Comparison

Dot to Dot vs DotMania

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

Head to head
About

Dot to Dot

Explore the underwater world by connecting dots to reveal hidden sea creatures. This educational game helps children develop thinking, memory, and attention skills through number and letter puzzles, followed by coloring activities.

Highlights
  • Connect dots by numbers or letters
  • Reveal hidden sea creature silhouettes
  • Color completed pictures
  • Tip system for incorrect connections
  • Customizable coloring palette
  • Automatic saving of colored pictures
Features
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The underwater world is diverse and beautiful. It hides many things that are waiting to be discovered! It would be quite interesting to be able to explore the waters of the world ocean and observe its inhabitants. Huge whales and small seahorses, toothy sharks and friendly clownfish, funny dolphins and lovely angelfish: there are so many of them, and they are all so different! Playful and clumsy, slow and fast, colorful and monochrome. However, each inhabitant of the sea is unique! We invite you to join us on a fascinating journey through the depths of the sea and get to know the most famous members of the underwater world! Features: ◦ Connect points by numbers or letters ◦ When points are connected, you will see the silhouette of a hidden picture ◦ Once all the points have been connected, you can color the picture ◦ Choosing a wrong symbol three times in a row will bring up a tip ◦ Blue, orange, green or pink stars make the game even more exciting ◦ Easy-to-use palette that allows you to put together your own unique set of colors ◦ Colored pictures automatically saved on closing the program Connect points is a learning puzzle for small children. It helps develop thinking, improve memory and attention. The application has three game modes: by numbers, letters and coloring. Game modes with letters and numbers will be useful for kindergarten and pre-K kids. Connecting by numbers will help to easily memorize the order of numbers and learn to count. To do this, you need to consecutively connect circles with numbers starting from 1. As you connect circles in the right order, the silhouette of a hidden picture will become more and more visible. If three points are chosen incorrectly, a tip will pop up. Once all the points are fully connected, the picture will become fully visible and you’ll be able to color it. Those studying the alphabet can choose to connect points by letters. It is important that children know letters as early as possible, since it is essential for learning to read and write. But knowing the order of letters in the alphabet is also very important! This can be achieved by connecting circles with letters in the right sequence. The coloring mode will be especially appreciated by young artists. In this mode, you can proceed to coloring pictures without connecting points. To make the process even more exciting, you can change any predefined color. To do this, press and hold the paint bucket and choose the necessary color from the palette.

About

DotMania

Engage in a relaxing dot-to-dot puzzle game that offers a wide range of complexity, from simple drawings to intricate images. This app provides stress relief, brain training, and a way to combat boredom, playable even offline.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of dot-to-dot puzzles
  • Variety of themes (animals, history, art, etc.)
  • Suitable for children and adults
  • Offline play support
  • Stress relief and brain training
  • Regularly updated puzzles
Features
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From simple children´s drawings to large complex images. Connecting the dost serves as perfect stress relief. Dot 2 dot helps you to get rid of boredom, train your brain or simply just relax after a hard day. You can play relaxing dot connect puzzles without Internet Connection. That way even when being offline you still have on you few hundred dot to dot connects, that will safely keep you from getting bored. Great deal of pictures will provide you entertainment for dozens of hours and time spent connecting the dots will become your personal therapy. DotMania contains: - dozens of dot to dot ranging from 200 – 2000 dots - relaxing themes for everyone (animals, military, history, dinosaurs, art, sport, statues,…) - themes suitable also for children - always updated brand new dot to dot puzzles and pictures - offline mode support - anti-stress relaxation and fun for dozens of hours

Screenshots

Dot to Dot4 screens
DotMania4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DotMania at every 5 weeks against Dot to Dot's every 11 months. DotMania also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Dot to Dot's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (226 vs 55). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Dot to Dot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DotMania sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Dot to Dot against 4.6 for DotMania. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 226 and 55 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Dot to Dot's written reviews are positive against 75% of DotMania's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot to Dot ships an update every 11 months, DotMania every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dot to Dot versus DotMania: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot to DotDotMania
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (226 ratings)4.6 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings226 — better55
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKedronic UABGROOP CZ s.r.o.

Customer experience

Dot to Dot

All ratings225 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DotMania

All ratings50 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dot to Dot

One-time1
  • Unlock all pages$2.99
10 purchases

DotMania

One-time10
  • Animals 2$1.99
  • Age of Caesars$1.99
  • Magnificent Ships$1.99
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  • Incredible Buildings 2$1.99
  • World War II$1.99
  • Beautiful Plants$1.99
  • Our Amazing Technic 2$1.99
  • Life with Trains$1.99
  • Fashion in our History$1.99
  • No Advertisement in DotMania$2.99

Questions

Is Dot to Dot free?
Dot to Dot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DotMania free?
DotMania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dot to Dot or DotMania?
DotMania is rated higher. Dot to Dot averages 4.6 out of 5 from 226 ratings, while DotMania averages 4.6 from 55 ratings.
Do Dot to Dot or DotMania have ads?
Neither Dot to Dot nor DotMania shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot to Dot or DotMania?
Dot to Dot ships an update every 11 months, and DotMania every 5 weeks. Most recently, Dot to Dot was updated on November 5, 2026 and DotMania on November 2, 2026.

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