Comparison

Color Lines. Stream edition vs Dot Connect

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

Head to head
About

Color Lines. Stream edition

Connect matching colored lines to fill the entire board and solve puzzles. Avoid crossing or overlapping pipes to succeed. Offers over 2000 challenges across various grid sizes.

Highlights
  • Connect matching colors
  • Create lines to cover the board
  • Avoid crossing pipes
  • 2000+ puzzles
  • Multiple grid sizes (5x5 to 12x12)
Features
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Color Lines is a simple puzzle game. Connect matching colors to create a line. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle in Lines Free. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! 2000 puzzles from 5x5 to 12x12 !

About

Dot Connect

Features
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Dot Connect is a quiet line-puzzle game for whenever you need five calm minutes. Connect matching dots with a single flowing line, fill the whole board, and that's it — no timer counting down, no score chasing you, no streak-breaking guilt if you miss a day. Just a puzzle, solved at your own pace. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • No timer. No score. No pressure — ever. • A new puzzle to explore every day, or play at your own pace. • Gentle progress you can feel: a small keepsake quietly joins your shelf every so often, never announced, just noticed. • Colorblind-friendly marks available in one tap. • Optional hints via a short ad — never required, capped, never pushed on you. • Your progress stays on your device — no account, no sign-in, ever. A HANDFUL OF DESIGN PROMISES • No banners, no interstitials, no leaderboards. • No sign-in required to play a single puzzle. • Nothing nags you back — miss a day, the streak forgives it. Dot Connect isn't trying to be the biggest puzzle game — just a genuinely calm one.

Screenshots

Color Lines. Stream edition4 screens
Dot Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dot Connect at fortnightly against Color Lines. Stream edition's every 5 months. Color Lines. Stream edition's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Lines. Stream edition ships an update every 5 months, Dot Connect fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Color Lines. Stream edition versus Dot Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Lines. Stream editionDot Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB79 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRuslan GoncharenkoKimhok SENG

In-app purchases

None

Color Lines. Stream edition

No in-app purchases

None

Dot Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Lines. Stream edition free?
Color Lines. Stream edition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dot Connect free?
Dot Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Color Lines. Stream edition or Dot Connect have ads?
Both Color Lines. Stream edition and Dot Connect show ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Lines. Stream edition or Dot Connect?
Color Lines. Stream edition ships an update every 5 months, and Dot Connect fortnightly. Most recently, Color Lines. Stream edition was updated on September 11, 2026 and Dot Connect on September 9, 2026.

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