Flow Free vs Dots Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flow Free
Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board, using new bridge mechanics to cross over existing pipes. Offers hundreds of levels with varying difficulty, from relaxed to challenging, and a time trial mode for speed enthusiasts.
- Connect matching colored pipes
- Create a Flow to cover the entire board
- Use new bridge mechanics
- Over 2,500 levels in Free Play
- Daily Puzzles
- Time Trial mode
- 10 board sizes
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From the makers of the hit app Flow Free®, comes a fun and challenging new twist: Bridges! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Bridges®! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors and cover the entire board. Use the new Bridges to cross two pipes and solve each puzzle! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Bridges a try, and experience "mind like water"! *** Flow Free: Bridges features *** * Content - Over 2,500 levels available in Free Play mode, and new Daily Puzzles every day! - 10 different board sizes - Starter, Challenge, Bonus, Classic, Mania, and Jumbo level packs - Bridges! * Challenge - Game Center achievements as you solve levels and complete packs - Track your completion of each level in Free Play mode - Strive for accuracy in Free Play using the fewest, most efficient moves - Strive for speed in Time Trial for the most and fastest solves - 20 scored Time Trial variants to choose from by board size and duration * Look & Feel - Smooth, polished touch interaction - Colorful UI - Fun sound effects - Clean vector graphics and animations - Labels available for color impaired players Enjoy.
Dots Connect
A captivating puzzle game where you connect three or more dots of the same color. Strategically link dots in any direction to clear the board and generate power-ups. Enjoy endless gameplay with a smooth, colorful interface and fun sound effects.
- Connect 3 or more same-colored dots
- Generate power-ups by connecting 4+ dots
- Multiple boost types for clearing dots
- Dots with numbers recover moves
- Game Center integration
- Smooth touch controls
- Colorful UI and fun sound effects
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Dots Connect is a simple yet addictive puzzle game Explore the unique game play of joining 3 dots with the same colour together The game is endless play time and the moves are all dependant on how its strategically being used. The Game can be stroke in any direction as long its connected in a single direction line. Power boost are generated upon combining 4 or more dots together to allow faster clearing of the area. *** Dots Connect Features are below *** * Connecting 3 or more dots to clear it * Connecting more then 4 dots will help spawn power boost * Multiple boost to help clear the dots depending the type of boost * Dots with numbers are used to recover more moves if its life its used up * Game Centre Integration * Look & Feel - Smooth and polished touch - Colourful UI - Fun sound effects. Give Dots Connect a try.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flow Free at 90% against Dots Connect's 39%. Flow Free also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (10K vs 25). Dots Connect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Flow Free sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Dots Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flow Free holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 10K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Flow Free's written reviews are positive against 39% of Dots Connect's.
Flow Free ships an update every 5 months, Dots Connect every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flow Free | Dots Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better | 2.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 39.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Duck Games LLC | SikYi Chan |
Customer experience
Flow Free
Dots Connect
Bugs and requests
Flow Free
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when viewing ads
- Inability to exit or skip ads
- Inconsistent button placements across updates
- Daily puzzle progress not saving correctly
Requested features
6 requests- More challenging puzzle packs or levels
- Ability to reset progress on specific packs
- Option to disable animations or reduce visual effects
- Improved ad placement and control
- Syncing progress across devices
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- Customizable UI elements and settings
Dots Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flow Free
- 5 Hints$0.99
- 9x9 Mania$1.99
- Rainbow Pack$1.99
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- 8x8 Mania$1.99
- Jumbo Pack$1.99
- Blue Pack$1.99
- Unlock All Themes$1.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs and Remove Ads$4.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
Dots Connect
No in-app purchases
