Dot Follow vs Tempire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dot Follow
A simple and fun game where players follow a dot to achieve goals. Compete globally, earn achievements, and challenge friends in this easy-to-learn yet difficult-to-master experience.
- Follow the dot gameplay
- Global leaderboard competition
- Acquire achievements
- Easy to learn, hard to master
- Fun background music
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Dot Follow is a fun and simple time-killing game. Follow the dot, acquire achievements, beat your friends and become the ultimate follower. Features: - Compete on a global leaderboard - Acquire lots of cool achievements - Easy to learn, hard to master - Fun background music
Tempire
Experience a unique blend of chess and real-time strategy. Compete against friends or AI in fast-paced matches. This game offers an ad-free, free-to-play experience.
- Chess variation
- Real-time action
- Online multiplayer
- AI opponent
- Ad-free gameplay
- Free to play
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Tempire is a variation on chess that brings tense real-time action to the classic turn-based board game. Play online with friends or against challenging AI, all for free and without ads. Tempire was made by Greg March and Matthew Jee, with music by Jacob Rhein.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dot Follow at every 6 months against Tempire's every 23 months. Dot Follow also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. 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 Dot Follow against 5.0 for Tempire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Dot Follow ships an update every 6 months, Tempire every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dot Follow | Tempire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mipmap | Matthew Jee |
Customer experience
Dot Follow
Tempire
In-app purchases
Dot Follow
No in-app purchases
Tempire
No in-app purchases
