Comparison

Join The Dots vs Dot to Dot

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Dot to Dot

Explore the underwater world by connecting dots to reveal hidden sea creatures. This educational game helps children develop thinking, memory, and attention skills through number and letter puzzles, followed by coloring activities.

Highlights
  • Connect dots by numbers or letters
  • Reveal hidden sea creature silhouettes
  • Color completed pictures
  • Tip system for incorrect connections
  • Customizable coloring palette
  • Automatic saving of colored pictures
Features
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The underwater world is diverse and beautiful. It hides many things that are waiting to be discovered! It would be quite interesting to be able to explore the waters of the world ocean and observe its inhabitants. Huge whales and small seahorses, toothy sharks and friendly clownfish, funny dolphins and lovely angelfish: there are so many of them, and they are all so different! Playful and clumsy, slow and fast, colorful and monochrome. However, each inhabitant of the sea is unique! We invite you to join us on a fascinating journey through the depths of the sea and get to know the most famous members of the underwater world! Features: ◦ Connect points by numbers or letters ◦ When points are connected, you will see the silhouette of a hidden picture ◦ Once all the points have been connected, you can color the picture ◦ Choosing a wrong symbol three times in a row will bring up a tip ◦ Blue, orange, green or pink stars make the game even more exciting ◦ Easy-to-use palette that allows you to put together your own unique set of colors ◦ Colored pictures automatically saved on closing the program Connect points is a learning puzzle for small children. It helps develop thinking, improve memory and attention. The application has three game modes: by numbers, letters and coloring. Game modes with letters and numbers will be useful for kindergarten and pre-K kids. Connecting by numbers will help to easily memorize the order of numbers and learn to count. To do this, you need to consecutively connect circles with numbers starting from 1. As you connect circles in the right order, the silhouette of a hidden picture will become more and more visible. If three points are chosen incorrectly, a tip will pop up. Once all the points are fully connected, the picture will become fully visible and you’ll be able to color it. Those studying the alphabet can choose to connect points by letters. It is important that children know letters as early as possible, since it is essential for learning to read and write. But knowing the order of letters in the alphabet is also very important! This can be achieved by connecting circles with letters in the right sequence. The coloring mode will be especially appreciated by young artists. In this mode, you can proceed to coloring pictures without connecting points. To make the process even more exciting, you can change any predefined color. To do this, press and hold the paint bucket and choose the necessary color from the palette.

Screenshots

Join The Dots4 screens
Dot to Dot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dot to Dot at 100% against Join The Dots's 57%. Dot to Dot also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (225 vs 7). Join The Dots's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 11 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Join The Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dot to Dot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dot to Dot holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dot to Dot has 225 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Join The Dots's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dot to Dot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Join The Dots ships an update weekly, Dot to Dot every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Join The Dots versus Dot to Dot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoin The DotsDot to Dot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings)4.6 (225 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7225 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClement MartyKedronic UAB

Customer experience

Join The Dots

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative33.3%

Dot to Dot

All ratings225 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Join The Dots

One-time1
  • Full Package$0.99
1 purchases

Dot to Dot

One-time1
  • Unlock all pages$2.99

Questions

Is Join The Dots free?
Join The Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dot to Dot free?
Dot to Dot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Join The Dots or Dot to Dot?
Dot to Dot is rated higher. Join The Dots averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Dot to Dot averages 4.6 from 225 ratings.
Do Join The Dots or Dot to Dot have ads?
Neither Join The Dots nor Dot to Dot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Join The Dots or Dot to Dot?
Join The Dots ships an update weekly, and Dot to Dot every 11 months. Most recently, Join The Dots was updated on August 15, 2026 and Dot to Dot on September 7, 2026.

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