Comparison

Reflex Rush vs Dots and Boxes Arena

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

Head to head
About

Reflex Rush

Features
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Think you’re fast enough? Reflex Rush: Tap Challenge is a fast-paced reflex and memory game where one wrong tap can end your run. Tap fast. Stay focused. Remember the pattern. Don’t trust every color. REFLEX CHALLENGES EASY MODE One target. One chance. Four buttons. One lights up green. Tap the correct button before the timer runs out. Every successful tap makes the challenge faster. How long can your reflexes keep up? HARD MODE Now you have to think before you tap. Green means TAP. Red means DON’T TAP. The speed keeps increasing while your brain has to separate the signal from the trap. One wrong tap and your run is over. IMPOSSIBLE MODE This is where things get serious. Green means tap once. Yellow means tap twice — quickly. Red means DON’T TAP. The timer gets tighter. The pressure gets higher. Your reflexes have to keep up with the rules. Can you reach 10,000 points? MEMORY MODE Speed isn’t enough anymore. Watch the robot carefully as it lights up the buttons in a random sequence. When it’s your turn, reproduce the exact sequence from memory. As you progress, sequences become longer and new colors and rules are introduced. Watch. Remember. Repeat. THE 10,000 POINT CHALLENGE Reach 10,000 points in Impossible Mode to qualify for the Reflex Rush Cup, subject to the official challenge rules and eligibility requirements. A real challenge deserves a real trophy. Can you earn yours? THE YEAR-END TOURNAMENT The challenge doesn’t end at 10,000. Cup winners may have the opportunity to compete in a special year-end Reflex Rush tournament for major prizes, subject to the official tournament rules and eligibility requirements. Who will react the fastest? Who will stay focused under pressure? Who will remember the longest sequence? Who will become the Reflex Rush champion? EASY TO LEARN. HARD TO MASTER. Tap. React. Remember. Survive. Challenge yourself, beat your best score and see how far your reflexes and memory can take you. Think you can reach 10,000? Prove it.

About

Dots and Boxes Arena

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Dots and Boxes is the classic pen-and-paper game from the margins of your notebook, rebuilt for your phone. Take turns connecting two neighboring dots. Draw the fourth side of a box to claim it and take another turn. When the board is full, the player with the most boxes wins. Easy to learn, hard to master: one careless line can hand your opponent a whole chain of boxes. DAILY BOARD • A new board every day — everyone plays the same one • Daily and weekly leaderboards in Game Center • 19 achievements to unlock along the way PLAY VS COMPUTER • Three levels: Easy is ideal for learning, Medium never gifts a box, and Hard counts chains and solves the endgame exactly • Matches for 2, 3 or 4 players • Four board sizes, from a quick 3×3 to a long 9×9 • Two players on one device: pass the phone and play like on paper PLAY ONLINE • Create a room for 2–4 players and share the room code with friends • The host picks the board inside the room and starts when everyone is in • Random Match quickly finds you an opponent • Lost your connection? You have time to jump back into the match MAKE IT YOURS • Six board themes: Paper, Sand, Mint, Chalkboard, Night and Neon • Available in 17 languages • Sound and vibration you can switch off • Stats for your games against the computer and online • A short, hands-on "How to play" guide NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Your profile is created automatically, with no email or password. Move it to another device with your recovery code, or delete it from the app at any time. No ads. Just dots, lines and boxes.

Screenshots

Reflex Rush4 screens
Dots and Boxes Arena4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reflex Rush and Dots and Boxes Arena are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reflex Rush ships an update every 4 days, Dots and Boxes Arena weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Reflex Rush versus Dots and Boxes Arena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReflex RushDots and Boxes Arena
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB46 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperZiya AndirinIrfan Turkmen

In-app purchases

None

Reflex Rush

No in-app purchases

None

Dots and Boxes Arena

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reflex Rush free?
Reflex Rush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dots and Boxes Arena free?
Dots and Boxes Arena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reflex Rush or Dots and Boxes Arena have ads?
Neither Reflex Rush nor Dots and Boxes Arena shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reflex Rush or Dots and Boxes Arena?
Reflex Rush ships an update every 4 days, and Dots and Boxes Arena weekly. Most recently, Reflex Rush was updated on October 31, 2026 and Dots and Boxes Arena on October 31, 2026.

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