Comparison

Join the Dots vs Door

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

Door

Test your memory with a simple yet challenging game. Each round, you must choose a new door from a selection, avoiding any you've opened before. With multiple difficulty levels and leaderboards, see how long you can last.

Highlights
  • New door selection mechanic
  • 5 difficulty levels
  • Optional timed mode
  • 8 achievements
  • Online leaderboards
  • Keyboard support
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Door is a memory game with one simple rule: always pick the new door. Each round shows two doors. One is a door you've already opened, and one is new. Remember every door you've seen, choose carefully, and see how far your memory can take you. Pick a repeated door and it's game over. Features • 5 difficulty levels • Optional timed mode • 8 achievements • Online leaderboards • Keyboard support • Game Center integration Quick rounds make it easy to play solo or pass around with friends. Available on iPhone, iPad, macOS, and tvOS. 43 in-game languages. Support available in English only.

Screenshots

Join the Dots4 screens
Door3 screens

Verdict

The call

Join the Dots and Door both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Door's written reviews are positive against 40% of Join the Dots's. Door also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months). Join the Dots's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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. Join the Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Door sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.7 for Join the Dots against 4.7 for Door. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Join the Dots has 135 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Join the Dots's written reviews are positive against 100% of Door's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Join the Dots ships an update every 13 months, Door weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Join the Dots versus Door: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoin the DotsDoor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (135 ratings) — better4.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKedronic UABAndrew Moloney

Customer experience

Join the Dots

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

Door

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Join the Dots

One-time1
  • Unlock all pages$2.99
1 purchases

Door

One-time1
  • Ad Free$0.95

Questions

Is Join the Dots free?
Join the Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Door free?
Door is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Join the Dots or Door?
Join the Dots is rated higher. Join the Dots averages 4.7 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Door averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Join the Dots or Door have ads?
Neither Join the Dots nor Door shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Join the Dots or Door?
Join the Dots ships an update every 13 months, and Door weekly. Most recently, Join the Dots was updated on October 24, 2026 and Door on October 24, 2026.

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