Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) vs Join The Dots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pairs (Oh no! Another one!)
Sharpen your observation skills by finding matching pairs of images. This game offers customizable visuals and four difficulty levels, making it suitable for all ages. It also features VoiceOver support for enhanced accessibility and can be used to help children learn the alphabet.
- Matching pairs gameplay
- Customizable pictures and graphics
- Four difficulty levels
- VoiceOver accessibility
- Alphabet learning for kids
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Turn over two cards at a time and find the matching pairs. A classic game that works offline and is fully playable with VoiceOver. Four levels, from 6 to 48 cards. Six card sets: letters, flags, fruits, puppies, playing cards and traffic signs. Three backgrounds. Offline: no connection is needed to play. Accessible: VoiceOver reads each card as you turn it and tells you whether the pair matches. Game Center leaderboards for best score and best time on each level, plus achievements. The larger boards keep concentration in practice. Also known as Concentration, Pelmanism, Pexeso or Shinkei-suijaku.
Join The Dots
Connect the dots to reveal hidden pictures and guess the object. This game helps children learn to read and count while discovering various objects. It offers an engaging way to practice numbers and is suitable for travel.
- Connect dots to reveal pictures
- Learn to read and count
- Object recognition
- Audio pronunciation in multiple languages
- Free Style mode for custom levels
- Progressive difficulty
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Connect the dots between them to reveal a picture and guess the object behind! For children from 3 years, this classic children's games is perfect to learn to read and count while discovering a multitude of objects. This is probably the best educational teaching method for learning the numbers. It is also a very good pass time when traveling! • The numbers and names of objects are read aloud • Voices are available in French, English and Spanish • The game works perfectly on iPad, iPhone and iPod • It supports all orientations (portrait or landscape) • Mode "Free Style" to create their own dot to dot level • The difficulty is progressive with 75 objects be to discovered (from 10 to 75 points) Try it, it's free. If you're not satisfied, you will be refunded;) • • • • • "The best game of its kind." For any problem, question or suggestion, please contact us: contact@vision-apps.com The Vision-Apps Team
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) at 4.6 against Join The Dots's 4.1. Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (90% vs 57%). Join The Dots's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Join The Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) has 355 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Pairs (Oh no! Another one!)'s written reviews are positive against 57% of Join The Dots's.
Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) ships an update every 7 months, Join The Dots weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pairs (Oh no! Another one!) | Join The Dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (355 ratings) — better | 4.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews — better | 56.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 355 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonya Marcarelli | Clement Marty |
Customer experience
Pairs (Oh no! Another one!)
Join The Dots
Bugs and requests
Pairs (Oh no! Another one!)
Reported bugs
4 issues- One card closed back after clicking again, resulting in an odd number of closed cards
- Timer continues to run even when all cards are flipped and the game is resolved
- Options need to be reset frequently
- Sound for wrong answers is unpleasant
Requested features
8 requests- Add more categories (rooms, transport, places, shapes, food, parties, objects, nature, sweets, body parts, etc.)
- Separate letter and number categories
- Separate fruit and vegetable categories
- Add new themes/motifs (e.g., flowers)
- Increase the number of fields/cards
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- Add a two-player option
- Add score tracking (already implemented based on one review)
- Add similar adaptation for 'Vier gewinnt' (Four in a row)
Join The Dots
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pairs (Oh no! Another one!)
No in-app purchases
Join The Dots
- Full Package$0.99
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