Comparison

Dingbats vs Cemantik

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

Head to head
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.

About

Cemantik

Guess secret words daily by proposing answers and observing their contextual similarity scores. Uncover patterns to find the hidden word before time runs out. Compete with friends and other players in various game modes.

Highlights
  • Daily secret words in English and French
  • Weekly game with hidden scores
  • Earn points for clues
  • Player statistics and leaderboards
  • Real-time multiplayer modes
  • Custom private games for subscribers
Features
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Everyday, find secret words before time runs out. To do so, propose as many answers as you would like: each word gets scored on a scale from -100% to 100% based on how close to the secret word it is. Find a secret word by figuring out what your best words have in common. The similarity between two words is not about their spelling but about their context. The scores were computed based on thousands of texts for a total of billions of words from which we were able to tell which words tend to appear together often. That is why a word and its opposite may be "close" in Cemantik. The secret words to guess are often quite simple and well known. They are singular, unless their plural is much more common. ** Features ** • There are several secret words to guess everyday, varying in difficulty, both in English and in French. • The weekly game with "hidden scores" makes it even harder to find the secret word by hiding all scores and progress bars. • Earn points by playing regularly and by finding secret words. You can then exchange them for clues. • Explore the statistics to see how many players were able to find the different secret words and in how many attempts on average. • Share your victory diploma with your friends to show them you were able to find a secret word before them or in fewer attempts. • Unlock achievements and be ranked in leaderboards with Game Center. • Team up with all the other players to find a secret word in community games! In this mode, you get to see which words the other players have tested already before you test a word yourself. • Play real-time multiplayer with your friends and versus your rivals: the words you test are shared with your team, whereas your opponents' progress shows without revealing their words. This feature is for subscribers only. • Challenge your friends to find your own secret words. As a subscriber, you can create private custom games for your multiplayer room. Games end at midnight, French time. Cemantik requires permanent access to the Internet to test your words. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Dingbats4 screens
Cemantik4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dingbats at 4.7 against Cemantik's 4.3. Dingbats also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 18). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dingbats sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Cemantik sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dingbats holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dingbats has 1.2K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Dingbats's written reviews are positive against 88% of Cemantik's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dingbats ships an update every 5 weeks, Cemantik every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dingbats versus Cemantik: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDingbatsCemantik
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better4.3 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews88.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better18
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB94 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRomain LeboucMathieu Pierfitte

Customer experience

Dingbats

All ratings1,249 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews214 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative10.3%

Cemantik

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Dingbats

One-time9
  • 200 hints$0.99
  • 60 hints$0.99
  • 450 hints$1.99
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  • 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
4 purchases

Cemantik

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
  • Family monthly subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription$8.991 Year
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  • Family yearly subscription$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Dingbats free?
Dingbats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cemantik free?
Cemantik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dingbats or Cemantik?
Dingbats is rated higher. Dingbats averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Cemantik averages 4.3 from 18 ratings.
Do Dingbats or Cemantik have ads?
Both Dingbats and Cemantik show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dingbats or Cemantik?
Dingbats ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cemantik every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dingbats was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cemantik on October 24, 2026.

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