Dots (Pixel Art) vs TigerHely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dots (Pixel Art)
Create pixel art easily by selecting colors and filling dots. Share your creations directly to social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter.
- Pixel art drawing
- Color selection
- Dot filling
- Social media sharing
- Simple interface
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Draw pixel art with Dots. If you are a pixel art lover, you shouldn't miss Dots! Dots doesn't have complex features. It totally focused on real pixel-art. Select a color and fill dots with it. It's so simple and easy! #DotsApp
TigerHely
Pilot a helicopter through challenging levels, battling military forces with various weapons and power-ups. Navigate a scrolling environment to reach helipads while collecting items and earning bonus lives.
- MFI GamePad compatibility
- On-screen joystick and buttons
- Four difficulty levels
- Battle tanks, battleships, and artillery
- Collect power-ups and bonus lives
- Scrolling background gameplay
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MFI GamePad Compatible -------------------------- - Stick or Pad, Hely moves. - Button A, Hely fires. - Button B, Hely bombs. On Screen Controls -------------------- - Joystick, Hely moves. - Right Button, Hely fires. - Left Button, Hely Bombs. Game ------ You Take control of Tiger helicopter through four increasingly difficult levels with military enemy forces like tanks, battleships, and artillery as the main objective. You Control Hely over a constantly scrolling background and the scenery never stops moving until a helipad is reached. You Have only two weapons: · Standard shot that travels a max distance. · Two bombs. There are also three types of items scattered through every stage in total that appear as destructible flashing crosses: · Extra bomb stocks. · White Little Hely, front shots. · Red Little Hely, horizontal shots. You have three Hely initially and bonus hely are awarded at 20.000 points and every 80.000 points, in addition of collecting ten gold diamonds shooting them. Good luck, enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TigerHely at 4.0 against Dots (Pixel Art)'s 3.4. TigerHely also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Dots (Pixel Art)'s advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 60%) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Dots (Pixel Art) costs $2.99 and TigerHely $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TigerHely holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Dots (Pixel Art)'s written reviews are positive against 60% of TigerHely's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dots (Pixel Art) ships an update every 3 weeks, TigerHely weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dots (Pixel Art) | TigerHely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (15 ratings) | 4.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | xiles | Ivan Cerra de Castro |
Customer experience
Dots (Pixel Art)
TigerHely
Bugs and requests
Dots (Pixel Art)
Reported bugs
14 issues- Undo button doesn't work all the time
- Undo skips around in history
- App crashes on older devices
- Duplicate feature doesn't always work
- App cannot be opened after update
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- Moving layer outside canvas loses work
- Merge layers undo loses a layer
- Fill tool issues (double tap)
- Picture disappears when moved
- Imported images are pixelated
- Exported images look fuzzy
- Saving to photo library lowers quality
- Line of pixels appears when zooming
- Internet connection required, otherwise crashes
Requested features
34 requests- Organize drawings into folders
- Eyedropper tool
- Copy and paste for layers
- Select colors from imported image
- Larger canvas size
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- Export file showing grid
- Animation support
- Custom image sizes
- Selection tool for moving parts
- Shape tool
- Adjustable grid or more grid sizes
- 256x256 size option
- Layer opacity for GIFs
- Brush tools with multiple widths and shades
- User input for custom grid dimensions
- Transparent background option
- Fill button
- 8x8 option for Minecraft
- Easier way to store favorite colors
- Number input for precise color selection
- Save to camera roll as PNG and GIF
- More export options
- Custom resolutions
- Direct export to Dropbox
- Key in color codes manually
- Eraser tool for transparent backgrounds
- 16x16 resolution option
- Save in GIF format
- Layer support
- Higher resolution export
- Toggle grid option
- Paint bucket tool
- Change pencil size
- More tools beyond pencil
TigerHely
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dots (Pixel Art)
No in-app purchases
TigerHely
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dots (Pixel Art) free?
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