Comparison

Dot Fun vs Draw & Learn

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

Head to head
About

Dot Fun

This game offers a relaxing connect-the-dots experience where connecting colorful dots reveals hidden pictures with animations. It helps children develop coordination, fine motor skills, and focus while learning numbers and letters.

Highlights
  • Connect dots to reveal hidden pictures
  • Playful animations and sound effects
  • Develops hand-eye coordination
  • Learn numbers and letters
  • Offline play
  • Multiple categories (Shapes, Animals, Letters, Numbers)
Features
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Dot Fun is a colorful connect-the-dots game designed especially for young children. Connect the dots, reveal hidden pictures, collect rewards as you complete new pictures, and enjoy playful animations. Watch penguins ice skate, kangaroos hop, dinosaurs and giraffes feed, horses gallop, clowns do magic, camels march, robots juggle, rockets fly, dragons roar, dogs herd sheep, and many more fun animations! Learn Through Play Dot Fun helps children develop hand–eye coordination, fine motor skills, focus, and early problem-solving skills while learning to trace letters, numbers, shapes, animals, and familiar objects. Lots to Discover • Five categories: Shapes, Animals, Things, Letters (aA–zZ), and Numbers (0–99) • Colorful pictures with unique animations and sound effects • Earn and collect rewards as new pictures are completed • Choose pictures by category or discover them randomly • Choose your favorite line-drawing color • Optional hints help children keep going without frustration Made for Kids • Simple touch controls — no reading required • High-definition artwork optimized for iPhone and iPad • Works fully offline • No ads • No in-app purchases Shake the device or triple tap the screen anytime to discover a new picture. Dot Fun combines drawing, early learning, animation, and rewards in a fun and engaging experience for young children. Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Norwegian, Korean

About

Draw & Learn

This app helps young children learn to draw, color, and speak by tracing pictures, hearing words and phonics, and building basic vocabulary. It offers a safe, offline learning experience with adjustable difficulty and no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Trace 500+ pictures
  • Hear words and phonics aloud
  • Coloring with brushes and stamps
  • Learn first words in 18 languages
  • Blank canvas for free drawing
  • Offline functionality
  • Adjustable difficulty
Features
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Meet Bob, the friendly robot who helps children draw, color and learn to talk! Bob greets your child from the very first screen and says every word out loud. Children trace friendly pictures, hear each word, tap the letters to hear their phonics sounds, and build first words, shapes and numbers as they play. NEW IN THIS VERSION • Puzzle, a brand-new game: put a picture back together in 4, 6 or 9 pieces, with colored stars for every piece and a cheer from Bob at the end • A Diwali pack with 16 pictures: diyas, rangoli, a Diwali lantern, a Diwali house, fairy lights, jalebi, samosas, chai, bangles, laddus, marigolds, lotus flowers and more • Grown-ups can now arrange Home: hold a picture group to move it or hide it. Choose pictures in Settings hides any group or single picture WHAT CHILDREN CAN DO • Six learning games: Puzzle, Who Is It?, Odd One Out, Spell It, 3 New Words and A or B? • Magic Tracing: follow the line with a finger, hear music notes as it fills, then spell the word letter by letter. No timer and no way to fail • Draw and trace 500+ pictures with clear, friendly guides • Hear Bob say every word and letter sound, with audio built in for offline use • Color in with brushes, stamps and bucket fill • Learn first words in 18 languages • Draw anything they like on a blank canvas • Save finished artwork to the photo library MADE FOR FAMILIES • Made for children aged 5 and under • No ads, no tracking and no account needed • Works fully offline, ideal for car journeys and flights • Adjustable difficulty that grows with your child • Grown-up areas protected by a parental gate FREE WEEK, THEN ONE SIMPLE PLAN • New families try everything free for 7 days • Then keep everything unlocked with a Monthly or Yearly subscription, or a one-off Lifetime purchase • Families who downloaded the app before version 1.3 keep everything free • A grown-up starts the free week behind the parental gate Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the free week or the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://synckser.github.io/draw-and-learn-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://synckser.github.io/draw-and-learn-legal/terms.html

Screenshots

Dot Fun4 screens
Draw & Learn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Draw & Learn at Free against Dot Fun's $2.99. Draw & Learn also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). Dot Fun's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Draw & Learn is free to download; Dot Fun costs $2.99 up front. Draw & Learn sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dot Fun asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Draw & Learn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot Fun ships an update every 6 months, Draw & Learn weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dot Fun versus Draw & Learn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot FunDraw & Learn
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPramod Shankarroberto pires almeida

Customer experience

Dot Fun

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Draw & Learn

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dot Fun

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Draw & Learn

Subscriptions2
  • Draw & Learn Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Draw & Learn Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Draw & Learn Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Dot Fun free?
Dot Fun costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draw & Learn free?
Draw & Learn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dot Fun or Draw & Learn?
Draw & Learn is rated higher. Dot Fun averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Draw & Learn averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Dot Fun or Draw & Learn have ads?
Neither Dot Fun nor Draw & Learn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot Fun or Draw & Learn?
Dot Fun ships an update every 6 months, and Draw & Learn weekly. Most recently, Dot Fun was updated on November 1, 2026 and Draw & Learn on November 5, 2026.

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