Oscar Tsang |
Customer experience
Mage Mania
Dotted Lines
Bugs and requests
Mage Mania
Reported bugs
6 issues- Translations are funny/need fixing
- App stops podcast/music playback
- Ads never give reward
- Tutorial starts without equipping spells
- Thrown weapons listed for zero gold in shop
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- Game not playable offline
Requested features
6 requests- Fix translations
- Allow offline play
- More characters to use
- Build chains diagonally
- Choose number of pieces in a chain
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- More content/updates
Dotted Lines
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mage Mania
- 1000 Coins$0.99
- Double Experience$0.99
- Double Earning$0.99
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- 2200 Coins$1.99
- 5500 Coins$4.99
- 12000 Coins$9.99
Dotted Lines
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mage Mania free?
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