Cylinders vs Loop & Dot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cylinders
Stack blocks vertically to construct the tallest possible cylinder. Compete to achieve the highest score and challenge your friends to beat your achievements.
- Build cylinders vertically
- Reach highest score
- Challenge friends
- Stack blocks
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Build up the cylinders as high as you can! Reach the highest score and challenge your friends.
Loop & Dot
Engage in a fast-paced chase game on your wrist. Control a shape-shifting ring to catch another ring while avoiding an enemy and the ticking clock. Test your reflexes in this speed-based arcade challenge.
- Shape-shifting rings
- Catch Dot
- Avoid enemy
- Timed gameplay
- Play on Apple Watch
- Fast-paced chase
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Meet Loop: A clever shape shifting ring whose sole purpose is to catch Dot. Meet Dot: A clever shape shifting ring whose sole purpose is to avoid Loop. Play as Loop and catch Dot as many times before the enemy catches you. Oh, and before time runs out. Loop & Dot is a fast paced, speed chase between two iconic friends and the enemy that you play directly on your wrist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cylinders at 4.2 against Loop & Dot's 3.5. Cylinders also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 61) and review sentiment (58% vs 49%). Loop & Dot's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cylinders holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cylinders has 1.3K ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Cylinders's written reviews are positive against 49% of Loop & Dot's.
Cylinders ships an update every 6 weeks, Loop & Dot every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cylinders | Loop & Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) — better | 3.5 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 49.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khang Le | John Zeglarski |
Customer experience
Cylinders
Loop & Dot
User reviews
Cylinders
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game
- 💡 Fun to try to beat your high score
- 👍 Amazing game
- 👍 Fun and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Accuracy issues
- 🐛 Leaderboard not working properly
- 🐛 Lags and glitches
- 🔋 Drains battery on Apple Watch
- 💡 Needs more colors and levels
Loop & Dot
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for boredom
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 👍 Good for timepass
- 👍 Addictive
- 👍 No ads
Room to improve
- 👎 Gets boring quickly
- 👎 Lacks instructions/tutorial
- 👎 Repetitive gameplay
- 👎 Limited colors/skins
- 👎 Coins become useless
Bugs and requests
Cylinders
Reported bugs
3 issues- Accuracy issues when tapping the screen
- Leaderboard not showing scores properly
- Frequent lags and glitches
Requested features
3 requests- Add more colors and levels
- Fix leaderboard issues
- Improve accuracy and reduce lag
Loop & Dot
Reported bugs
6 issues- Tapping/swiping doesn't work
- Game ends at random times
- Doesn't work on Series 9
- Doesn't work at all
- Crashed the watch
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- New update animations unappealing
Requested features
11 requests- More colors and skins
- More things to do in the game
- Add more stuff to the shop
- Add animated paints
- Add new goals/objectives
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- Add tutorial/instructions
- Make the game available on iPhone
- Add more game modes
- Update UI for better intuitiveness
- Support for larger Apple Watch screens
- Add more complication styles
In-app purchases
Cylinders
No in-app purchases
Loop & Dot
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cylinders free?
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