Dottos vs Sambo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Match 5 dots
- Vertical, horizontal, diagonal matches
- Score submission
- Game Center integration
- Leaderboards
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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
Sambo
A logic puzzle game where you must balance circles and diamonds in rows and columns. It offers unlimited offline play with a clean design, perfect for brain training and meditative moments. Compete on leaderboards and solve handcrafted challenges.
- Brain training challenges
- Offline play
- Unlimited gameplay
- Minimalist design
- Leaderboard competition
- Handcrafted puzzles
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Sambo – The Puzzle That Plays With Your Brain! Can you crack the code of circles and diamonds? In Sambo, every row and column must be perfectly balanced – no three in a row, and no symbol out of place. It sounds easy… until it's not. • Train your brain • Play offline – no Wi-Fi needed • Unlimited play – no lives, no waiting • Clean, minimalist design for maximum focus • Perfect for a calm, meditative moment Play, think, and sambo with your neurons! Download now and see if you can solve them all. Love Binairo, Takuzu, Binoxxo or any binary logic puzzle? Then Sambo is your next obsession. Train your brain with hundreds of handcrafted challenges, rise through the leaderboards, and prove you're the ultimate Sambo master. By downloading or using this app, you agree to our End User License Agreement. You can review the full terms here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dottos at 5.0 against Sambo's 3.0. Dottos also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Sambo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 77 months) and ratings volume (54 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
Both are free to download. Sambo sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Dottos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dottos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sambo has 54 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dottos ships an update every 77 months, Sambo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dottos | Sambo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 32.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 77 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marek Moscichowski | Two4Tea |
Customer experience
Dottos
Sambo
Bugs and requests
Dottos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sambo
Reported bugs
5 issues- Level 191 bug
- Level 186 unplayable
- Level 119 impossible
- Level 125 impossible
- Level 155 impossible
Requested features
1 request- More levels
In-app purchases
Dottos
No in-app purchases
Sambo
- 100 coins$0.99
- Special Offer$1.99
- Premium$2.99
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- Special Offer 2$4.99
- 550 coins$4.99
- Special Offer 3$9.99
- 1200 coins$9.99
- 3200 coins$24.99
- 13000 coins$99.99








