Comparison

Circle Dots vs Dot Shooter

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

Head to head
About

Circle Dots

A simple yet addictive game that challenges your reflexes and focus. Tap the screen to make dots disappear as they move towards the center, but don't let any escape the circle. Aim for the highest score by successfully clearing all incoming dots.

Highlights
  • Simple tap-to-clear gameplay
  • Test reflexes and tracking ability
  • Increasing difficulty
  • High score tracking
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Ridiculously simple but highly entertaining! Test your reflexes and your ability to track multiple objects in this addicting game. How to Play: Dots appear slowly at first and are pulled into the center circle. Tap the screen when a dot is in the circle to make it disappear. Don't let any dots leave the circle! Game Over: Allow a dot to leave the circle, or tap when no dots are in the circle Score: The number of dots to disappear Can you be the best?

About

Dot Shooter

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Dot Shooter is a twin-stick bullet hell drawn like a blueprint. Move with your left thumb, aim and fire with your right, and slip through enemy fire all the way to wave 20. Every level-up deals you a choice of cards. Split your shots, add crits, slow the swarm or harden the hull, then grow the right cards into one of 13 evolutions. Four sectors Drift, Belt, Reactor and Nebula each have their own enemies, their own Warden and their own trouble: asteroids that block your shots, a beam that sweeps the arena, and fog that hides what hunts you. Keep what you earn Enemies drop Cores. After a boss, extract to bank them all, or push on for more and risk the run. Spend Cores in the hangar on upgrades that last and on 12 of the 30 skins, trails and effects. Earn the other 18 through achievements. Eight ships and one secret Each ship changes the rules. Fork's shots bounce off the walls, Mirror fires both ways, Glass hits twice as hard on a thin hull. Unlock them by playing, then find the ninth. More ways to play - Time Challenge: three minutes, score only - Daily: one seeded run a day, with the same seed, sector and modifiers for everyone - Weekly: a harder seeded run that changes each week - Boss Rush: a sector's three bosses, back to back - Endless: past the Warden, the waves loop harder - Danger: seven levels of harder rules that pay more Cores - Three missions a day that pay Cores - The Log: 100 achievements and a page for every enemy, boss and card you meet Fair ads Your first run has no ads. After that, an ad plays only when you tap for one: a revive, double Cores at the end of a run, or a card reroll. No account needed. ----- Privacy policy: https://dangnguyen.app/dot-shooter/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Circle Dots2 screens
Dot Shooter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Circle Dots at none against Dot Shooter's shown. Circle Dots also leads on iOS requirement (13.5 vs 15.0). Dot Shooter's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months). On price, 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

Circle Dots ships an update every 11 months, Dot Shooter every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Circle Dots versus Dot Shooter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircle DotsDot Shooter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.5 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam EvansDang Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Circle Dots

No in-app purchases

None

Dot Shooter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Circle Dots free?
Circle Dots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dot Shooter free?
Dot Shooter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Circle Dots or Dot Shooter have ads?
Dot Shooter shows ads; Circle Dots does not.
Which is updated more often, Circle Dots or Dot Shooter?
Circle Dots ships an update every 11 months, and Dot Shooter every 5 months. Most recently, Circle Dots was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dot Shooter on October 25, 2026.

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