Comparison

SweeperAR vs Don't Kill The Dots

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

Head to head
About

SweeperAR

Experience the classic Minesweeper game in a fully 3D augmented reality environment. Interact with the minefield by dragging, dropping, scaling, and rotating it to find all the mines. Offers customizable parameters and standard game mechanics for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality 3D minefield
  • Cube view and plane highlighting
  • Customizable minefield spawning
  • Drag, drop, scale, and rotate minefield
  • Standard game mechanics and timer
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Minesweeper has finally come to Augmented Reality! Flag, count, and open cells in this fully 3D reinvention of the classic game. Features: - View the entire minefield in cube view, or highlight an individual plane - Fully customizable minefield spawning parameters, with difficulty presets - Drag, drop, scale, and rotate the minefield to locate mines from any angle - Standard game mechanics and timer Professional mine-defusers and newbies alike will be able to enjoy the challenges and gameplay of SweeperAR!

About

Don't Kill The Dots

Navigate a challenging arcade experience with simple one-touch controls. Dodge obstacles and eliminate targets to achieve the highest score possible. This game requires quick reflexes and mastery of its unique mechanics.

Highlights
  • Simple one-touch controls
  • Dodge blue dots
  • Kill red dots
  • High score chasing
  • Hard to master gameplay
  • Sharp reflex requirement
Features
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Hit the red dots. Avoid the blue ones. Don't let a single red dot get past you. Don't Kill The Dots is a one touch dot dodge game. A spinner sits in the middle of the screen while waves of dots fly toward it. Hold the screen to spin one way and let go to spin the other. Hit every red dot and keep clear of every blue one. One mistake ends the run. HOW TO PLAY • Hold anywhere to spin one way • Let go to spin the other way • Hit every red dot before it gets past you • Don't touch the blue dots • Let gold dots reach the middle to collect gold HARD MODE In Hard Mode the spinner turns faster from the start. Can you keep control? COLLECT AND UNLOCK • More than 100 spinner colors • Spend gold on new colors • 100 challenges, with special colors as rewards • Spin the prize wheel for free every 12 hours COMPETE • Normal and Hard Mode leaderboards • 19 achievements to earn • Share your high score and challenge your friends to beat it YOUR WAY Reverse the spin direction in settings if it feels better. PLAY OFFLINE No wifi needed. Don't Kill The Dots plays offline, so it's ready for flights, road trips and waiting rooms. Easy to learn, hard to master, and made for one finger. How long can you last?

Screenshots

SweeperAR4 screens
Don't Kill The Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SweeperAR at none against Don't Kill The Dots's 1. SweeperAR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.3 vs 15.0). Don't Kill The Dots's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating 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. Don't Kill The Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SweeperAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SweeperAR against 5.0 for Don't Kill The Dots. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Kill The Dots has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SweeperAR versus Don't Kill The Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweeperARDon't Kill The Dots
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam ChilcotePower-Up Game Studios LLC

Customer experience

SweeperAR

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Don't Kill The Dots

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SweeperAR

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Don't Kill The Dots

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is SweeperAR free?
SweeperAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Don't Kill The Dots free?
Don't Kill The Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SweeperAR or Don't Kill The Dots?
SweeperAR and Don't Kill The Dots are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do SweeperAR or Don't Kill The Dots have ads?
Don't Kill The Dots shows ads; SweeperAR does not.

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