Comparison

Dot Fun vs PrintPaper

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

PrintPaper

Features
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PrintPaper is a highly customizable printable paper template maker designed for handwriting notes, study practice, drawing, planning, music writing and language learning. Start with a built-in paper template or create your own by adjusting paper size, margins, line spacing, colors, background, watermark, headers and footers. When your template is ready, export it as PDF, PNG or JSON, or print it directly with AirPrint. 【Built-in Paper Templates】 PrintPaper includes a wide range of practical and professional paper templates: Basic Paper: lined paper, grid paper, dot paper, blank paper and vertical line paper. Study Templates: Cornell notes, handwriting practice sheets and student note paper. Design & Drafting: isometric grid paper, perspective grid paper, hexagon grid paper and storyboard paper. Calligraphy & Languages: Chinese character grids, Tian Zi grid, Mi Zi grid, nine-square grid, Genkoyoushi paper and other writing practice layouts. Planner Templates: daily planning pages with priority, task list, shopping list and goal sections. Music Paper: music staff paper for practice, notation and composition. 【Advanced Custom Editor】 Customize every detail with real-time preview: Choose A4, A5, Letter and other paper sizes. Create custom paper width and height in millimeters. Switch between portrait and landscape layout. Adjust top, bottom, left and right margins. Reserve binding or hole-punch margins. Choose solid, dashed or dotted line styles. Customize line color, opacity, width and spacing. Add major grid lines every N cells. Set background color, pattern and opacity. Add title, name, date and class fields. Configure page numbers and their position. Add custom watermark text with adjustable opacity and placement. 【My Templates & Tags】 Save frequently used settings as your own templates. Add templates to favorites. Access recently used templates. Organize templates with custom tags. Rename, edit and delete saved templates. Export and import JSON template files. 【Export & Print】 PrintPaper supports multiple output options: Export high-quality PDF files. Export high-resolution PNG images. Export JSON template settings. Print wirelessly with AirPrint. Share to Files, Mail, cloud drives or note-taking apps. 【Print Safe Area & Hardware Margin】 Different printers may have physical non-printable margins. PrintPaper lets you configure hardware margins and preview the print safe area in the editor, helping you avoid clipped or misaligned output. 【Perfect For】 Students taking notes. Parents printing handwriting sheets for kids. Teachers creating worksheets. Designers sketching layouts and perspective drawings. Music learners printing staff paper. Planner users creating custom planning pages. Language learners practicing English, Chinese, Japanese or other handwriting systems. PrintPaper helps you create, save, share and print paper templates exactly the way you need them. What’s New PrintPaper is now available. Create customizable printable paper templates with built-in templates, real-time editing, PDF export, PNG export, JSON import and export, AirPrint support, hardware margin settings and print safe area preview.

Screenshots

Dot Fun4 screens
PrintPaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dot Fun at $2.99 against PrintPaper's $9.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Dot Fun costs $2.99 and PrintPaper $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dot Fun versus PrintPaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot FunPrintPaper
Price$2.99 — better$9.99
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPramod ShankarKai Chen

In-app purchases

None

Dot Fun

No in-app purchases

None

PrintPaper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dot Fun free?
Dot Fun costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrintPaper free?
PrintPaper costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dot Fun or PrintPaper have ads?
Neither Dot Fun nor PrintPaper shows ads.

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