VIM vs Spots and Dots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIM
Defend your star by destroying incoming obstacles and expand your galaxy. Enjoy a simple yet engaging space adventure.
- Protect your star
- Destroy obstacles
- Build your galaxy
- Engaging gameplay
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- Protect your star - Destroy the obstacles - Build your galaxy as big as you can - Enjoy! ;)
Spots and Dots
Collect matching colored spots to grow your shield and score points in this physics-based arcade game. Avoid different colors to prevent losing progress. Discover new challenges and use power-ups to achieve higher scores.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Collect matching colored spots
- Build a shield
- Avoid different colors
- Discover new enemies
- Use power-ups
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A perfect physics game app for those moments where you have just a few minutes to spare. You start out as a colored Dot floating in space and your objective is to try to collect as many spots that are the same color as you floating through space and simultaneously avoid colors that are not similar to yours. Touch a different color and you lose all your points and restart as the color you just touched. The similar colored spots you collect become your shield against the different colored spots floating around. Discover the new enemies as you collect more and more points. Use power-ups and advance your way to a higher score.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spots and Dots at 4.6 against VIM's 3.5. Spots and Dots also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). VIM's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. VIM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spots and Dots sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Spots and Dots holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spots and Dots has 62 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of VIM's written reviews are positive against 77% of Spots and Dots's.
VIM ships an update every 2 months, Spots and Dots every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIM | Spots and Dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) | 4.6 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 77 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noor Creative, LLC | LoopDev, LLC |
Customer experience
VIM
Spots and Dots
In-app purchases
VIM
- VIM Premium$1.99
Spots and Dots
- Unlimited Wild$0.99
- Unlimited Magnet$0.99
- Unlimited Shield$0.99
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- Remove Ads$0.99
- All Items$0.99
- Premium$2.99
