Comparison

Dottos vs Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Dottos

A simple and fun game where players match five dots of the same color. Compete with others by submitting your score to the Game Center.

Highlights
  • Match 5 dots
  • Vertical, horizontal, diagonal matches
  • Score submission
  • Game Center integration
  • Leaderboards
Features
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Dottos is a simple, relaxing puzzle game: line up 5 or more dots of the same color – horizontally, vertically or diagonally – and watch them disappear. • Tap a dot to select it, then tap an empty field to move it there. A dot can only travel along a free path. • Every move that doesn't clear a line adds three new dots. You can always see which colors come next. • You get one point for every dot that disappears. The game ends when the board is full. Made with color-blind players in mind: turn on numbers on the dots in Options and tell every color apart without guessing. • Interactive tutorial • Your game is saved automatically – continue anytime • Local high scores • Works offline, no ads, no tracking • iPhone and iPad

About

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

This logic puzzle game challenges you to fill a grid with stars, ensuring no two stars touch, even diagonally. It offers daily and weekly challenges with varying difficulty levels and tracks your progress.

Highlights
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Leaderboards for competitive play
  • Weekly challenges for advanced players
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Puzzle packs for beginners
  • Solving strategy guide
  • Player stats and progress tracking
Features
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Hoshi (星, Japanese for star) is a free and competitive Star Battle game with daily challenges. Star Battle, also known as "Two Not Touch", is a classic pen-and-paper logic puzzle published in newspapers and puzzle magazines worldwide. If you enjoy playing tricky puzzles and brain-teasing games and seek a new challenge, then you should give Hoshi a try. If you have never played the Star Battle logic game before, don’t worry the rules are straight forward: Similar to other logic puzzles you have a grid that you need to fill. In a normal 2 star “Two Not Touch” game each row, column, and region must have exactly 2 stars. Stars are not allowed to touch, even not diagonally. Hoshi includes Star Battles with 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 stars, but games with more stars are yet to come ;) Hoshi offers you: - Everyday we release a new number game (daily puzzle challenge) - Track your solving time and compete against other players (leaderboards) - There is also a weekly challenge for geniuses (3 star plus games) - There are 5 different difficulties (easy to diabolical) - Packs with hand-selected logic puzzle (e.g. for beginners) - Guide with solving strategies - Profile with stats about your skill level & progress Coming soon: - Add your friends and play with them a numbers puzzle - Star Battle games with more than 5 stars Privacy policy: https://guriddo.app/hoshi/legal/privacy Terms of use: https://guriddo.app/hoshi/legal/tos

Screenshots

Dottos4 screens
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dottos at none against Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles's 10. Dottos also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 77 months) and ratings volume (272 vs 2). On price, 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. Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per 7 days. Dottos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dottos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles has 272 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dottos ships an update every 77 months, Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dottos versus Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDottosStar Battle Hoshi Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (272 ratings)
Positive reviews—59.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2272 — better
Update frequencyEvery 77 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarek MoscichowskiSimon Schuster

Customer experience

Dottos

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

All ratings271 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral11.4%
Negative29.5%

In-app purchases

None

Dottos

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles

Subscriptions3
  • Supporter (Weekly)$0.797 Days
  • Supporter (Monthly)$2.491 Month
  • Supporter (Annual)$14.991 Year
One-time7
  • Beginner Pack 3$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 5$1.99
  • Beginner Pack 4$1.99
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  • Advanced Pack 4$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 2$2.99
  • Advanced Pack 3$2.99
  • Expert Pack 2$2.99

Questions

Is Dottos free?
Dottos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles free?
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dottos or Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles?
Dottos is rated higher. Dottos averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles averages 4.8 from 272 ratings.
Do Dottos or Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles have ads?
Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles shows ads; Dottos does not.
Which is updated more often, Dottos or Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles?
Dottos ships an update every 77 months, and Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dottos was updated on November 1, 2026 and Star Battle Hoshi Puzzles on November 7, 2026.

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