Comparison

Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling vs Pour

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

Head to head
About

Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling

Features
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Classic dots & boxes (Dot Game) with a dice twist. Connect dots, capture boxes and outsmart smart AI — or your friends — in a clean, modern take on the classic pencil-and-paper board game. CLASSIC GAME, MODERN TWIST Play the well-known Dots and Boxes, also called the Dot Game or Squares, now with a unique dice mode that adds a bit of luck and a lot of strategy. Perfect for quick puzzles, relaxed evenings and family game nights. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Classic Mode – the traditional dots & boxes rules you know • Dice Mode – roll the die and get multiple moves in a row; chain boxes, set traps and turn the game around in a single turn SMART AI & LOCAL MULTIPLAYER • 4 AI levels: Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert – from learning the basics to serious challenges • 2–4 players on one device – any mix of humans and AI • Great both for solo play and for passing the phone around with friends or family LEARN, IMPROVE, COMPETE WITH YOURSELF • Interactive tutorial for new players • Smart hints after your first wins suggest when to try a tougher AI • Full game history and detailed stats: win rate by difficulty, winning and losing streaks, visual charts of your progress COMFORTABLE AND POLISHED EXPERIENCE • Smart sound – the game respects your music and system silent mode • Smart controls – tap near a nearly finished square and the last line is drawn for you • Undo option and move confirmation so mis-taps don’t ruin your strategy • Autosave – continue exactly where you left off CUSTOMIZATION & LANGUAGES • Board sizes: 4×4, 6×6, 8×8 • Custom player names • Theme customization: choose visual styles that fit your mood • In-game language support for multiple languages (including English, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Chinese and Japanese) HOW TO PLAY Connect two adjacent dots with a line. Complete the fourth side of a box to claim it. In Dice Mode, roll the die first to see how many moves you get this turn. When there are no more lines to draw, the player with the most boxes wins. PRIVACY-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling focuses on pure gameplay: no accounts, no complicated setup – and we do not collect any data about you, as stated in the App Store privacy section. Sharpen your logic, plan clever chains of moves and see how far you can go against Expert AI — or challenge friends in quick, classic matches with a fresh dice-powered twist.

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Pour

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How perfect is your pour? Press and hold to pour. Release just before the line, because the stream keeps falling after you let go: the last drops are on you. Fill it exactly. One drop over and the drink is ruined. Too shy and it's a drought. THE SHIFT · endless. Glass after glass, faster and tighter, until your hand betrays you. How many can you serve before last call? TODAY'S ROUND · five new glasses every day. The same round for the whole world, seeded fresh from the date. Share your result as a spoiler-free emoji card and make the group chat sweat. • One touch. Zero tutorial. You already know how to pour. • Failure is always your fault: fixed physics, zero randomness. • No ads. No accounts. No tracking. No internet, even. • Daily streaks for the steady handed. Warm daylight, a shelf of vessels, and a line you will never stop chasing.

Screenshots

Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling4 screens
Pour4 screens

Verdict

The call

Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling and Pour are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling versus Pour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDots and Boxes. Dice rollingPour
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIARHEI LIAUKOVICHBliss Tech Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling

No in-app purchases

None

Pour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling free?
Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pour free?
Pour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling or Pour have ads?
Neither Dots and Boxes. Dice rolling nor Pour shows ads.

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