Colored Dots vs Monster Dance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colored Dots
This interactive story app for young children explores the world of colors and their connections to nature, geography, and daily life. It aims to spark curiosity, develop logical thinking, and foster emotional intelligence through engaging visuals and gameplay.
- Interactive color cognition story
- Explores color relationships with nature and life
- Develops intelligence and emotions
- Fresh and vivid images
- Enhances curiosity and logical thinking
- Includes color vision detection charts
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About the story: The story of "Colored Dots" not only inspired children's interested in color, also triggered their enthusiasm in playing the game of colorful lab and lead them thinking about the relationship of colors with security, plant, body, geography, art, natural and life. The positive story let children understand solidarity and friendship as well as courageousness. Children will enjoy in the wonderful and colorful story. Characteristic of our product: * The world's first interactive story relate to colour cognition specially designed for 3 to 6 years old kids. * From this interactive story which adheres to children's development at preschool ages, children are able to undergo a wide variety of educational experiences, exploring the relationship between colour and nature, geography and daily life, make friends with colour in a fun way, and develop both intelligence and emotions with a simple swipe of the finger. * Fresh and vivid images as well as excellent visual effects to satisfy preschool children's tastes allow them to enjoy a brand new reading experience. * Participate in the magic process of changing colors, explore the secret of the three primary colors and inhance natural curiosity and logical thinking abilities. * Includes numerous sets of colour vision detection charts to keep on top of children's visual health. Contact us: support_ukids@uyoung.com.cn
Monster Dance
This interactive picture book encourages young readers to embrace life and grow with joy, even when dealing with illness. It features a star-studded creative team and aims to inspire a positive outlook on managing health challenges.
- Interactive picture book
- Positive message about illness
- Award-winning creative team
- Celebrity narration
- Classical music score
- Donation to healthcare heroes
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A doctor’s initiative, Monster Dance leaves the youngest readers with the lasting and hopeful message that living with a virus — or any sickness — isn't just "waiting it out." Together Maurice and Charlie can make every day count and do what they do best — grow with joy! From the award-winning collection [National Parenting Product Award, Family Choice Award, Indie Book Award, etc.] of Madeleine Editions, Monster Dance features an all-star team: Illustration by beloved cartoonist Guy Gilchrist (Bugs Bunny, The Muppets). Story by award-winning writer Eva Lou (Indie Book, Purple Dragonfly awards). English Narration by acclaimed actor Denis O’Hare (Late night, True Blood). Music from classical music label Deutsche Grammophon Mandarin Narration by Taiwanese supermodel Chiling Lin For every book sold, Madeleine Editions donates 3 PPE masks to be purchased and distributed by non-profit DonatePPE.org to arm healthcare heroes around the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Colored Dots at Free against Monster Dance's $1.99. Colored Dots also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Monster Dance's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and ratings volume (51 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Colored Dots is free to download; Monster Dance costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Colored Dots against 5.0 for Monster Dance. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monster Dance has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Colored Dots's written reviews are positive against 100% of Monster Dance's.
Colored Dots ships an update every 2 months, Monster Dance every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Dots | Monster Dance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 北京优趣时光文化科技有限公司 | Madeleine Editions Inc |
Customer experience
Colored Dots
Monster Dance
In-app purchases
Colored Dots
No in-app purchases
Monster Dance
No in-app purchases






