Comparison

Tap Dot. vs Polychoron Explorer

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

Head to head
About

Tap Dot.

Guide a ball through challenging levels by splitting it to navigate obstacles and reach the finish line. Progress through a charming universe with increasing difficulty. Be strategic to avoid losing all your balls and failing the game.

Highlights
  • Level-based progression
  • Ball splitting mechanic
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Charming universe theme
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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Try out reach the finish with minimum using splits and get pass through a variety of levels. Progress in the charming universe of TapDot! Travel through space, split the ball and dodge the obstacles. Be careful not to lose all of the balls if you don't want to lose the game!

About

Polychoron Explorer

Features
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Introducing Magic Manycell - a puzzle game inspired by Magic Cube but in 4D. Rotate 4D slices of a Tesseract or 16-Cell to match colors. Comprehend and feel 4D space by watching 4D objects projected into 3D by brand new 4D projection-based rendering engine. Magic Manycell puzzle can be played on 3 different 4D figures -- Tesseract with its Cells divided into 8 cubes 2*2*2, tesseract with cells divided into 3*3*3=27 smaller cubes each, and a 16-cell, which is a regular polychoron with 16 tetrahedral cells, where you have to match colors in 4 cells aligned together. If Magic Manycell puzzle seems too hard at first, you can adjust difficulty by selecting amount of moves (called shuffles) that game creates from the state with all colors perfectly aligned. So as you master elementary 1, 2 and 3 shuffles, you can move on to more challenging puzzles. In addition to starting with less shuffles, with Tesseract based figures players can select to utilize rotations that affects less cells that actual rotation would which makes this puzzle playable to even most casual players (this is the default mode - for only "realistic" rotations select "IRON AN" mode). In addition to Magic Manycell, this game contains Explorer mode without game goal where you can take your time to explore all 6 regular 4D polytopes (called polychorons). You can also customize how polychoron looks by selecting colors for each Cell of it. In Premium version, you can even create your own polychorons by scanning and splitting existing ones into 2 parts. Even though right now there're only 2 modes, more fun games on the same engine are planned to be added in the future into this same app. Game uses Freemium model where free (Demo) functionality is limited. Full functionality is unlockable with one-time purchases, only one for each mode. Demo mode is indicated by watermark so you know that there are some limitations to be expected. However in each mode there is a fully unlocked free functionality - for Magic Manycell, this is 2*2*2 tesseract board, for Explorer it's the 5-cell and Tesseract.

Screenshots

Tap Dot.4 screens
Polychoron Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tap Dot. at none against Polychoron Explorer's 3. Tap Dot. also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Polychoron Explorer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tap Dot. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tap Dot. versus Polychoron Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTap Dot.Polychoron Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size231 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeniy MatyushinOLEG LESHCHEV

In-app purchases

None

Tap Dot.

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Polychoron Explorer

One-time3
  • Unlock Explorer$4.99
  • Unlock Magic Manycell$4.99
  • Full Lifetime Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is Tap Dot. free?
Tap Dot. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polychoron Explorer free?
Polychoron Explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tap Dot. or Polychoron Explorer have ads?
Neither Tap Dot. nor Polychoron Explorer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tap Dot. or Polychoron Explorer?
Tap Dot. ships an update every 3 weeks, and Polychoron Explorer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tap Dot. was updated on October 24, 2026 and Polychoron Explorer on October 22, 2026.

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