Dot vs Picks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dot
Navigate a square through a puzzle, making strategic left or right turns to align dots with their corresponding colored squares. The objective is simple, but the limited steps make solving each level a significant challenge.
- Strategic square control
- Left/right turn mechanics
- Color-matching puzzles
- Limited step challenges
- Increasing difficulty
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Control the square to your target position, and then choose turn right or turn left. Aline all dots to the correspond color square. The rule is simple. But the number of step is limited, it is very hard to solve.
Picks
This app helps you make decisions with fun, random generators and spinning wheels. Easily create custom outcomes for any choice, from what to eat to random colors or numbers. It offers flexibility with unlimited outcomes, adjustable timers, and customizable colors.
- Create custom generators and wheels
- Unlimited outcomes
- Adjustable timer
- Customizable colors
- Set outcome weights
- Backup and restore data
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Picks is an app that allows you to make decisions in a new and fun way! You can create generators to create multiple outcomes or use pickers to spin a wheel and get a random decision. If a decision is difficult to make, let Picks help you decide! Should I eat out or order in? Should I do this or that? Maybe you just need a random color, number or anything. Picks can help you with all these decisions and more. Here are some of Picks great features: • Easy to create generators & wheels • An unlimited number of outcomes • Adjustable timer for timing related outcomes • Customizable colors to get just the right look • Set weights for outcomes • Backup & restore data if you enjoy Picks and want to show your support, please leave a review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Picks at 90% against Dot's 0%. Picks also leads on price (Free vs $2.49) and ads (none vs shown). Dot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On 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
Picks is free to download; Dot costs $2.49 up front. Picks sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Dot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Picks has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Dot's written reviews are positive against 90% of Picks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dot ships an update every 14 months, Picks every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dot | Picks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.49 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | Anthony Fiorito |
Customer experience
Dot
Picks
In-app purchases
Dot
No in-app purchases
Picks
- Picks Pro$2.99
- Great Tip$2.99
- Incredible Tip$4.99
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- Unbelievable Tip$9.99
