Dotsu vs Ordinary Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dotsu
Engage in a unique match-3 puzzle adventure with colorful dots and explosive power-ups. Explore over 620 handcrafted levels featuring fresh mechanics and a sleek design. Enjoy a completely ad-free experience with captivating visuals and sound.
- 620+ handcrafted levels
- Explosive power-ups
- Unique dot mechanics
- Sleek minimalist design
- 100% ad-free experience
- Side quests and secret shape guessing
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Welcome to the world of Dotsu — a colorful match-3 experience like no other! Step into a universe where dots of all shapes and sizes collide to create explosive puzzles! In this ad-free, addictive match-3 game, you combine colorful dots and trigger powerful effects using Liners, Pulsers, Blasters, Shurikens, and many more. This is not just another match-3 clone. Dotsu introduces fresh mechanics, unique objectives, and a sleek minimalist design — it plays like nothing you've seen before. With 660+ handcrafted levels and many more on the way, there's always a new challenge waiting. Whether you're solving puzzles casually or chasing perfection, Dotsu fits your style. And the best part? Absolutely no ads. Ever. WHAT AWAITS INSIDE: • 660+ handcrafted levels (and more coming!) • Colorful and dynamic dot mechanics • Sleek minimalist visuals • Captivating music and sound • Side quests and secret shape guessing • Vault unlocking and hidden features • Two beautiful visual skins • 100% ad-free experience From the creator of puzzle hits like Dotello, Jewel Galaxy, Rings, and Perspecto, Dotsu is a deeply satisfying and endlessly engaging puzzle game you'll keep coming back to. Download now and dive into the world of dots!
Ordinary Puzzles
A minimalistic puzzle game where you extend numbers into lines to cover all dots. Each puzzle is solvable through logic alone, with no trial and error required. It's a free, open-source experience.
- Extend numbers into lines
- Cover all dots
- Logical deduction
- Single solution puzzles
- Minimalistic design
- Open-source
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The rules of Ordinary Puzzles are simple: - Extend each number into a line of that length. - Cover all the dots of the puzzle with lines. And that's it! Each puzzle has a single solution and can be solved trough logical deduction alone: no trial and error is needed. Ordinary Puzzles is free, open-source, with no in-app purchases. Forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ordinary Puzzles at none against Dotsu's 8. Ordinary Puzzles also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Dotsu's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (343 vs 30). On price, ads, 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. Dotsu sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Ordinary Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ordinary Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dotsu has 343 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Dotsu's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ordinary Puzzles's.
Dotsu ships an update fortnightly, Ordinary Puzzles every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Dotsu | Ordinary Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (343 ratings) | 4.8 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 343 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gamepocket Studio | Matteo Mazzarolo |
Customer experience
Dotsu
Ordinary Puzzles
Bugs and requests
Dotsu
Reported bugs
3 issues- Something went wrong where now it won't clear the colors when I match them
- Text and many logos disappear at the beginning of each level
- Couldn't beat the broom level in 3 tries and ran out of brooms so I could play the level
Requested features
5 requests- Add level replay
- More ways to get coins
- Add undo power-up
- Add ability to replay completed levels
- Add more levels
Ordinary Puzzles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dotsu
- Mini bundle$1.99
- Special bundle$3.99
- Small bundle$3.99
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- No ads$4.99
- Medium bundle$9.99
- Large bundle$17.99
- XL bundle$29.99
- XXL bundle$49.99
Ordinary Puzzles
No in-app purchases
