PathPix vs Dot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PathPix
Draw colored paths connecting numbered pairs, with path length matching the number. Solve puzzles to reveal miniature pictures and enjoy related quotes. Features graduated difficulty and helpful tools.
- Draw colored paths
- Connect numbered pairs
- Path length matches number
- Reveal miniature pictures
- Graduated puzzle difficulty
- Check button for incorrect paths
- Pinch zoom and one-finger scrolling
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Fall in love with PathPix! Draw bright, bold lines of color to make paths connecting pairs of colored numbers. The length of each path must equal the numbers you are connecting. There's only one way to do it! Finish solving to see the miniature picture that you have created. As an extra reward you get a quote related in some way to the picture. Witty or wise, it will give you a little something to think about as you go on to the next puzzle. ****************** PATHPIX FEATURES: Graduated puzzles, small to large, easy to expert. All puzzles unlocked always. Stuck? Use the new Check button and remove incorrect paths. Pinch zoom to make squares larger or smaller. One finger scrolling. 189 beautiful picture puzzles. ****************** New to PathPix? Not sure which PathPix to buy? Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different. ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights. ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included. ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert. PathPix is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames
Dot
Connect numbered dots in ascending order to reveal intricate, colorful images. This advanced adaptation of classic dot-to-dot puzzles offers hundreds of dots per image and includes helpful tools for a satisfying artistic experience.
- Connect numbered dots to reveal pictures
- High-quality color images
- Puzzles up to 1200 dots
- Weekly bonus puzzles
- Zoom, pan, and undo/redo
- Progress previews
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Connect all dots to reveal a beautiful color picture! Each puzzle consists of a collection of color dots with clues next to each dot. The object is to reveal a hidden picture by connecting the dots in ascending order and according to their color starting with 1 and ending with the highest number. Dot-a-Pix are an advanced adaptation of the classic dot-to-dot puzzles which provide high quality color pictures when solved. Starting with dozens and going up to several hundreds of dots, Dot-a-Pix puzzles create beautiful detailed pictures and provide the satisfaction as if you drew them yourself. The game features a Bring to Focus button to help locate the active dot, and an option to instantly move the active dot to any number for faster solving. To help see the puzzle progress, graphic previews in the puzzle list show the progress of all puzzles in a volume as they are being solved. A Gallery view option provides these previews in a larger format. For more fun, Dot-a-Pix includes a Weekly Bonus section providing an extra free puzzle each week. PUZZLE FEATURES • 56 free Dot-a-Pix puzzles in color • Extra bonus puzzle published free each week • Puzzle library continuously updates with new content • Manually created by artists, top quality puzzles • Up to 1200 dots per puzzle • Hours of creativity and fun GAMING FEATURES • No ads • Zoom, reduce, move puzzle for easy viewing • Unlimited Undo and Redo • Bring to Focus button to help locate active dot • Moving active dot to any number for faster solving • Concurrently playing and saving multiple puzzles • Puzzle filtering, sorting and archiving options • Graphic previews showing puzzles progress as they are being solved • Dark Mode support • Portrait and landscape screen support (iPad only) • Track puzzle solving times • Backup & restore puzzle progress to iCloud ABOUT Dot-a-Pix have also become popular under other names such as Picture Dots, Dot-to-Dot, Join the Dots and Connect the Dots. All puzzles in this app are produced by Conceptis Ltd. - the leading supplier of logic puzzles to printed and electronic gaming media all over the world. On average, more than 20 million Conceptis puzzles are solved each day in newspapers, magazines, books and online as well as on smartphones and tablets across the world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=info/doc/220
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dot at Free against PathPix's $1.99. Dot also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 17 months). PathPix's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 19) and review sentiment (97% vs 76%). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Dot is free to download; PathPix costs $1.99 up front. Dot sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. PathPix asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PathPix against 4.8 for Dot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 432 and 353 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of PathPix's written reviews are positive against 76% of Dot's.
PathPix ships an update every 17 months, Dot every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.
| Parameter | PathPix | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (432 ratings) — better | 4.8 (353 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.8% of reviews — better | 76.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 432 — better | 353 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kris Pixton | Conceptis Ltd. |
Customer experience
PathPix
Dot
User reviews
PathPix
From 432 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Relaxing and fun
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 💡 Unique and innovative concept
- 👍 Great value for money
- 👍 Smooth controls and intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
- 🔋 Difficulty scrolling and zooming at times
- 👎 Lack of sound effects or music
- 👎 Limited number of puzzles
Dot
From 353 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 👍 Relaxing pastime
- 👍 Good for killing time
- 👍 Nostalgic connection
- 👍 Easy to use controls
Room to improve
- 👎 Not challenging enough
- 👎 Pictures too babyish
- 👎 Limited free content
- 👎 Expensive extra puzzles
- 👎 Technical issues
Bugs and requests
PathPix
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when finishing puzzles
- Zooming and scrolling issues on some devices
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- More puzzle levels and themes
- Ability to reset or replay puzzles
- Customization options (e.g. dark mode)
- Hint or assistance features for harder puzzles
- Multiplayer or leaderboard functionality
Dot
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game crashes mid-puzzle
- Game stops working after rating
- Cannot start second line in multi-line
- Screen disappears and restarts
- Game crashes when connecting distant dots
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- Dragging line doesn't work
Requested features
8 requests- More free puzzles
- Landscape mode option
- Larger puzzles with more dots
- Option to change colors
- Easier way to restart puzzles
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- Option to make numbers bigger
- Shortcut to zoom to next dot
- More weekly bonus options
In-app purchases
PathPix
No in-app purchases
Dot
- SingleLine - Snacks 1$0.99
- MultiLine - Snacks 1$0.99
- MixedLine - Snacks 1$0.99
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- SingleLine - Snacks 2$0.99
- MixedLine - Snacks 2$0.99
- MultiLine - Snacks 2$0.99
- SingleLine - Variety 1$1.99
- MultiLine - Variety 1$1.99
- MixedLine - Variety 1$1.99
- SingleLine - Jumbo Pack 1$1.99
- MultiLine - Jumbo Pack 1$1.99
- SingleLine - Jumbo Pack 3$1.99
- MixedLine - Jumbo Pack 1$1.99
- SingleLine - Variety Large 1$2.99
- MultiLine - Variety Large 1$2.99
- MixedLine - Variety Large 1$2.99
- SingleLine - Mega Pack 1$2.99
- MultiLine - Mega Pack 1$2.99
- MixedLine - Mega Pack 1$2.99









