Comparison

Palmo vs Dockit Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

Palmo

Features
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Palmo is a puzzle about regions. The board holds numbered squares; each one starts a patch, and its number is how many cells that patch takes: a 4 takes four cells, a 9 takes nine. Close the whole board and the level is done. ONE RULE Touch a numbered square, then take neighboring cells one at a time. The counter on the square drops with every cell. At zero the patch settles and seals itself. There is no fifth cell for a 4; the board will not let you take it. Cells are neighbors edge to edge, never corner to corner. THREE EXTRA STROKES A settled region can be unpicked: hold your finger on it until it comes apart, then draw it again. Each unpicking burns one of your three extra strokes. Whatever is left when the board closes turns into stars, so three stars mean every region was right the first time. WALLS AND STONES A wall cuts between two cells and no region crosses it. A stone is never taken: it stays outside the weave and the cells around it have to manage without it. The board teaches both by itself, in the level where they start to matter. ONE SOLUTION Every board in Palmo has exactly one correct weave. A solver went through all 516 levels and found no second answer. That is the point: a board with two answers says think and means guess. NO WORDS ON THE BOARD The playing screen carries no text. The lesson is in how the board is built: a new idea arrives in the level that will not come out without it. If you stop, Palmo points at a cell instead of explaining it, and the pointer comes from the solver, not from a hunch. FEATURES - 516 levels across 32 chapters - One solution per board, counted with a solver - Plays offline, no account, no sign-in - Six languages: English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese - Ads between levels; a one-time purchase removes them Same family as Fillomino and Shikaku: the number tells you how big the region has to be. Level 1 is a three by three board with a single 9. The whole rule is in there.

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Dockit Puzzle

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Pieces enter from any of the four sides. They slide, and they dock in the last empty cell before whatever is already there. You choose the line. The board chooses the cell. Three in a row clears — but only when every attribute is all-same or all-different, judged one at a time. Colour, shape, number, and deeper in, the direction a piece faces. There is no gravity. When a piece leaves, the hole stays exactly where it was, and a hole in the middle of a line cannot be reached from either end. The board you are playing on is the board you made. HOW IT PLAYS • Three pieces wait in the rail. One is active — tap another to switch. • Drag off any edge to send the active piece in from that side. • It slides until something stops it, and docks in the last free cell. • Make three in a line where each attribute is all-same or all-different. • Stuck? Tap a docked piece to pull it back, if its path to an edge is clear. Out of 1,259,712 possible triples, 20,412 clear. About one in sixty. Finding one is not luck. THE DAILY CHALLENGE The same board for everyone, everywhere, every day. One attempt. A streak you can lose. Share how you did without giving the puzzle away. DOCKIT PRO • Deep — the full 6Ɨ6 board, where the arrow starts counting • Every helper uncapped • Unlimited daily retries One purchase. No subscription. Free is not a demo: the whole Ocean board, unlimited play, and the daily challenge every day. No timers. No lives. Nothing to wait for.

Screenshots

Palmo4 screens
Dockit Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Palmo at 15.0 against Dockit Puzzle's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Palmo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dockit Puzzle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palmo ships an update every 2 days, Dockit Puzzle every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Palmo versus Dockit Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPalmoDockit Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUFUK CELIKELOGLUFrank Pimenta

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Palmo

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
1 purchases

Dockit Puzzle

One-time1
  • Dockit Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Palmo free?
Palmo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dockit Puzzle free?
Dockit Puzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Palmo or Dockit Puzzle have ads?
Both Palmo and Dockit Puzzle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Palmo or Dockit Puzzle?
Palmo ships an update every 2 days, and Dockit Puzzle every 4 days. Most recently, Palmo was updated on November 6, 2026 and Dockit Puzzle on October 31, 2026.

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