Comparison

Dotty vs Help Me

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

Head to head
About

Dotty

A simple yet addictive game where players must protect a dot from incoming squares. Challenge yourself to survive as long as possible and achieve a high score. Compete with friends and other players on the leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Timed survival gameplay
  • High score tracking
  • Global leaderboard
  • Easy score sharing
  • One-time purchase for ad-free experience
Features
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A deceptively simple and addictive game about saving the dot (Dotty) from the squares. The goal is simple: save Dotty from the moving squares. It’s harder than it looks - can you save Dotty? Dotty - Save the dot! Game Features: • TIMED: How long can you save dotty for? Save the dot from as many squares as you can and achieve a high score! • LEADERBOARD: See where you rank among Dotty’s top players - who saved the dot longest? • EASY SHARING: Share your time with friends to see who can save the dot better. • ADS-FREE MODE: You can make a one-time purchase for ads-free playing. Find us online: Facebook: facebook.com/redwheelapps Twitter: twitter.com/redwheelapps If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at daniel@redwheelapps.com Privacy Policy: http://redwheelapps.com/privacy Terms of Use: http://redwheelapps.com/terms

About

Help Me

Engage in a brain-bending puzzle game featuring unique, real-life scenarios. Solve tricky riddles and logic puzzles to help characters and become a riddle master. This game offers an addictive experience with simple yet lively graphics.

Highlights
  • Original real-life scenarios
  • Hundreds of logic puzzles
  • Tricky brain teasers
  • Think outside the box
  • Use hints for clues
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
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Help Me: Tricky Story is a new breath to all brain games, a kind of brain test with original scenarios as happen in daily life. It will blow your brain out, thus you will be the riddle master. Try this impossible mind blowing brain game, solve the tricky puzzles, find the solution, and crush each level in this brain test mind games. Help Me: Tricky Story has hundreds of logic puzzles that you prove yourself by solving smart tests and mind blowing riddles. Can you find the impossible solution and help the characters. You will like simple graphics but alive with easy and fun gameplay: - Apply real-life logic to beat the challenges. - Different brain teasers - Increase your free thinking - Think outside the box - Use hints if you need a clue. - Find solutions to the riddles. - Simple and highly addictive gameplay Help Me: Tricky Story will bring you an excellent brainwash experience within the scope of brain teaser games. Ready for trainning your brain and dexterity!

Screenshots

Dotty2 screens
Help Me4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dotty and Help Me both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Dotty's written reviews are positive against 56% of Help Me's. Dotty also leads on ads (none vs shown). Help Me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (28K vs 22). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Dotty sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Help Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Dotty against 4.7 for Help Me. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Help Me has 28K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Dotty's written reviews are positive against 56% of Help Me's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dotty ships an update every 6 days, Help Me weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dotty versus Help Me: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDottyHelp Me
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (22 ratings) — better4.7 (28K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better56.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2228K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB212 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRedwheel AppsBros Game Studio

Customer experience

Dotty

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Help Me

All ratings26,824 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews394 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative34.3%

Bugs and requests

Dotty

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Help Me

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Levels freezing or becoming unplayable due to ads
  • Glitches preventing progress in certain levels

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Option to disable ads or pay to remove them
  • Improved level progression and difficulty curve

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dotty

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99
None

Help Me

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dotty free?
Dotty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Help Me free?
Help Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dotty or Help Me?
Dotty is rated higher. Dotty averages 4.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Help Me averages 4.7 from 28K ratings.
Do Dotty or Help Me have ads?
Help Me shows ads; Dotty does not.
Which is updated more often, Dotty or Help Me?
Dotty ships an update every 6 days, and Help Me weekly. Most recently, Dotty was updated on October 24, 2026 and Help Me on October 27, 2026.

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