Dots vs absOrby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dots
Grow your dot by consuming smaller dots and absorbing their essence. Avoid larger dots to survive. See how many dots you can eat in this addictive game.
- Consume smaller dots
- Absorb dot essence
- Avoid larger dots
- Grow your dot
- High score chasing
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You've gotta visualize the Dot. You've gotta embrace the Dot. You've gotta sniff the Dot. You've gotta lick the Dot. You've gotta wash the Dot! You've gotta date the Dot! YOU'VE GOT TO BE THE DOT! Devour the smaller dots and absorb their very essence into your body. Avoid the menacing larger dots or something bad might happen! See how many dots you can eat!
absOrby
Navigate a world where moving causes you to shrink, creating a constant challenge to grow larger by consuming smaller elements. This game offers a thought-provoking experience with allegorical themes and the ability to restart after losses. Compete with friends to achieve the highest score.
- Shrink when moving
- Eat smaller elements to grow
- Allegorical gameplay
- High score competition
- Restart gameplay
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You are an orb. Your goal is to survive. But when you move... you shrink. To eat you must be big. Herein lies the dilemma. --- Every life, you start out small and fragile in a harsh world. Become bigger and stronger by eating everything smaller than you! Make allegories to capitalism, Darwinism, and simply life in general and everything in the game becomes relevant. You will lose, but the best part is that you can start over! Even better, compete with your real-life friends, beat their high score and become the biggest real-life winner in absOrby!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dots at Free against absOrby's $0.99. Dots also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). absOrby's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On rating, ratings volume 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
Dots is free to download; absOrby costs $0.99 up front. absOrby sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dots asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dots against 5.0 for absOrby. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.
Dots ships an update monthly, absOrby every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dots | absOrby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Leach | Joshua Grant |
Customer experience
Dots
absOrby
In-app purchases
Dots
No in-app purchases
absOrby
- No Ads$0.99
