Comparison

Join the Dots vs Don't Be Sushi!

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

Don't Be Sushi!

Bounce from plate to plate to evade the angry sushi chef's deadly blades. Collect coins, unlock new characters, and aim for the highest score in this fast-paced avoidance game. Can you escape the chef's clutches and save other culinary characters?

Highlights
  • Bounce from plate to plate
  • Avoid deadly blades
  • Collect coins
  • Unlock new characters
  • Leaderboards
  • Save other characters
Features
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You are a plucky young squid, trying to bounce away from the angry Sushi chef. How long can you last against his deathly blades in this perilous game of Don't Be Sushi!? Bounce from plate to plate in masterful avoidance of the chef’s keen-edged knives. Collect coins, unlock new characters, and enrage your enemy as the game gets more and more precarious. Can you get the best highscore amongst your friends? Or break free from the chef’s clutches? Don’t Be Sushi features: Free -The entire game is completely free! Leaderboards -Who is the bounciest squid of them all? Don’t Be Tofu either! -Can you save the other culinary characters from being chopped up? Are you their sushi savior? Vectors! -A simple and clean artstyle that can even make a squid look cute. Even when the chef chops you into pieces! Fun, addicting gameplay -Keeps you wanting one more bounce! Are you the one squid who’s quick enough to bounce free from the swinging blades of the furious Sushi Chef? Or will you just be the centerpiece for another one of the chef’s world-famous dishes? Download this game for free and find out yourself! Chop chop!

Screenshots

Join the Dots4 screens
Don't Be Sushi!3 screens

Verdict

The call

Join the Dots and Don't Be Sushi! both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Don't Be Sushi!'s written reviews are positive against 40% of Join the Dots's. Join the Dots's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, 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. Join the Dots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Don't Be Sushi! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Join the Dots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Join the Dots has 135 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Join the Dots's written reviews are positive against 100% of Don't Be Sushi!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Join the Dots ships an update every 13 months, Don't Be Sushi! every 70 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Join the Dots versus Don't Be Sushi!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoin the DotsDon't Be Sushi!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (135 ratings) — better4.5 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 13 months — betterEvery 70 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB306 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKedronic UABTribal City Interactive

Customer experience

Join the Dots

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

Don't Be Sushi!

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Join the Dots

One-time1
  • Unlock all pages$2.99
5 purchases

Don't Be Sushi!

One-time5
  • Puffer Fish$0.99
  • Octopus$0.99
  • Frozen Tofu$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Starfish$0.99
  • Onigiri$0.99

Questions

Is Join the Dots free?
Join the Dots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Don't Be Sushi! free?
Don't Be Sushi! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Join the Dots or Don't Be Sushi!?
Join the Dots is rated higher. Join the Dots averages 4.7 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Don't Be Sushi! averages 4.5 from 10 ratings.
Do Join the Dots or Don't Be Sushi! have ads?
Don't Be Sushi! shows ads; Join the Dots does not.
Which is updated more often, Join the Dots or Don't Be Sushi!?
Join the Dots ships an update every 13 months, and Don't Be Sushi! every 70 months. Most recently, Join the Dots was updated on October 24, 2026 and Don't Be Sushi! on October 18, 2026.

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