Comparison

Catch a Mouse vs Splashy Dots

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

Head to head
About

Catch a Mouse

Embark on a global cheese chase adventure as the Cheese Guardian. Outsmart a sneaky mouse by setting smart traps, solving logic puzzles, and recovering stolen legendary cheeses. Enjoy addictive, family-friendly gameplay with daily challenges and boosters.

Highlights
  • Addictive puzzle gameplay
  • Smart strategy and trap setting
  • Powerful boosters
  • Daily missions and rewards
  • Relaxing and family-friendly
Features
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Over 4 Million Downloads! Join the ultimate cheese chase puzzle adventure in Catch a Mouse, one of the most fun and addictive casual games on the App Store! A clever mouse is stealing legendary cheeses from around the world, and only YOU can stop it. Travel across famous locations, set smart traps, solve puzzles, and recover stolen cheese in this relaxing yet challenging casual game. YOUR MISSION Play as the Cheese Guardian and outsmart the sneaky mouse using strategy, logic, and timing. Explore global levels, unlock new challenges, and protect the world’s cheese supply! GAME FEATURES ► Addictive Puzzle Gameplay – Easy to play, hard to master. Perfect for fans of casual puzzle, logic, and brain games. ► Smart Strategy & Traps – Think ahead and use clever mechanics similar to Sudoku and Solitaire. ► Powerful Boosters – Speed up your progress with fun boosters inspired by Match-3 and casual games. ► Daily Missions & Rewards – New challenges, daily gifts, and ongoing progression. ► Relaxing & Family-Friendly – A lighthearted puzzle game for all ages. Whether you enjoy puzzle games, casual brain games, strategy games, or relaxing challenges, Catch a Mouse delivers fun anytime, anywhere. Download Catch a Mouse now and start the ultimate cheese-saving puzzle adventure! http://www.memeinc.com ©Meme, Inc

About

Splashy Dots

This app offers a unique puzzle experience with strategic dot-connecting gameplay. Enjoy thousands of brain-teasing levels with a distinctive art style and relaxing jazz music. Designed for Apple devices, it features haptic feedback and iCloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Unique dot-connecting mechanics
  • Thousands of brain-teasing puzzles
  • Splashy and juicy graphics
  • Relaxing chillout jazz music
  • Haptic feedback and force touch support
  • iCloud progress syncing
  • Full undo support
Features
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Imagine yourself in a cozy art gallery, with the sounds of a live jazz act in the background, a brush in your hand and a canvas in front of you. You’re all set. You have a perfect opportunity to create some unique splatter art paintings. Now you can do all of this on your mobile device! ======= ORIGINAL GAMEPLAY Splashy Dots has one of its kind mechanics that can't be found in any other game. If you like games such as chess, Sudoku, Go or Rubik's cube you will be amazed by how much this game has to offer beyond the art style. LOTS OF CONTENT Thousands of brain-teasing puzzles. You can choose colors and difficulty up to your preferences. DESIGNED FOR APPLE DEVICES Designed specifically for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and iMessage. Works with haptic feedback and force touch on iPhone 7, which allows you to feel the splashes in your hand. UNIQUE ART STYLE Splashy and juicy graphics with lots of colorful themes. Each level ends up as a painting for you to collect. EASY TO PLAY, HARD TO MASTER Full undo support so you can experiment freely with multiple paths. Hints to help you when you get really stuck. Easy to learn rules with surprising complexity as levels get harder. MUSIC Chillout Jazz music playing in the background with procedurally generated tunes that are different at every level. iCloud Progress is saved in the cloud so you can play on multiple devices at once. ======= DESCRIPTION: The game is visually driven but the core of the gameplay is focused on strategic thinking. Your goal is to connect all the dots. Sounds familiar? Nothing could be further from the truth. Splashy Dots has one of its kind mechanics that can't be found in any other game. If you like games such as chess, Sudoku, Go or Rubik's cube you will be amazed by how much this game has to offer beyond the colorful art style. You move the dot with swipes so in order to play this game you need a single hand and an open-minded brain. Your dot moves on a visually appealing grid that lets you easily understand the in-game physics. You can move horizontally or vertically within this grid. There are only splashes and paint streaks. Whenever you swipe you create both - a streak and a splash. The in-game music is relaxing and your moves are accompanied by calming sound effects. At the beginning the game is easy, but it gets more brain-challenging with each level you complete. It's easy to finish initial levels which contain only a few dots but you need to learn how to test your strategies in order to finish levels with a dozen of them. You need your combined experiences to progress in the game. There's always at least a single possible solution but usually, the first move is the most important one. It can immediately help you solve the puzzle or break the odds of winning. The world of Splashy Dots is full of colors. Gameplay will make you excited. It's addictive and challenging. Whenever you get stuck you don't need to stop - there's a hint that you may want to use. There's no such thing as a score so you don’t need to hurry. Take your time, be patient. Test your skills and try to solve one of the most creative modern puzzlers. If you own AppleTV you need to know that the Splashy Dots TV version was not only specially designed for TV, but the game will be synchronized across all your devices, whether it's iPod, iPhone or AppleTV. Not convinced yet? If you play on AppleTV you will get daily free hints! Yup, that's it. You only need to download the game on your AppleTV in order to receive free hints on iPhone. Enjoy! ----------------------------- FOLLOW https://www.facebook.com/crimsonpine https://twitter.com/crimsonpine DISCOVER http://www.crimsonpine.com/ SUPPORT Are you having problems? Contact our team and we will do our best to help you! http://www.crimsonpine.com/#section-contact

