Comparison

Dots & Boxes Together vs Dots and Boxes

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

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About

Dots & Boxes Together

This app brings the classic pencil-and-paper strategy game to mobile devices. Players connect dots to form boxes, with various game modes and creative twists. Enjoy solo play, local multiplayer, or online matches with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Pass & Play multiplayer
  • Computer challenges
  • Online multiplayer via Game Center
  • Customizable board sizes
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Creative board twists and power-ups
  • Undo accidental moves
Features
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Dots & Boxes Together brings the classic pencil-and-paper game to iPhone and iPad with colorful boards, lively effects, and plenty of ways to play. Draw a line between two neighboring dots. Complete the fourth side of a box to claim it—and keep playing as long as you continue closing boxes. When the board is complete, the player with the highest score wins! PLAY YOUR WAY • Pass & Play with 2–4 players sharing one device • Challenge the computer on Easy, Medium, or Hard • Connect with players on nearby devices • Play live online matches through Game Center • Complete the same Daily Chain puzzle as everyone else CHANGE THE RULES • Classic — Traditional Dots and Boxes gameplay • Line Control — The player who owns the most sides claims the box • Box Blitz — Think quickly while racing your own clock • Box Rush — Compete to finish an identical prepared board first • Quick Mode — Jump into the action with part of the board already drawn ADD SOME SURPRISES • Bonus Boxes award extra points • Mystery Boxes reveal their value when claimed • Hidden Power Dots create a surprise second line • Color Burst boxes reclaim neighboring boxes RELIVE EVERY MOVE Watch a completed game unfold line by line with Game Replay. Pause, scrub through the moves, jump to the ending, or share the finished board as an image. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Player Statistics keep track of games, wins, ties, win rate, boxes claimed, largest chain, favorite color, most-played mode, and fastest Box Rush time. Game Center achievements offer even more goals to pursue. MADE FOR EVERY PLAYER • Built-in How to Play guides explain every mode and board feature • Optional patterns provide another way to distinguish player boxes • System-based Dark Mode looks great day or night • Sound effects, animations, and turn reminders keep everyone involved • Adjustable boards work across iPhone and iPad Easy to learn, surprisingly strategic, and always more fun together.

About

Dots and Boxes

Features
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Dots and Boxes, exactly the way you played it in school. With zero ads, ever. Four opponents that play fair: beginner actually lets you learn, hard wins by strategy, not by magic. When you lose, you'll know why. 100% offline. No account, no subscription, no waiting for opponents that never show up. HOW IT WORKS Draw a line between two dots. Close the fourth side of a box and it's yours, and you go again. Most boxes wins. A grid of dots, just like in your old exercise book. PLAY AGAINST REAL STRATEGY • Beginner: makes mistakes. Perfect for your first games. • Easy: plays solid moves, but doesn't plan ahead. • Medium: knows chains. A fair fight for everyday play. • Hard: plays perfectly, double-cross included. And when it wins, you see why: every sacrifice is marked right on the board. Want to know what the expert would do? The Tactics Coach shows the best move and explains it in one sentence. ONE PUZZLE A DAY The Daily Puzzle: one puzzle per day, the same position for everyone. No server, no account. Generated right on your device. Keep your streak alive, and revisit past days in the archive. TWO PLAYERS, ONE OR TWO DEVICES Pass-and-play on iPhone and iPad: device in the middle, and go. Or play on two devices side by side, connected directly, no internet required. Both need to be in the same room. There is no online play against strangers, and we won't pretend there is. PAY ONCE, HAVE EVERYTHING The full game is a single purchase of $1.99. That's it. Forever. The free version is a real game, not a demo: two-player mode, three computer opponents and the Daily Puzzle, unlimited, no ads. The one-time upgrade adds the hard opponent, large boards, statistics, the Daily Puzzle archive, and the Tactics Coach. No subscription. Nothing expires. Nothing nags. WHAT THIS APP DELIBERATELY DOESN'T HAVE No ads. No subscription. No account. No tracking. No energy system. No daily quests. No online matchmaking, and no waiting for an opponent who never arrives. Just the game. Support: boxly@aid3r.com Privacy in one sentence: this app collects no data, because there is no server.

Screenshots

Dots & Boxes Together4 screens
Dots and Boxes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dots & Boxes Together at none against Dots and Boxes's 1. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dots and Boxes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dots & Boxes Together asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Dots & Boxes Together versus Dots and Boxes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDots & Boxes TogetherDots and Boxes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan Shafferaid3R Core GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Dots & Boxes Together

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dots and Boxes

One-time1
  • Boxly Premium$1.99

Questions

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

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