Dotsu vs Caladay
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!
Caladay
This daily puzzle game challenges you to fit ten pieces onto a board, leaving only the current month, date, and day of the week visible. Compete against the clock, race on leaderboards, and share your progress with friends. Enjoy a new, varying difficulty puzzle every day, playable offline.
- Daily calendar puzzles
- Solve against the clock
- Daily leaderboard
- Share solve times
- Optional daily reminder
- Offline play
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Caladay is the classic calendar puzzle, daily. Fit all ten pieces onto the board so only today's month, date, and day of the week stay uncovered. A fresh challenge every day of varying difficulty. • Solve today's puzzle against the clock • Race friends and strangers on the daily leaderboard • Share your solve time and challenge others • Optional daily reminder • Fully playable offline
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Caladay at none against Dotsu's 8. Caladay also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Dotsu's advantage is ratings volume (342 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Caladay asks for nothing beyond the download.
Caladay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dotsu has 342 ratings behind it against 2, 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 Caladay's.
Dotsu ships an update fortnightly, Caladay every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dotsu | Caladay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (342 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 342 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomasz Wilczynski | Alexander Lu |
Customer experience
Dotsu
Caladay
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
Caladay
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
Caladay
No in-app purchases
