Comparison

Dash For Dots vs Link Dots Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Dash For Dots

Experience the classic pencil and paper game of Dots and Boxes on your mobile device. Compete against friends locally, online, or challenge intelligent bots with adjustable difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Classic Dots and Boxes gameplay
  • Local multiplayer for up to 4 players
  • Online multiplayer matches
  • Play against intelligent bots
  • Adjustable bot difficulty
Features
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A mobile version of the classic pencil and paper game, 'Dots and Boxes'. Game supports 4 player local matches, online matches, and matches with intelligent bots with varying degrees of difficulty.

About

Link Dots Puzzle

Features
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Connect the dots. Fill the grid. Repeat. Link Dots is a calm, premium flow puzzle with 4000 hand-tuned levels — no procedural generation, no level downloads, no nagging ads. Just you, the board, and the satisfying click when every cell falls into place. Each board shows pairs of coloured dots. Drag from one dot to its twin without crossing your own lines, and cover every empty cell along the way. Gentle on the first few levels. Devious on the last few. WHAT'S INSIDE • 4000 levels across four difficulty packs — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. Hand-curated, each one solvable in exactly one way. • Daily challenge — a fresh puzzle every 24 hours. Solve it to build a streak. • Global leaderboard — race friends and strangers on every level. Best time wins. • Hint trails — when you're stuck, watch the path light up showing you how to connect a single pair. Use it as much or as little as you like. • Plays fully offline — every level, every hint, the daily challenge. Aeroplane mode is fine. • Cloud sync — sign in with Google or Apple and your progress follows you between phone and tablet. • Premium polish — gentle haptics, glassy glowing dots, no clutter, no "rate the app" pop-ups. WHY WE BUILT IT THIS WAY We hated puzzle games that interrupt every third level with a 30-second video ad, that lock the next pack behind a paywall, or that download new levels over flaky hotel Wi-Fi. Link Dots is what we wanted for ourselves: 4000 levels in the install, one optional rewarded ad if you'd like a free hint, and nothing else. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY The daily challenge unlocks at midnight in your time zone and stays solvable for the next 24 hours. Solve it to extend your streak. Miss a day and the streak resets — but the next puzzle is already waiting. COMPETE OR JUST CHILL Sign in with Google or Apple to compare your best times on every level with players around the world. Or skip sign-in entirely and play offline — the leaderboard is opt-in, never forced. DESIGNED TO BE FAIR No timers unless you opt in. No lives. No energy meter. No countdown to your next move. Take your time, undo as many moves as you want, and use hints whenever you feel stuck. LIGHTWEIGHT AND RESPECTFUL About 60 MB installed. Runs smoothly on five-year-old phones. We don't ask for your location, contacts, microphone, or camera. The full privacy policy at https://ackbiz.com/link-dots/privacy lists exactly what we collect — short answer: as little as possible, and never sold to anyone. THANK YOU Link Dots is built by a tiny indie team in Pune, India. If you enjoy it, please leave a review — every five-star rating helps us afford to keep building. If you don't, write to chetan@ackplus.com and tell us what to fix. Have fun. Don't take it too seriously. It's just dots.

Screenshots

Dash For Dots4 screens
Link Dots Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dash For Dots at none against Link Dots Puzzle's shown. Dash For Dots also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dash For Dots versus Link Dots Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDash For DotsLink Dots Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSlide Kick LLCACKPlus Solutions Private Limited

In-app purchases

None

Dash For Dots

No in-app purchases

None

Link Dots Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dash For Dots free?
Dash For Dots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Link Dots Puzzle free?
Link Dots Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dash For Dots or Link Dots Puzzle have ads?
Link Dots Puzzle shows ads; Dash For Dots does not.

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