Comparison

Mystery Files vs Dotillism

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

Head to head
About

Mystery Files

Engage in free-to-play detective puzzles and brain teasers. Discover hidden objects in various locations and choose from a library of interactive stories and quests. Earn achievements and collect unique items as you unravel mysteries.

Highlights
  • Hidden object puzzles
  • Point-and-click adventures
  • Interactive stories
  • Brain teasers and mini-games
  • Achievement system
  • Collectible items
Features
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Free-to-play puzzles, brain teasers, and mini-games in Mystery Files: Hidden Objects, where you need to win mystery games and find hidden objects in every location! This is a library of Domini games and interactive stories that you can choose from. · Play your favorite puzzle games! Choose your own point-and-click adventure! In a single app, you can play any quest you like. An easy-to-read progress meter shows you which hidden object games you have already completed. Never choose between romance and detective genres—play both! · Never get bored! Are you worried about missing a brand-new release from Domini? Not anymore! All of our newest detective games are added to this wonderful collection. Any hidden object adventure quest you want—right at your fingertips! · Earn achievements! Play and replay your favorite puzzles to earn achievements! Be the quickest one to uncover cleverly hidden objects and show off your skills to your friends. Can you unlock them all? · Gather your own collection! Each of our thrilling adventures is full of secrets and mysteries. Be attentive as you travel through unknown worlds and beautiful locations while solving hide-and-seek interactive games! Find morphing artifacts, notes that expand the story, and fun trinkets to collect. Will you be able to complete the whole collection? Download Mystery Files: Hidden Objects—choose any quest you like and play for free! If you want bonus materials or need additional help, you can use the in-game store. ----- Questions? Email us at support@dominigames.com Visit our website to play more brain teasers and puzzles: http://dominigames.com Become our fan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dominigames Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominigames

About

Dotillism

Restore color to a monochrome world in this relaxing puzzle game. Enjoy a handcrafted experience with satisfying animations, sounds, and haptic feedback as you solve increasingly challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Restore color to a gray world
  • Relaxing and engaging gameplay
  • Handcrafted experience
  • Satisfying animations, sounds, and haptics
  • 36 human-designed levels
  • Progressing difficulty
Features
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Bring back color to a sad gray world. Dotillism is a casual zen game, a handcrafted experienced carefully designed to be relaxing yet engaging. The curated game feel with animations, sounds and haptic feedback ensures that you will enjoy every moment of this experience, while solving puzzles that spans from easy to challenging. The experience now has 36 human-designed levels in progressing difficulty.

Screenshots

Mystery Files4 screens
Dotillism4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dotillism at 100% against Mystery Files's 59%. Dotillism also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 25) and ads (none vs shown). Mystery Files's advantage is ratings volume (5.9K vs 4) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mystery Files sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Dotillism asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mystery Files holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mystery Files has 5.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Mystery Files's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dotillism's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mystery Files ships an update fortnightly, Dotillism every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Mystery Files versus Dotillism: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMystery FilesDotillism
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.9K ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews58.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.9K — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#191 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size433 MB24 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDO GAMES LIMITEDLeonardo Bertinelli

Customer experience

Mystery Files

All ratings5,886 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,203 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral18.0%
Negative23.4%

Dotillism

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mystery Files

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Puzzles not working as intended
  • Scenes/items disappearing or becoming uninteractable
  • Game progress being reset or lost
  • Crashes and freezes when using in-app purchases

Requested features

3 requests
  • More ways to earn hints/coins without paying
  • Better instructions for mini-games
  • Ability to skip difficult puzzles

Dotillism

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Mystery Files

One-time20
  • A Handful of Coins$1.99
  • Pack of useful things$1.99
  • A Handful of Crystals$2.99
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  • A Pouch of Coins$3.99
  • A Pinch of Gems$3.99
  • Handful of useful things$3.99
  • Pack of useful things$4.99
  • Chalice of Coins$4.99
  • Currency box$4.99
  • Heap of Coins$4.99
  • Heap of Gems$4.99
  • A Handful of Gems$5.99
  • A Pouch of Gems$6.99
  • A Bag of Coins$7.99
  • A Bag of Gems$7.99
  • Bandbox of Coins2 variants$9.99
  • Bandbox of Gems$9.99
  • A Chest of Coins$11.99
  • Handful of useful things$12.99
  • Jewelry Box2 variants$14.99
None

Dotillism

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mystery Files free?
Mystery Files is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dotillism free?
Dotillism is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mystery Files or Dotillism?
Mystery Files is rated higher. Mystery Files averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.9K ratings, while Dotillism averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Mystery Files or Dotillism have ads?
Mystery Files shows ads; Dotillism does not.
Which is updated more often, Mystery Files or Dotillism?
Mystery Files ships an update fortnightly, and Dotillism every 5 days. Most recently, Mystery Files was updated on October 21, 2026 and Dotillism on October 3, 2026.

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