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Dot Blocks! – Casual Game Review
Dot Blocks! is a Casual/Puzzle game from Dong Wook Kim, first launched in 13th June 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 888+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Dot Blocks! Stand Out
Dot Blocks! is a fun new puzzle game!
Match three or more blocks of the same color.
Defeat cute characters with power-ups.
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Dot Blocks! is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 22nd May 2022
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Dot Blocks! is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Awesome challenges have trouble putting it down.
This game is so fun to play when you are board or just in the mood to play a great game.
Deleted after first game because of too many ads – would rather pay 99c so we dont have to see the ads.
We love it this game Is so fun and makes us think.
We absolutely love it,its a very cute game and very good planed.
We absolutely love the puzzle aspect of this game while also being super addictive and cute! As for the ads, they pop up every so often, but are not that long (the longest add Ive had has been twenty seconds). If you love puzzle games this game is great either way we would definitely recommended it! This game is super fun and you should definitely download it.
We like it but its frustrating that we spent 100 gems on a character with no way to switch around between the ones we purchased.
The green and the green look similar. Please add a color blind setting.
Not sure what the purpose is. Its ok fun but there doesnt seem to have a way of defeating the monsters or even to know who they are. Theres one that zaps colors out of play and then just goes away. No way to get rid of it. Sometimes you earn lives and sometimes you dont. Its cute but.
Its a great game but the ads are awful and repetitive and even if you pay 99c you still get them.
You can't even pay for this game and escape ads. It looks fun but we gave up trying to do something about 30 second ads every few rounds.
We enjoy playing this game, but we wish there was a way to make it completely ad-free. We paid the $.99 in-app purchase, but that only removes the forced ads, not all of the ads, as confirmed by the developer, who was very quick to get back to us (a plus). The ads we still get are if we want more hearts or gems, or if we want to continue playing the game. We realize this is how the developer wants the game to be, but all of these ads are getting quite tiring, and so Im not sure how much longer Im going to play it as a result (definitely a bummer, as again, we do like playing the game). Ive been playing lots of iOS games since our first iPhone (the 3G model), but we dont recall ever having to watch all of these ads over and over again just to keep playing (on top of that, most of the time its the same ads over and over again, which makes the ads even more tiresome). Id be surprised if other reviewers dont agree. Odd also that our previously posted reviews of this app are gone (dont know if the developer or if Apple removed them).
Love the game, hate the commercials. We wish we could just buy the game and be done with all the dang commercials all the time. This actually makes us quit playing.
Cool game but way too many ads! We DO understand the need for them but your ads are OVERKILL. Would give more if you tone it down a little.
We really like the game but you constantly have to stop with advertisements (to frequent)… Very frustrating.
The goal to move on to the next level is not made clear. We keep getting the replay symbol; we're stuck on level two. Love the look but a missing sense of progress (nor directions on how to progress) makes the game feel pointless.
This game is hard to understand what the goal is and how to play. The tutorial didn't help at all and it takes us multiple tries to place a block in a spot. However, it is somewhat entertaining.
This game is fun and quite addictive. But we cant stand all the ads. It seems as though an ad plays every 30-45 seconds. Ridiculous! We paid for the app yet we still get ads.
It is not obvious how to remove ads even if you want to or if the opt in ads will pop up every time they want you to buy hearts, or whatever. There are no actual instructions that we can find. We think it is a money pit.
Too many adverts interrupting game.
The gameplay was hard to understand and the tutorial didnt help. We tried to play a few times, but didnt understand what we were supposed to do or how to win. It just made noises, and didnt seem to have any order to when new blocks or monsters would appear. However, we gave it a few more tries, and while we still didnt completely understand how to navigate the game, our scores still got better. The game has been both incredibly frustrating but also strangely rewarding.
Game sounds a cute. And the concept is great. But it is just too frustrating due to how difficult it is to clear monsters. Bombs arent placed according to where you want them. In fact all power ups appear on seemingly arbitrary tiles. Theres no tutorial to explain the logic of where these will wind up being placed, so when we set up a set of four or five tiles in advance the power up we need to clear the monsters appears out of range of the monsters. It ruins what could otherwise be a very fun game.
How do you defeat the cute characters? What is happening when the purple laser shoots? Why do we want hearts? Please help us understand the way to play.
We paid $0.99 to get the ad-free version of this app, but if you want to keep playing it the game forces you to watch ads. It seems like the whole point of this game is to get you to download more games. Very annoying.
After paying 0.99, 15 sec ads continued. Watched 2 more. Rather waste 0.99 and not watch ads.
Ill make it short. We play casually. We shouldnt have to look up instructions for how to play this game on google to figure it out.
This game is one of the most boring games we have ever played. We thought it would be challenging but instead it turn out to be a waste of time. You only have a certain amount of moves and in order to get more you other have to pay or wait until you lever up-which takes a long time with the amount of moves you have to finish a game.
We have no idea how to play this game. Super hard. Not fun.
This game was a lot worse than we thought. It is really stupid and it will waste your time plus it glitches and crashes so much.
Its just annoying how when you have a good block and go to place it the little ghost thing goes and ruins it- like just stop or Ill quit playing that just defeats the purpose of us trying to match the colors :/.
There are so many concepts here that are copied straight from Dots and Friends. Honestly, Apple needs to find better ways of protecting the intellectual property of developers.
Ridiculously large amount of ads youre forced to watch on top of PAYING to get to the next level. We understand that developers need to make $ but this is entirely too much.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.2
- Size: 29.54 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, JA, KO, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Dong Wook Kim
Last updated: 22nd May 2022 | Genre: Casual, Puzzle | Developer: Dong Wook Kim