Screenshots

Catch a Mouse4 screens
Splashy Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Catch a Mouse at 80% against Splashy Dots's 35%. Splashy Dots's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.1 vs 3.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Catch a Mouse sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Splashy Dots sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Splashy Dots holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 270 and 200 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Catch a Mouse's written reviews are positive against 35% of Splashy Dots's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catch a Mouse ships an update monthly, Splashy Dots every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Catch a Mouse versus Splashy Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatch a MouseSplashy Dots
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (270 ratings)4.1 (200 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings270 — better200
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB177 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMeme, IncCrimson Pine Games

Customer experience

Catch a Mouse

All ratings270 ratings
Positive59.6%
Neutral14.1%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews867 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative12.8%

Splashy Dots

All ratings200 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews267 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral13.5%
Negative51.7%

User reviews

Catch a Mouse

From 270 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and fun gameplay
  • 🎨 Cute graphics and animations
  • 🕹️ Addictive and challenging
  • 💰 Good value as a free app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Certain levels are mathematically impossible
  • 🔊 Annoying sound effects and laughter
  • 🔒 In-app purchases required to unlock more content
  • 🤖 Inconsistent mouse AI behavior

Splashy Dots

From 200 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful design and visuals
  • 🎶 Relaxing background music
  • 🧠 Challenging yet satisfying puzzles
  • 👍 Addictive and enjoyable gameplay
  • 💡 Unique concept and mechanics

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
  • 🔁 Repetitive and unvaried puzzle designs
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and pacing
  • 🔒 Lack of customization or control over ads

Bugs and requests

Catch a Mouse

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes or freezes on certain devices
  • Levels not loading properly after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to undo moves
  • Hints or solutions for difficult levels
  • More varied level designs and backgrounds
  • Syncing of purchased content across devices

Splashy Dots

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App opening App Store unexpectedly
  • Volume issues and audio problems
  • Inconsistent gameplay and level completion tracking

Requested features

4 requests
  • More level variety and difficulty progression
  • Option to purchase ad-free version
  • Custom level creation and sharing
  • Improved background music and sound effects

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Catch a Mouse

One-time10
  • 100 Extra Hard levels pack$0.99
  • Unlimited use Mouse Smasher$0.99
  • La Cuisine levels pack (150 levels)$1.99
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  • Cheeseland levels pack (120 levels)$1.99
  • Fruit Salad levels pack (150 levels)$1.99
  • Christmas levels pack (150 levels)$1.99
  • Cheese Pack$1.99
  • All 600 levels + Smasher$4.99
  • Gearing up!$4.99
  • Cheese Pack 3$5.99
10 purchases

Splashy Dots

One-time10
  • Small Hint Pack$0.99
  • Medium Hint Pack$2.99
  • One Free Hint In Each Level$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Large Hint Pack$5.99
  • Coral Reef Pack$9.99
  • Sweets Pack$9.99
  • Huge Hint Pack$9.99
  • Hues Pack$9.99
  • Unlimited Hints$19.99
  • Unlimited Brushes$19.99

Questions

Is Catch a Mouse free?
Catch a Mouse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Splashy Dots free?
Splashy Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Catch a Mouse or Splashy Dots?
Splashy Dots is rated higher. Catch a Mouse averages 3.7 out of 5 from 270 ratings, while Splashy Dots averages 4.1 from 200 ratings.
Do Catch a Mouse or Splashy Dots have ads?
Catch a Mouse shows ads; Splashy Dots does not.
Which is updated more often, Catch a Mouse or Splashy Dots?
Catch a Mouse ships an update monthly, and Splashy Dots every 3 weeks. Most recently, Catch a Mouse was updated on October 31, 2026 and Splashy Dots on November 2, 2026.

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