Comparison

Dot Follow vs Reef Encounter

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Follow the dot gameplay
  • Global leaderboard competition
  • Acquire achievements
  • Easy to learn, hard to master
  • Fun background music
Features
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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

About

Reef Encounter

Grow the largest corals and feed them to your parrotfish to score points. Strategically place coral larvae, defend against attacks, and use algae to strengthen your corals. The game ends when coral hierarchies are set or a player's parrotfish consumes four corals.

Highlights
  • Grow and strengthen corals
  • Feed corals to parrotfish for points
  • Place coral larvae
  • Defend corals from attacks
  • Recycle defeated polyps
  • Use algae to strengthen corals
Features
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In Reef Encounter the aim is to grow the largest and strongest corals on the reef and then to feed these to your parrotfish in the brief time available. Points are awarded at the end of the game for the number and type of polyps that your parrotfish has consumed. Each turn new coral larvae drift into the game. Larva cubes allow players to play their polyp tiles onto the boards and create new and larger corals. Shrimps will then colonize these corals and protect the corals from attack. A coral consists of one or more connected polyp tiles. Corals that are two or more polyps in size may attack other weaker types of coral. Polyps from a defeated coral can be recycled as new polyps or alternatively used to obtain alga cylinders or larva cubes. It is the alga cylinders, which will strengthen some types of corals relative to the other types. An alga cylinder can also fix the hierarchy between two particular types of coral for the remainder of the game. Reef Encounter will usually end once the hierarchy of all the corals is established or once one player's parrotfish has consumed four corals.

Screenshots

Dot Follow3 screens
Reef Encounter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dot Follow at Free against Reef Encounter's $2.99. Dot Follow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 25 months). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dot Follow is free to download; Reef Encounter costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dot Follow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot Follow ships an update every 6 months, Reef Encounter every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Dot Follow versus Reef Encounter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot FollowReef Encounter
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMipmapycyclop games

Customer experience

Dot Follow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Reef Encounter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dot Follow

No in-app purchases

None

Reef Encounter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dot Follow free?
Dot Follow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reef Encounter free?
Reef Encounter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dot Follow or Reef Encounter?
Dot Follow is rated higher. Dot Follow averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Reef Encounter averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dot Follow or Reef Encounter have ads?
Neither Dot Follow nor Reef Encounter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot Follow or Reef Encounter?
Dot Follow ships an update every 6 months, and Reef Encounter every 25 months. Most recently, Dot Follow was updated on October 8, 2026 and Reef Encounter on October 27, 2026.

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