Comparison

Dot Blast! vs PIVOT

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

Head to head
About

Dot Blast!

Features
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Blast your way through vibrant puzzle levels in Dot Blast! Fit colorful dot clusters into the board, trigger satisfying combos, and clear every challenge. With glowing effects, tricky layouts, and a combo-powered score system, each level is a test of strategy and precision. Can you master the blast?

About

PIVOT

A daily word puzzle where you rotate letter tiles to find the shortest path to spell a target word. Compete on global leaderboards and challenge friends with unique daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Daily unique puzzles
  • Shortest path solving
  • Global leaderboards
  • Streak tracking
  • Challenge friends
  • Custom puzzle creation
  • Live competitive races
Features
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The word is given. The route isn't. PIVOT is a daily puzzle about finding the shortest path. Every day everyone gets the same 3x6 grid of letters and the same target word - shown to you from the start. Your job isn't to guess it. It's to get there in the fewest moves. Tap any pivot dot and the four letters around it rotate clockwise. That's the whole rulebook. Learning it takes ten seconds; finding the shortest route takes longer, and there is always a shorter route than the one you found. Most solves take about a minute. HOW TO PLAY - A new puzzle is released every day at midnight Eastern - The target word is shown - no guessing, no vocabulary test - Tap any dot between four letters to rotate them clockwise - Spell the target word in the highlighted middle row - Fewer moves = better score FEATURES - One puzzle a day - the same one for everyone - Global leaderboard - ranked by fewest moves - Par system - every puzzle has a par score to beat - Streak tracking - build your daily solving streak - Challenge friends - compare routes move by move - Custom puzzles - create and share Easy, Medium, or Hard boards - Friend Circles - private groups with weekly standings - Live Races - play best-of-3, 5, or 7 series - Stats & history - track your progress over time - Dark mode - easy on the eyes, day or night PIVOT is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. Just puzzles.

Screenshots

Dot Blast!4 screens
PIVOT2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PIVOT at none against Dot Blast!'s shown. Dot Blast!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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
Dot Blast! versus PIVOT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot Blast!PIVOT
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB1 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrainamics GmbHAndrew Leahey

In-app purchases

None

Dot Blast!

No in-app purchases

None

PIVOT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dot Blast! free?
Dot Blast! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PIVOT free?
PIVOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dot Blast! or PIVOT have ads?
Dot Blast! shows ads; PIVOT does not.

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