Comparison

Catch a Mouse vs Join the 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

Join the Dots

This educational game helps preschoolers develop thinking, memory, and attention by connecting numbered or lettered dots to reveal hidden dinosaur pictures. Once revealed, children can color the images with a customizable palette. It offers three engaging game modes for early learning.

Highlights
  • Connect points by numbers or letters
  • Reveal hidden dinosaur pictures
  • Color revealed images
  • Customizable color palette
  • Three learning modes: numbers, letters, coloring
  • Hints for incorrect choices
Features
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Dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago, long before our ancestors emerged on the face of the planet. These amazing animals boggle our imagination by their variety and size. Some were small like modern lizards, others as huge as a multi-storey building. Some were predators, for example the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Allosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, while others were herbivorous - like the Diplodocus, Ankylosaurus and Iguanodon. Some species could fly, some lived in water, but most of them walked on the ancient land. Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic era, which is subdivided into three periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. Today, archaeologists study the remains of these animals and can only assume how they looked and lived. Features: ◦ Connect points by numbers or letters ◦ When points are connected, you will see the silhouette of a hidden picture ◦ Once all the points have been connected, you can color the picture ◦ Choosing a wrong symbol three times in a row will bring up a tip ◦ Blue, orange, green or pink stars make the game even more exciting ◦ Easy-to-use palette that allows you to put together your own unique set of colors ◦ Colored pictures automatically saved on closing the program Connect points is a learning puzzle for small children. It helps develop thinking, improve memory and attention. The application has three game modes: by numbers, letters and coloring. Game modes with letters and numbers will be useful for kindergarten and pre-K kids. Connecting by numbers will help to easily memorize the order of numbers and learn to count. To do this, you need to consecutively connect circles with numbers starting from 1. As you connect circles in the right order, the silhouette of a hidden picture will become more and more visible. If three points are chosen incorrectly, a tip will pop up. Once all the points are fully connected, the picture will become fully visible and you’ll be able to color it. Those studying the alphabet can choose to connect points by letters. It is important that children know letters as early as possible, since it is essential for learning to read and write. But knowing the order of letters in the alphabet is also very important! This can be achieved by connecting circles with letters in the right sequence. The coloring mode will be especially appreciated by young artists. In this mode, you can proceed to coloring pictures without connecting points. To make the process even more exciting, you can change any predefined color. To do this, press and hold the paint bucket and choose the necessary color from the palette.

Screenshots

Catch a Mouse4 screens
Join the Dots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Join the Dots at 4.7 against Catch a Mouse's 3.7. Join the Dots also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Catch a Mouse's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 13 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Catch a Mouse sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Join the Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Join the Dots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 270 and 135 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Catch a Mouse's written reviews are positive against 40% of Join the 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, Join the Dots every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Catch a Mouse versus Join the Dots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatch a MouseJoin the Dots
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (270 ratings)4.7 (135 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings270 — better135
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB28 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMeme, IncKedronic UAB

Customer experience

Catch a Mouse

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

Join the Dots

All ratings135 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

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

Join the Dots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
Show 7 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Join the Dots

One-time1
  • Unlock all pages$2.99

Questions

Is Catch a Mouse free?
Catch a Mouse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Join the Dots free?
Join the Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Catch a Mouse or Join the Dots?
Join the Dots is rated higher. Catch a Mouse averages 3.7 out of 5 from 270 ratings, while Join the Dots averages 4.7 from 135 ratings.
Do Catch a Mouse or Join the Dots have ads?
Catch a Mouse shows ads; Join the Dots does not.
Which is updated more often, Catch a Mouse or Join the Dots?
Catch a Mouse ships an update monthly, and Join the Dots every 13 months. Most recently, Catch a Mouse was updated on October 31, 2026 and Join the Dots on November 5, 2026.

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