Dots and Boxes vs Käsekästchen

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.

Käsekästchen is the schoolyard dots-and-boxes classic, rebuilt for iPhone and iPad. You don't tap the lines — you draw them with your finger. The stroke doesn't have to be accurate: it snaps to the nearest valid edge, but renders as a slightly wobbly pen line, so the board fills up looking like a real squared notebook. HOW IT WORKS Take turns drawing a line between two dots. Close a box and it's yours — and you go again. Whoever owns more boxes at the end wins. FEATURES • Draw the lines instead of tapping them, with pencil sound and haptics • Two players on one device, or play the computer • Four levels, beginner to no-mercy: Anfänger, Fortgeschritten, Profi and Brutal • A fair "hard" mode: the computer plays the chain endgame properly but still leaves a strong human a real chance • Four board sizes: 3×3 for a quick round, 5×5, 7×7 and 9×9 for long games • Seven themes, light and dark: Exercise Book, Violet & Rust, Kraft Paper, Blueprint, Chalkboard, Neon and Lantern • Every year from 1 October to 2 November: a Halloween game with pumpkins, ghosts and a cobweb • Games in progress are saved and can be resumed later • Stats across all your games • VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion supported CALM BY DESIGN After 15 minutes of play Käsekästchen takes a deliberate break and locks itself for half an hour. No streaks, no reward loops, no notifications pulling you back. That is on purpose: the game is meant to respect your time. NO DATA COLLECTION No ads. No analytics SDKs. No account. No network for gameplay — Käsekästchen works completely offline. App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected. The game is complete and free. If you'd like to support development you can leave a one-time tip — it unlocks nothing and changes nothing about the game.