Comparison

DotAndBoxes vs QuanGame

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

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About

DotAndBoxes

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Online version of the classic pen-paper based Dots And Boxes game. Players take turns in drawing lines between dots on a grid. The player who completes the most boxes wins. The game is played starting with a rectangular array of dots. The two players take turns to join two adjacent dots with a horizontal or vertical line. If a player completes the fourth side of a box they initial that box and must draw another line. When all the boxes have been completed the winner is the player who has initialled the most boxes.

About

QuanGame

Experience a traditional Vietnamese board game on your smartphone. Engage in strategic gameplay, calculate moves, and aim to collect the most points to win. Play against friends or a computer opponent.

Highlights
  • Traditional Vietnamese board game
  • Player vs. Player mode
  • Player vs. Computer mode
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Simplified interface
  • Easy to play
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Ô ăn quan is a traditional Vietnamese board game, played for generations on the pavement, with a piece of chalk and a handful of pebbles. QuanGame brings it to your phone, played exactly as it is played outside. HOW IT WORKS Twelve squares in a ring: two big quan squares at the ends, five small ones for each player. Take every piece from one of your squares and sow them one by one into the following squares. Whenever an empty square is followed by a full one, you eat the full one and its pieces become your points. A quan is worth 5 points, a small piece 1. When both quan have been eaten, the highest score wins. IN THE GAME • Learn to play in six guided steps, on the real board • Play against the computer, on three levels • Play two players on the same phone, face to face • Four sets of pieces: pebbles, seeds, old coins, or plain numbers • Five boards: wood, chalk on the ground, Tết, rice field, night • The nine rules, each illustrated by an example you can play • 71 languages

Screenshots

DotAndBoxes3 screens
QuanGame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DotAndBoxes at none against QuanGame's shown. DotAndBoxes also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). QuanGame's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 47 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DotAndBoxes ships an update every 47 months, QuanGame every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on December 31, 2025 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
DotAndBoxes versus QuanGame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotAndBoxesQuanGame
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—18.2% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 47 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB6 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperB R SOFTECH PRIVATE LIMITEDAlexandre Thil

In-app purchases

None

DotAndBoxes

No in-app purchases

None

QuanGame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DotAndBoxes free?
DotAndBoxes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuanGame free?
QuanGame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DotAndBoxes or QuanGame have ads?
QuanGame shows ads; DotAndBoxes does not.
Which is updated more often, DotAndBoxes or QuanGame?
DotAndBoxes ships an update every 47 months, and QuanGame every 2 months. Most recently, DotAndBoxes was updated on December 31, 2025 and QuanGame on October 24, 2026.

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