Comparison

PicText Puzzles vs Dingbats

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PicText Puzzles

A challenging rebus-style puzzle game that tests your logic and creativity. Decipher unique arrangements of characters and images to guess famous phrases, words, or concepts. Offers hours of stimulating gameplay for puzzle enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Rebus-style puzzles
  • Logic and creativity challenges
  • Decipher phrases and words
  • Stimulating gameplay
  • Daily brain workout
Features
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PicText Puzzles is a challenging rebus-style puzzle game designed to test your logic and creativity. Each puzzle presents a series of characters or images arranged in a unique way that represents a famous phrase, word, or concept. Your task is to decipher the clues, combine techniques, and guess the correct answer. Whether you're a puzzle enthusiast or just looking for a fun brain challenge, PicText Puzzles offers hours of stimulating gameplay!

About

Dingbats

This game challenges your wordplay and logic skills with various puzzle types. Solve visual riddles, decipher AI-generated idioms, guess family names, and unscramble letters. It's a fun way to expand your vocabulary and train your brain.

Highlights
  • Solve Dingbat puzzles
  • Decipher AI-generated idioms
  • Guess family names
  • Unscramble anagrams
  • Get clues and hints
  • Learn new idioms
Features
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Read between the lines is a game where you have to solve puzzles (Dingbats, Dangbits, Mr&Mrs and Anagram puzzles). ------------ Dingbats : One puzzle, one phrase : try to identity the meaning hidden behind each drawing. Play Read between the lines and train your brain by solving the puzzles. And if you have some difficulties, you can ask for clues or help from your friends to solve those wacky wordies. Have fun recognizing or learning new idioms through the levels of the game. ------------ Dangbits : How do AIs see the world? One picture, one idiom: can you guess the meaning hidden behind each image generated by an AI? Exercise your brain by recognising or discovering many expressions. ------------ Mr & Mrs : Mr & Mrs have children. Can you guess the name of their offspring ? Try to find the right first names and create funny full names. ------------ AnaQuiz : Rearrange the letters of the anagrams to create another word or phrase. ------------ New puzzles are regularly added to the game. If you have an idea in mind and would like it to be featured in a next release of the app, you can also send it.

Screenshots

PicText Puzzles4 screens
Dingbats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dingbats at every 5 weeks against PicText Puzzles's every 25 months. Dingbats also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 36). PicText Puzzles's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PicText Puzzles sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Dingbats sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PicText Puzzles against 4.7 for Dingbats. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dingbats has 1.2K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of PicText Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 81% of Dingbats's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicText Puzzles ships an update every 25 months, Dingbats every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PicText Puzzles versus Dingbats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicText PuzzlesDingbats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (36 ratings) — better4.7 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.1% of reviews
Number of ratings361.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB158 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGarima GuptaRomain Lebouc

Customer experience

PicText Puzzles

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dingbats

All ratings1,239 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews212 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative10.4%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PicText Puzzles

One-time4
  • 100 Coins$1.99
  • 300 Coins$2.99
  • 1,000 Coins$4.99
Show 1 more
  • 10,000 Coins$9.99
9 purchases

Dingbats

One-time9
  • 200 hints$0.99
  • 60 hints$0.99
  • 450 hints$1.99
Show 6 more
  • 150 hints$1.99
  • No ads - option 1$2.49
  • No ads - option 2$3.49
  • 1000 hints$3.99
  • 350 hints$3.99
  • No ads - option 3$4.99

Questions

Is PicText Puzzles free?
PicText Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dingbats free?
Dingbats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicText Puzzles or Dingbats?
PicText Puzzles is rated higher. PicText Puzzles averages 4.8 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Dingbats averages 4.7 from 1.2K ratings.
Do PicText Puzzles or Dingbats have ads?
Both PicText Puzzles and Dingbats show ads.
Which is updated more often, PicText Puzzles or Dingbats?
PicText Puzzles ships an update every 25 months, and Dingbats every 5 weeks. Most recently, PicText Puzzles was updated on October 3, 2026 and Dingbats on October 18, 2026.

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