Dotted Lines vs Zyl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dotted Lines
A classic arcade game where you control a line to complete level targets. Navigate challenges by touching the screen to change direction, sometimes managing two lines simultaneously for increased difficulty.
- Classic arcade gameplay
- Touchscreen controls
- Level-based targets
- Dual line control challenges
- Simple to handle
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It is a very classic arcade game! Game rule: - Simply touch the onscreen keypad to change the line direction. - Need to finish each level target. - Sometime need to control two lines, it is very hard.
Zyl
A minimalist puzzle game focused on elegant path tracing. Guide paths from start to exit by strategically placing arrows, collecting stars along the way. Enjoy a relaxing experience with handcrafted levels and no timers or ads.
- Elegant path tracing puzzles
- 300 handcrafted levels
- Collect stars
- Cloud save sync
- Relaxing music and sound
- No timers or ads
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Zyl is a puzzle built around elegant path tracing. It's a small, quiet game. Soft colors, clean lines, and nothing on screen you don't need. Drop arrows on the grid to guide each path from its start tile to an exit. Pick up the stars on the way. When you're ready, hit Play and watch the route run. The rules: • Drag arrows onto the grid. • Send every path to an exit. • Pick up every star. • Hit Play to test the route. • Reset and try a new approach whenever. It starts simple, but then the difficulty ramps up: • Boards don't always use a clean grid. • Some levels have more than one start, or more than one exit. • Split arrows send a path off in two directions at once. • Merge arrows converge two paths into one. • U-turn arrows re-route a path from where it came. A few things worth knowing: • 300 handcrafted levels, each built around a single idea. • Levels stay small. Most of them can be finished in less than a minute. • Cloud save syncs your progress across devices. • Relaxing music and sound design. • No timers. • No ads. • No in-app purchases. • No data collected. Every puzzle has a solution. Some have multiple. The fun is in finding it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dotted Lines at Free against Zyl's $1.99. Dotted Lines also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Zyl's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 13 months). On in-app purchases, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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
Dotted Lines is free to download; Zyl costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dotted Lines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zyl has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dotted Lines's written reviews are positive against 83% of Zyl's.
Dotted Lines ships an update every 13 months, Zyl every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dotted Lines | Zyl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | Fleon Labs |
Customer experience
Dotted Lines
Zyl
In-app purchases
Dotted Lines
No in-app purchases
Zyl
No in-app purchases
