Comparison

Dotillism vs Oxytone

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

Head to head
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.

About

Oxytone

Embark on a unique puzzle adventure designed for relaxation and mental exploration. Master strategic tile placement to create long paths and impressive combinations, with 99 challenges and unlockable themes for a deep, engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Unique puzzle adventure
  • Tranquil escape
  • 99 challenges
  • Unlockable colorful themes
  • 12 meticulously designed maps
  • Strategic tile placement
  • Immersive sound design
Features
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Are you ready for a unique adventure like no other? Oxytone invites you to explore the depths of your mind while offering a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life for those seeking relaxation. For more determined players, there are 99 challenges, colorful themes to unlock, and 12 meticulously designed maps. Oxytone is the ultimate puzzle game, equally easy to learn and challenging to master. Strive for the highest scores by creating the longest paths and achieving impressive combinations. Every move matters, and success depends on strategy and planning. You can discard tiles that don't fit your plan, but this reduces your pool of available tiles. To refresh it, you must fill tiles by guiding paths through them six times, deepening the mechanics further. Sound is an integral part of Oxytone, so I recommend playing with headphones. This will immerse you even deeper into the game. The sound design has been crafted with great care to create a unique and relaxing atmosphere, yet it can also deliver powerful moments when needed.

Screenshots

Dotillism4 screens
Oxytone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dotillism at none against Oxytone's 1. Dotillism also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Oxytone's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (97 vs 4). On price, 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. Oxytone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dotillism asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oxytone holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oxytone has 97 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Dotillism's written reviews are positive against 75% of Oxytone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dotillism ships an update every 5 days, Oxytone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dotillism versus Oxytone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotillismOxytone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)4.5 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.4% of reviews
Number of ratings497 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB157 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonardo BertinelliOxGames Kamil Wdowczyk

Customer experience

Dotillism

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

Oxytone

All ratings97 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive75.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative13.0%

Bugs and requests

Dotillism

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Oxytone

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Game crashes and refuses to reopen
  • Progress lost when leaving app mid-game
  • Achievement unlock not triggering (Quick Mode)
  • Trophy not awarded for completed challenges
  • Freezing on iPad Pro, especially with Apple Pencil
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  • Camera reset toggle not functioning
  • Save feature unreliable

Requested features

12 requests
  • Tutorial or instructional videos explaining gameplay
  • Ability to save mid-game progress
  • Quick replay/restart button without menu navigation
  • Zoom out feature to see more of the board
  • Replay functionality to review completed puzzles
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  • Community connection feature for sharing hints
  • Preview colors before unlocking
  • Select which unlocked colors appear in rotation
  • More levels and challenges
  • Relax/free-play mode without move limits
  • Faster load times between games
  • Cross-device purchase synchronization

In-app purchases

None

Dotillism

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Oxytone

One-time1
  • Full version$5.99

Questions

Is Dotillism free?
Dotillism is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oxytone free?
Oxytone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dotillism or Oxytone?
Oxytone is rated higher. Dotillism averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Oxytone averages 4.5 from 97 ratings.
Do Dotillism or Oxytone have ads?
Neither Dotillism nor Oxytone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dotillism or Oxytone?
Dotillism ships an update every 5 days, and Oxytone every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dotillism was updated on October 3, 2026 and Oxytone on October 17, 2026.

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