Don't Kill The Dots vs Challenge Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Kill The Dots
Navigate a challenging arcade experience with simple one-touch controls. Dodge obstacles and eliminate targets to achieve the highest score possible. This game requires quick reflexes and mastery of its unique mechanics.
- Simple one-touch controls
- Dodge blue dots
- Kill red dots
- High score chasing
- Hard to master gameplay
- Sharp reflex requirement
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Hit the red dots. Avoid the blue ones. Don't let a single red dot get past you. Don't Kill The Dots is a one touch dot dodge game. A spinner sits in the middle of the screen while waves of dots fly toward it. Hold the screen to spin one way and let go to spin the other. Hit every red dot and keep clear of every blue one. One mistake ends the run. HOW TO PLAY • Hold anywhere to spin one way • Let go to spin the other way • Hit every red dot before it gets past you • Don't touch the blue dots • Let gold dots reach the middle to collect gold HARD MODE In Hard Mode the spinner turns faster from the start. Can you keep control? COLLECT AND UNLOCK • More than 100 spinner colors • Spend gold on new colors • 100 challenges, with special colors as rewards • Spin the prize wheel for free every 12 hours COMPETE • Normal and Hard Mode leaderboards • 19 achievements to earn • Share your high score and challenge your friends to beat it YOUR WAY Reverse the spin direction in settings if it feels better. PLAY OFFLINE No wifi needed. Don't Kill The Dots plays offline, so it's ready for flights, road trips and waiting rooms. Easy to learn, hard to master, and made for one finger. How long can you last?
Challenge Go
Navigate diverse environments, from forests to space, by fighting through levels to reach the portal. Utilize items to overcome obstacles and progress through 100 challenging stages.
- Tile-based action/puzzle gameplay
- Diverse environments (forests, space, ruins)
- Item usage for progression
- 100 challenging levels
- Portal-based level progression
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Challenge Go (aka Challengo / Ray's Challenge) is an action/puzzle game set in an expansive world, inspired by classic block-pushing games like Chip's Challenge and Sokoban. Originally released in 2006, it was quickly featured on the YoYoGames Sandbox where it went on to receive over 30,000 unique downloads. It has since gone through numerous major developments. The latest revamp adds touchscreen controls and sees its expansion to additional platforms. An online high-score system per level allows you to compete against others for the best time. Secrets galore including cheat codes and hidden areas. The goal in Challenge Go is simple: fight your way through each level to the portal to reach the next area. Get lost in forests, swamps, deserts. Walk over the sky in ever-changing weather and light, and even navigate the depths of space. Sneak through cursed ruins, war zones, dark labyrinths and haunted houses. Use items to run faster, open doors, pass hazards, and destroy. 100 levels total to challenge even the most dexterous.
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Challenge Go at none against Don't Kill The Dots's 1. Challenge Go also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Don't Kill The Dots's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Don't Kill The Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Challenge Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Don't Kill The Dots against 5.0 for Challenge Go. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Don't Kill The Dots ships an update monthly, Challenge Go every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Kill The Dots | Challenge Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Power-Up Game Studios LLC | Connor Hawke |
Customer experience
Don't Kill The Dots
Challenge Go
In-app purchases
Don't Kill The Dots
- Remove Ads$1.99
Challenge Go
No in-app purchases
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