Dominate vs Pumbuzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dominate
This logic puzzle challenges you to identify and connect 28 dominoes on a 7x8 grid. Apply deductive reasoning to determine the correct placement of each domino, ensuring each is used only once to solve the board.
- Auto-generated boards
- Limitless puzzle variations
- Inbuilt solver with hints
- Full tutorial
- Progress tracking
- Pause game functionality
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Dominate is a logic puzzle that uses a standard 'double six' set of 28 dominoes. The puzzle board represents all of the 28 dominoes from 0:0 to 6:6 placed next to each other in a 7 by 8 grid. The problem is, you can't see which squares join to which others to form the dominoes. Your task is find those links, by applying logic to determine a layout for the entire board such that each domino is used only once. FEATURES: + Auto-generated boards + An almost limitless number of puzzles + Inbuilt solver provides hints and a target time to beat + Full tutorial to help you learn the game + Tracks your progress, keeping puzzles challenging + Pause the game to easily see your progress TIMING & HINTS: Dominate rates each puzzle it generates to give you a target time, the faster you are the higher your score. If you're stuck you can ask for a hint, but the better you get, the more hints will cost you. If all you want to do is solve puzzles and you don't care how long it takes, that's cool, you will still be able take advantage of the virtually limitless number of puzzles in the game. LEARN MORE: Check out the Dominate at: http://dominate.talibard.com/
Pumbuzzle
Solve daily logic puzzles by arranging numbers so each row sums to 80. Use directional clues to guide your placement and swap squares to achieve the correct pattern. Compete on leaderboards and replay past challenges.
- Daily pattern puzzles
- Row summation to 80
- Swap squares to solve
- Directional clues (▲▼, ◀▶)
- Replay past puzzles
- GameCenter leaderboards
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Each row adds up to 80. Find the right place for all of the numbers. ▲▼ means a square is in the right column but the wrong row ◀▶ means a square is in the right row but the wrong column Tap two squares to swap them. Moving squares with ▲▼ or ◀▶ increases your score. A new puzzle each day AND the ability to replay puzzles from past days! Leaderboards with GameCenter! New games start at midnight UTC (i.e., 7pm Central US).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pumbuzzle at weekly against Dominate's every 19 months. Pumbuzzle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pumbuzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Dominate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pumbuzzle's.
Dominate ships an update every 19 months, Pumbuzzle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dominate | Pumbuzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Talibard | Brainwash Inc. |
Customer experience
Dominate
Pumbuzzle
In-app purchases
Dominate
No in-app purchases
Pumbuzzle
No in-app purchases









