Dumb Ways to Draw vs Squiggle Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dumb Ways to Draw
Draw lines to guide adorable characters to safety in this physics-based puzzle game. Solve a variety of entertaining challenges with your pencil sketches and witness humorous outcomes. Collect new pencils and enjoy a fresh adventure with familiar characters.
- Draw lines to save characters
- Physics-based puzzles
- Entertaining scenarios
- Collect shiny pencils
- Funny death moments
- Multiple languages
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Draw lines with your pencil and save the beans with your sketch! Dumb Ways to Draw is a drawing puzzle game from the world of Dumb Ways To Die! Full of your favourite Beans but not in the way you remember! A whole new adventure to experience! Once again the clumsy Beans need your help but this time you'll DRAW the Beans to safety! Nothing like you've seen before! Brand new game! Brand new levels! Brand new Beans! Features : Lots of interesting puzzles to keep you entertained! Save beans in a number of scenarios! Real physics, interact with the world! Win lots of shiny pencils to save your beans! Lots of splats and funny death moments! Localised in lots of languages!
Squiggle Drop
Unleash your creativity to solve physics-based puzzles by drawing a single shape. Explore 100 levels with multiple solutions and build your own city with earned rewards. Regular updates and daily challenges keep the fun going.
- Draw shapes to solve puzzles
- 100 unique levels
- Build and customize a city
- Daily challenges
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Regular content updates
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Use your creativity and imagination to solve charming physics puzzles by drawing a single shape and watching what unfolds! Complete the objectives of 100 puzzles (with more on the way), each with multiple and often surprising solutions. How you draw your solution is up to you! Solve puzzles and earn rewards to build your very own Squiggletown! Unlock buildings, cosmetics and various upgrades as you expand your own personal city. Squiggle Drop Features: - 100 levels - Regular Content Updates - Daily Challenges - Challenging your friends to beat your scores - Leaderboards and Achievements
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squiggle Drop at none against Dumb Ways to Draw's 10. Squiggle Drop also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (5 vs 3). Dumb Ways to Draw's advantage is ratings volume (43K vs 14K). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Dumb Ways to Draw sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Squiggle Drop asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Dumb Ways to Draw against 4.7 for Squiggle Drop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Dumb Ways to Draw's written reviews are positive against 56% of Squiggle Drop's.
Dumb Ways to Draw ships an update every 5 weeks, Squiggle Drop monthly. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Dumb Ways to Draw | Squiggle Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (43K ratings) | 4.7 (14K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.6% of reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43K — better | 14K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 451 MB | 289 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd | Noodlecake |
Customer experience
Dumb Ways to Draw
Squiggle Drop
User reviews
Dumb Ways to Draw
From 43K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Challenging yet rewarding levels
- 💡 Creative drawing mechanics
- 👍 Minimal ads
- 👍 Great visuals and theme
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- 🐛 Buggy or unhelpful hints
- 🐛 Progress reset issues
- 🐛 Unresponsive controls
Squiggle Drop
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and entertaining game
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles that stimulate the mind
- 🎶 Relaxing and enjoyable music
- 👍 Simple and intuitive gameplay
Room to improve
- 🤯 Levels require pixel-perfect precision
- 🤔 Hints/solutions don't always work as intended
- 😡 Frustrating when unable to progress due to difficulty
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Dumb Ways to Draw
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels freezing or going black
- Inability to exit mini-games
- Coins and progress disappearing
- Inconsistent behavior of drawing mechanics
Requested features
4 requests- Add more pencil/pen customization options
- Improve save/load functionality to prevent progress loss
- Reduce frequency and duration of ads
- Provide better in-game instructions and tutorials
Squiggle Drop
Reported bugs
3 issues- Achievements resetting or not tracking properly
- Physics issues causing objects to behave unexpectedly
- Drawing inputs not registering correctly
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to skip or replay levels
- Improved precision controls for touch devices
- Clearer level instructions and objectives
In-app purchases
Dumb Ways to Draw
- Season Two Unlock$1.99
- Season Three Unlock$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
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- Hint Pack x 150$2.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Hint Pack x 500$3.99
- Season 2 Pack$3.99
- Season 3 Pack$3.99
- Halloween Pen Pack$3.99
- Unlimited Hints$25.99
Squiggle Drop
No in-app purchases
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