Comparison

Dot2Dot vs Unciphered

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

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About

Dot2Dot

A casual puzzle game where players match same-colored dots. Speed and strategic ink usage are key to navigating a colorful world and overcoming challenges like explosive and color-changing dots.

Highlights
  • Match same-colored dots
  • Strategic ink management
  • Avoid explosive dots
  • React to color-changing dots
  • Explore a colorful world
Features
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Welcome to Dot2Dot: Connect Colors, a relaxing yet deeply challenging logic puzzle game where every move matters. Connect matching colored dots, fill 100% of the grid, and make sure no paths cross. Simple to learn, surprisingly difficult to master. Start with small beginner-friendly puzzles and gradually progress toward massive Master Levels filled with advanced mechanics, larger grids, and complex challenges that will truly test your logic and spatial thinking. FEATURES • Connect matching colored dots • Fill every tile on the board • Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles • Simple controls with deep strategic gameplay • Relaxing minimalist visuals • Progressive difficulty curve • Unique puzzle mechanics MASTER UNIQUE MECHANICS - Locked Dots Unlock specific colors by solving other connections first. - Exploding Dots Beat the countdown before special dots explode. - Direction Tiles Guide paths through one-way tiles and carefully plan every move. - Color Gates Only matching colors can pass through these special gates. - Wrap Around Boards Travel across board edges and think beyond traditional boundaries. - Fog of War Reveal hidden parts of the puzzle as you explore. FROM SIMPLE TO MASTER LEVELS Learn mechanics one by one through carefully designed early levels. Then combine everything you've learned to solve increasingly complex puzzles where planning, observation, and logic become essential. Whether you enjoy flow puzzles, connect-the-dots games, color matching challenges, brain teasers, or logic games, Dot2Dot: Connect Colors delivers a satisfying puzzle experience for players of all skill levels. Can you connect every color and fill every tile? Download Dot2Dot: Connect Colors and start your puzzle journey today. Contact & Support For bug reports, feedback, or support requests, please contact: info@crafteragames.com

About

Unciphered

Decode hidden proverbs by solving cryptograms where letters correspond to numbers. Solve crossword-style clues to reveal letters that fill in the entire puzzle. Enjoy daily puzzles, track your progress, and collect solved wisdom.

Highlights
  • Daily cryptogram puzzles
  • Crossword-style clue solving
  • Offline play
  • Progress tracking
  • Journal of solved proverbs
  • Accessibility features
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Crack the code. Decode the quote. Unciphered is a cryptogram word puzzle where every number hides a letter — solve crossword-style clues and watch the hidden phrase reveal itself. A famous line is hiding on every board. The same number always hides the same letter, and every letter you prove fills in across the whole puzzle. Piece by piece, a proverb, a classic quote or a great line from TV comes back into the light. New to cryptograms? A one-minute guided puzzle teaches you how to play. FREE BRAIN GAME, HUNDREDS OF PUZZLES Unciphered is free to play from start to finish. Hundreds of cipher puzzles are included, from gentle warm-ups to expert decoding. Optional extras, each a one-time purchase kept forever: • The Wisdom Collection — four harder chapters, 80 more proverbs and quotes • A TV pack — 100 famous lines from much-loved sitcoms and dramas, with clues in each show's voice • A superhero film pack — 100 famous big-screen hero lines across five chapters Every pack has a free chapter to try. Coin packs are available too. DAILY PUZZLE AND STREAKS A fresh cryptogram every day keeps your streak alive. A two-week calendar lets you replay days you missed for coins, but the streak only counts the days you truly showed up. QUESTS THAT UNLOCK SECRET LEVELS Finish the day's quests — the daily puzzle plus a level you've never solved — and earn a hidden secret level, yours forever. A JOURNAL OF FAMOUS QUOTES Every phrase you decode is saved with a short, true fact about where it came from: who said it, and when. Build your own collection of wisdom, quotes and proverbs, one solve at a time. RELAXING, OFFLINE, YOURS • Play offline anywhere: no Wi-Fi needed • No account, no sign-up; progress follows you to a new iPhone through iCloud • Use Unciphered's keyboard or your own iPhone keyboard • Hints when you want them: reveal a letter or a whole word • Full VoiceOver support, large text, Reduce Motion, light and dark mode • Made for iPhone, iPad and the folding iPhone Love word games, crosswords, cryptoquotes, word search, logic puzzles or code-breaking? Unciphered is the cipher puzzle for you. Unciphered is not affiliated with or endorsed by the shows, films, networks or studios quoted.

Screenshots

Dot2Dot4 screens
Unciphered4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Unciphered at none against Dot2Dot's shown. Unciphered also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Dot2Dot's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Dot2Dot sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Unciphered sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dot2Dot against 5.0 for Unciphered. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot2Dot ships an update monthly, Unciphered every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dot2Dot versus Unciphered: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot2DotUnciphered
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArif Berkay TandoganAhmed ElGhoroury

Customer experience

Dot2Dot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Unciphered

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Dot2Dot

One-time6
  • Few Coins$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Lots of Coins$0.99
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  • Welcome Pack$0.99
  • Handful of Coins$0.99
  • Bag of Coins$2.99
6 purchases

Unciphered

One-time6
  • Coins 100$0.99
  • Coins 350$2.99
  • The Wisdom Collection$4.99
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  • Prime Time$4.99
  • Heroes Assemble$4.99
  • Coins 800$5.99

Questions

Is Dot2Dot free?
Dot2Dot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unciphered free?
Unciphered is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dot2Dot or Unciphered?
Dot2Dot and Unciphered are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Dot2Dot or Unciphered have ads?
Dot2Dot shows ads; Unciphered does not.
Which is updated more often, Dot2Dot or Unciphered?
Dot2Dot ships an update monthly, and Unciphered every 5 days. Most recently, Dot2Dot was updated on November 3, 2026 and Unciphered on October 31, 2026.

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