DotMania vs Nodes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DotMania
Engage in a relaxing dot-to-dot puzzle game that offers a wide range of complexity, from simple drawings to intricate images. This app provides stress relief, brain training, and a way to combat boredom, playable even offline.
- Hundreds of dot-to-dot puzzles
- Variety of themes (animals, history, art, etc.)
- Suitable for children and adults
- Offline play support
- Stress relief and brain training
- Regularly updated puzzles
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From simple children´s drawings to large complex images. Connecting the dost serves as perfect stress relief. Dot 2 dot helps you to get rid of boredom, train your brain or simply just relax after a hard day. You can play relaxing dot connect puzzles without Internet Connection. That way even when being offline you still have on you few hundred dot to dot connects, that will safely keep you from getting bored. Great deal of pictures will provide you entertainment for dozens of hours and time spent connecting the dots will become your personal therapy. DotMania contains: - dozens of dot to dot ranging from 200 – 2000 dots - relaxing themes for everyone (animals, military, history, dinosaurs, art, sport, statues,…) - themes suitable also for children - always updated brand new dot to dot puzzles and pictures - offline mode support - anti-stress relaxation and fun for dozens of hours
Nodes
Connect dots to reveal beautiful, handcrafted images in a relaxing puzzle game. Enjoy a calming experience at your own pace, perfect for listening to podcasts or music. Pick up where you left off anytime.
- Connect dots to form art
- Handcrafted puzzles
- Relaxing gameplay
- Save progress
- No time limits
- Clear incorrect connections
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Looking for a calm daily triangle puzzle? Nodes is a relaxing vertex puzzle where you connect dots, form triangles, and reveal beautiful low-poly art. Play a new hand-crafted puzzle every day and enjoy a simple visual logic game designed for focus, calm, and unwind moments. Each puzzle blends satisfying dot connections, triangle strategy, and artistic reveals into a peaceful daily ritual. Why players love Nodes: - A new daily triangle puzzle every day - Connect dots to reveal beautiful low-poly artwork - Relaxing vertex puzzles with no timers or pressure - Satisfying visual reveals and calm progression - Archive, collections, and extra puzzles to explore How to Play: - Connect vertices to create triangles - Each number shows how many connections a vertex still needs - Complete the right triangle pattern to reveal the image - Double tap a vertex to remove incorrect connections Nodes is a calm and elegant puzzle game you can return to every day. If you enjoy connect dots games, triangle puzzles, visual logic, and relaxing art reveals, Nodes offers a satisfying way to unwind at your own pace. Privacy Policy: https://www.nodes-game.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DotMania at none against Nodes's shown. DotMania also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Nodes's advantage is ratings volume (399 vs 55). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. DotMania sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Nodes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for DotMania against 4.6 for Nodes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nodes has 399 ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of DotMania's written reviews are positive against 66% of Nodes's.
DotMania ships an update every 5 weeks, Nodes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DotMania | Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (55 ratings) — better | 4.6 (399 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 65.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 399 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GROOP CZ s.r.o. | NUR NURIYE ERSAHIN |
Customer experience
DotMania
Nodes
Bugs and requests
DotMania
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Nodes
Reported bugs
8 issues- Lines connecting to unintended dots
- App crashes requiring restart
- Progress deletion mid-puzzle
- Puzzles not saving completion status
- Touch controls directing swipes to wrong anchors
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- Settings not persisting (red line toggle)
- Occasional freezing and unresponsiveness
- Graphics rendering issues when zoomed
Requested features
15 requests- Undo or delete line functionality
- Ability to replay completed puzzles
- More frequent puzzle updates and releases
- One-time purchase option instead of subscription
- Portrait mode support
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- Ability to clear all node attachments
- Prevent line overlap feature
- Adjustable touch sensitivity settings
- Longer time to appreciate completed puzzles before animation
- Ability to access previous month's daily puzzles
- Theme-based puzzle grouping
- More airplane-themed puzzles
- Improved comment feature with replies and notifications
- More sophisticated and complex puzzle designs
- Multiple daily puzzles instead of just one
In-app purchases
DotMania
- Animals 2$1.99
- Age of Caesars$1.99
- Magnificent Ships$1.99
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- Incredible Buildings 2$1.99
- World War II$1.99
- Beautiful Plants$1.99
- Our Amazing Technic 2$1.99
- Life with Trains$1.99
- Fashion in our History$1.99
- No Advertisement in DotMania$2.99
Nodes
- Weekly$0.997 Days
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$24.991 Year









