Comparison

Join the Dots vs Fish

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

Head to head
About

Join the Dots

This educational game helps preschoolers develop thinking, memory, and attention by connecting numbered or lettered dots to reveal hidden dinosaur pictures. Once revealed, children can color the images with a customizable palette. It offers three engaging game modes for early learning.

Highlights
  • Connect points by numbers or letters
  • Reveal hidden dinosaur pictures
  • Color revealed images
  • Customizable color palette
  • Three learning modes: numbers, letters, coloring
  • Hints for incorrect choices
Features
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Dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago, long before our ancestors emerged on the face of the planet. These amazing animals boggle our imagination by their variety and size. Some were small like modern lizards, others as huge as a multi-storey building. Some were predators, for example the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Allosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, while others were herbivorous - like the Diplodocus, Ankylosaurus and Iguanodon. Some species could fly, some lived in water, but most of them walked on the ancient land. Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic era, which is subdivided into three periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. Today, archaeologists study the remains of these animals and can only assume how they looked and lived. 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

Fish

Navigate a vast ocean, guiding a small fish to consume smaller prey while avoiding larger predators. Success depends on skillful movement to grow and survive.

Highlights
  • Swim up and down to eat
  • Consume smaller fish
  • Avoid larger fish
  • Simple survival gameplay
  • Ocean exploration
Features
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Fish-e is a simple underwater arcade game about eating, dodging, and surviving. You play as Fish-e, a hungry little blue fish trying to last as long as possible in a sea full of snacks and danger. Eat smaller fish to score points, chase bonus fish for bigger rewards, and avoid the bigger fish looking to make you their next meal. Watch out for puffer fish — they will stun you and leave you vulnerable. The longer you survive, the harder it gets. Keep moving, stay sharp, and see how high you can climb on the global leaderboard. Features: • Easy to play, hard to master arcade gameplay • Eat smaller fish to score points • Avoid bigger fish or get eaten • Dodge puffer fish that can stun you • Endless survival-style scoring • Game Center leaderboard support • Quick sessions perfect for casual play How long can Fish-e survive?

Screenshots

Join the Dots4 screens
Fish3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fish at 92% against Join the Dots's 40%. Fish also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Join the Dots's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Join the Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fish asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Join the Dots has 135 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Join the Dots's written reviews are positive against 92% of Fish's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Join the Dots ships an update every 13 months, Fish every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Join the Dots versus Fish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoin the DotsFish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (135 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKedronic UABCoMo Coding, LLC

Customer experience

Join the Dots

All ratings135 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Fish

All ratings14 ratings
Positive35.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Join the Dots

One-time1
  • Unlock all pages$2.99
None

Fish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Join the Dots free?
Join the Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fish free?
Fish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Join the Dots or Fish?
Fish is rated higher. Join the Dots averages 4.7 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Fish averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Join the Dots or Fish have ads?
Neither Join the Dots nor Fish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Join the Dots or Fish?
Join the Dots ships an update every 13 months, and Fish every 7 months. Most recently, Join the Dots was updated on October 4, 2026 and Fish on September 17, 2026.

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