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Circle The Dot – Puzzle Game Review
Circle The Dot is a Puzzle/Entertainment/Action game from Ketchapp, first launched in 15th August 2014.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 14,630+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Circle The Dot Stand Out
This is a simple game with simple rules. Just trap the the blue dot within the matrix of circles. This is one smart dot though…
Just tap on the gray dots and they will turn to orange. The blue dot is blocked by these orange dots.
Surround the blue dot with the orange dots before it escapes!
But is it even possible?
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Circle The Dot is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 30th October 2014
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes.
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Download & Availability
Circle The Dot is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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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:
We finely rated this game again, after it bugged the heck out of us, we love it, great and all, but da heck with the ads and the bugging, overall pretty good.
We can't win every game – and that's okay. Each game only takes a minute or two; so we can try again almost immediately.
We loved this game when we played it. It was fun and challenging, and was interesting to come up with strategies. We dont know why the developer wont slightly update the game to make it compatible with ios 11. Pls update we will be happy.
Its a good game, certain times you simply cant win and thats great, you cant succeed every time and not even half the time when you do have a chance you can still fail but thats the fun of the struggle.
Fun strategy game! We play a lot, we like that you have to think about every move. Good game.
Please update this app for ios 11, we love this game but we had to delete it so now we can't redownload it.
We love this game best ketchapp game ever please update it for iOS 11.
Please update. We can no longer play.
Its a great game but we cant play it anymore due to iOS 11 could you guys update it.
This is a great game although it is easy it needs to be upgraded to iOS 11 we cant even play it now other than that it was a great game.
This game is our go-to when we have a few minutes to kill. Please update so it will work on iOS 11.
It's amazing! We can't get enough. Our daughter and we are obsessed.
If you're generally intelligent we highly recommend this game. It's amazing, challenging and when you win it makes you feel like you're the smartest person alive.
This game is too easy, we demand a refund, we're not being sarcastic it's so easy we're trying to beat our score of 10, you just need to… Well we won't give away the secret.
Such a simple concept but so frustrating at the same time. This is a lot of fun and always thinking the next try may be the one.
Absurdly difficult, often impossible to beat, and thus not fun.
Don't get us wrong, it's a fun game, but once you can figure out how to beat it, it's pretty simple. All you need to do is block off the shortest route to the end, and then rinse and repeat. It's a fun game, but needs some news game types of freshen it up.
It's really fun once you capture the dot for the 1st time and find a strategy. You have to think one step ahead of the dot and block its fastest way the the edge. Also a strategy we use sometimes is to leave a hole in a wall or circle you're making to attract the blue dot then at the last second block it so the blue dot doesn't escape out of a bigger hole.
… But trying to corral the little blue dot is quite a challenge.
THIS GAME IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!! STILL FIGURING IT OUT!! LOVE IT.
Although there's only one game type you can make it more fun by applying your own rules to the game. For example try to cover the board with dots before you trap the blue dot. Lol it's entertaining for sure. Those who can't appreciate this free game. Go elsewhere.
Live to play. Just wish we could win more.
We haven't read any tutorials yet, and so far we can only win about 1 in 20 games at best. But we like it. Rules are simple, game is clean even on a small screen, and no need for speedy fingers.
We have to admit this game is pretty hard but that doesn't mean u have to whine about it have u ever thought that the reason u don't lik this game is because ute getting frustrated well if that's the cause don't put the people who made this game in a bad sad or frustrated mood 4 goodness sake these people r most likely making more money per month then u do in a yr so don't put them down this a fun and addicting game.
This game is very addictive. That's not a bad thing we stay very quiet and we stay focus until we Finnish the game.
We can never figure out how to circle the dot! It is to hard.
That game is so good! And hard :(.
This game may be kinda frustrating, but it's fun once you get the hang of it! So our suggestion is to keep practicing with this app then you'll eventually get better. Secret: try to get further away from the blue dot (our high score is 8!).
This is not a fun game to play at all and the game is fun to but play it over and over again is getting tired that is what we think a bought the it.
When we first looked at this game we looked at the reviews, the reviews said: that this game was so hard, that's when we decided to get it because, we like a challenge. We got really frustrated at first because, we could never trap the the dot inside. We were thinking of deleting this game, but then we decided to try the game one last time and we trapped the dot. That's when we decided to keep the game. You might get frustrated at first, but at some point in time you will trap the dot. We have some suggestions about the game. We think you should make levels and on the easier levels you should have more dots and on the harder levels you should have less dots.
This is the type of game that will make you rage but it's a great game.
You should make a new game mode where you are the dot trying to get out.
Just wanted to say it's great but hard. That's what makes it so addictive. The fact you may trap the circle Fills you with…. DETERMINATION To trap the circle.
Total brain teaser, but the best game ever.
It's not extremely difficult but it is fun. Although it is pretty much the lamer remake of the computer game mousetrap we do enjoy it and it is pretty good. It's fun and entertaining with some strategy we would definitely recommend downloading it.
It's very confusing but yet fun.
Simple but fun game to past time in the waiting room or on the toilet.
Pretty fun game. Can be very frustrating, unless you're good at strategizing. We'd only change one thing, having a difficulty selection. Beginner, intermediate, master.
People say bad things about this app simply Cuz they don't have big enough brains to figure it out we love it.
This game gets us addicted so fast! For those who think that it is impossible, it is possible. It really does depend on the player because there is a strategy. Most of the time, though, the placement of the orange blocking circles is helpful to "circle the dot." we have one suggestion- you should be able to earn coins to buy different patterns for the board or different colors for the dots. Otherwise, this game keeps us busy and gives us something to do when we're bored.
This game is fun,but almost IMPOSSIBLE!!! Well… We did circle the dot quite a few times,but it's not easy!… There is a trick that helps us every time we play,try to block the easiest and fastest way for the blue dot to escape… TRUST ME it works A LOT!,ALMOST ALL THE TIME! Oh,and by the way… If YOU Like Hard Games,THIS IS THE GAME FOR YOU!!! We,the one that wrote this review we like hard games.
Bro, that's the point of the game.
Really great game! No round is the same, isn't buggy and is pretty fast, simple controls, and SUPER ADDICTIVE!!!! It's extremely hard, but not rage quit kind of hard, so it's very hard to put down. Just some tips: try to utilize all the dots already there, and always form your dots into lines; it's the best way to trap the dot. All we can say to you now is good luck.
This game has nothing wrong and is amazing and it couldn't be better.Thank you so much for making this game.
This app is fun but sometimes it can be frustrating. We think they should always make it possible to trap the dot.
This game is awesome, it's really hard but it's amazing. We need 7 games to win but in a way it makes us wiser every time we play it. It's good, we really like. 5 stars, dude. P.S: Forgive our bad English, we're Spanish, from Argentina.
Make it so you can be the blue dot trying not to get trapped.
The AI is good but not perfect, and although the initial random placement of orange barriers often assures defeat, we've found that we can win about half our games, occasionally by suckering the blue ball into following a less-than-optimal path. The quick challenge we give ourselves a few times a day is "win three out of five".
Harder than Chat Noir flash game on the Internet. For those who think that this game is impossible, it isn't.
This app is addicting and it's so fun. We love it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.4
- Size: 7.23 MB
- iOS: 5.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Ketchapp]()
Last updated: 30th October 2014 | Genre: Puzzle, Entertainment | Developer: Ketchapp