Comparison

Ro vs Dash For Dots

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

Head to head
About

Ro

A strategic hex-based board game for 2-4 players that uses Rock/Paper/Scissors for battle outcomes. Offers extensive customization options for board size, lives, and tile mechanics.

Highlights
  • Rock/Paper/Scissors combat
  • Hex-based board
  • Pass-and-play multiplayer
  • Customizable game options
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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A unique board game that uses Rock/Paper/Scissors to determine battle outcomes. Pass-and-play, hex-based board game for 2 to 4 players, in which players use strategy and luck to beat their competitors. Explore countless gameplay configurations in the Options menu - from board dimensions, to multiple lives, to adjacent tiles of the same team sticking together as clusters.

About

Dash For Dots

Experience the classic pencil and paper game of Dots and Boxes on your mobile device. Compete against friends locally, online, or challenge intelligent bots with adjustable difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Classic Dots and Boxes gameplay
  • Local multiplayer for up to 4 players
  • Online multiplayer matches
  • Play against intelligent bots
  • Adjustable bot difficulty
Features
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A mobile version of the classic pencil and paper game, 'Dots and Boxes'. Game supports 4 player local matches, online matches, and matches with intelligent bots with varying degrees of difficulty.

Screenshots

Ro3 screens
Dash For Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dash For Dots at none against Ro's shown. Dash For Dots also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ro against 5.0 for Dash For Dots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ro versus Dash For Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoDash For Dots
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BarileSlide Kick LLC

Customer experience

Ro

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

Dash For Dots

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ro

No in-app purchases

None

Dash For Dots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ro free?
Ro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dash For Dots free?
Dash For Dots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ro or Dash For Dots?
Ro and Dash For Dots are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Ro or Dash For Dots have ads?
Ro shows ads; Dash For Dots does not.

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