Comparison

Join The Dots vs Counting Game & Addition

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

Counting Game & Addition

This app offers free educational games for children aged 3-12 to learn math, colors, shapes, and basic literacy. It features an engaging adventure where children solve puzzles, run, and fly to rescue characters, while also supporting foreign language learning.

Highlights
  • Learn geometric shapes
  • Color recognition games
  • Basic literacy (letters, words)
  • Foreign language learning (Spanish, French, Italian)
  • Puzzle solving
  • Develop coordination and motor skills
  • Enhance attention and concentration
Features
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Are you looking for free educational games for your children to learn and enjoy at the same time? Here you go! With “Dino Tim: Learning colors and shapes and my first words” children in preschool age (3, 4, 5 and 6 years old) and primary school will learn with no effort while having fun. The game is entirely translated into English but, if you wish so, you can also use Tim the Dino to learn Spanish, French, Italian... You only need to switch languages! It suits perfectly to every age although it’s specifically suggested for pre-school and primary school (3-8 years). Enjoy the adventure! Some funny witches have abducted Tim’s family. Become a superhero and help him rescuing them! Thanks to the good witch, you will be able to fly and collect figures that will allow you to do magic and turn the witches into animals!! Children will experience an exciting adventure, solving puzzle games with colors and geometric shapes, running, flying, jumping and doing magic to unblock all the dino-characters and all game modes. EDUCATIONAL TARGETS: Learn to recognise geometric shapes: square, circle, rectangle, triangle, pentagon and rhombus. Enhance speed, attention and psychomotoricity with the color recognizing game: red, green, blue, yellow, etc. Learn first words, letters, consonants and vowels (literacy -abc-) in a fun manner in his native language (English). Start learning a foreign language (Spanish, French, Italian…) for pre-school and primary school children (3-12 years old). Resolve educational puzzles about different geometric shapes: squares, circles, rectangles, triangles, trapeziums and rhombuses. Learn and enhance coordination and fine motor skill in youngsters. Develop visual perception of different shapes and objects in motion. Develop attention and concentration in children. Our development studio, EducaGames, has wide experience in developing educational apps that combine learning and fun. So don’t miss it and download the free educational game: Dino Tim!

Screenshots

Join The Dots4 screens
Counting Game & Addition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Join The Dots at weekly against Counting Game & Addition's every 4 months. Join The Dots also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Counting Game & Addition's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 57%) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 7). 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 Counting Game & Addition 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

Counting Game & Addition holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Counting Game & Addition has 2.2K 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 83% of Counting Game & Addition's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Join The Dots ships an update weekly, Counting Game & Addition every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Join The Dots versus Counting Game & Addition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoin The DotsCounting Game & Addition
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7 ratings)4.4 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews82.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72.2K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClement MartyDidactoons Games SL

Customer experience

Join The Dots

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

Counting Game & Addition

All ratings2,145 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral11.0%
Negative6.1%

Bugs and requests

Join The Dots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Counting Game & Addition

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve shape puzzle mechanics
  • Add more languages and localization

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Join The Dots

One-time1
  • Full Package$0.99
1 purchases

Counting Game & Addition

One-time1
  • Full version with no ads$2.99

Questions

Is Join The Dots free?
Join The Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Counting Game & Addition free?
Counting Game & Addition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Join The Dots or Counting Game & Addition?
Counting Game & Addition is rated higher. Join The Dots averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Counting Game & Addition averages 4.4 from 2.2K ratings.
Do Join The Dots or Counting Game & Addition have ads?
Neither Join The Dots nor Counting Game & Addition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Join The Dots or Counting Game & Addition?
Join The Dots ships an update weekly, and Counting Game & Addition every 4 months. Most recently, Join The Dots was updated on November 7, 2026 and Counting Game & Addition on November 11, 2026.

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