Last updated on January 17th, 2026 at 02:41 am
Doodle Dots – Entertainment Game Review
Doodle Dots is a Entertainment/Board game from Big River Games Corporation, first launched in 4th August 2009.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,144+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Doodle Dots Stand Out
Doodle Dots (Now FREE!!)
Now you can play the classic pencil and paper game Dots (Boxes, Squares, Paddocks, Square-it, Dots and Dashes, Smart Dots) without having to hand draw all of those stinking dots by hand! The object of the game is to complete more squares, by connecting the dots, than your opponent. The player with the most square filled in with their color wins! Three different board sizes and difficulty levels makes this game challenging for all ages.
Features in 1.4
- Game now saved when application exits
- Lines are now colored red or blue
- Last Move is highlighted
Features in 1.3:
- Bug Fixes
Features in 1.2:
- All gameplay options from paid version are now available in free version!
- Minor bug fixes
- Removed timer from promotion screen
- Ads added to game screens
Features in 1.1:
- Minor bug fixes
- Ad supported free version
- Option to toggle sound on/off
Features in 1.0:
- Hand drawn doodle graphics
- Two board sizes and difficulty levels
- Use your own word or the extensive word dictionary
- Support for two players
- Play against your iPhone or iPod Touch
A classic pencil and paper game done in “doodle” style.
Doodle Dots is one of the five mini games (Hangman, Battleship, Tic Tac Toe and Word Search) found in Doodle Games. If you like Doodle Dots, check out Doodle Games in the AppStore! Doodle Games is a collection of some of your favorite pencil and paper games, brought to life on the iPhone. This is the perfect game for your next road trip, boring meeting, or family gathering.
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Doodle Dots is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 26th February 2024
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes.
Support for newer devices.
Download & Availability
Doodle Dots 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:
Will not lrt us choose any dotsnear the edge of our phone.
We like the doodle interface, its cute. This game is fun and helps us while away the hours when Im trying to distract ourselves from reading the news. Very reliable so far.
We tried to press the button where the person couldn't beat us and it froze up an skipped our turn.
Anyone who is sliding their finger for a line has to tap where you want the lien and then you let it go on the screen.But this app is exactly what the title says.
Great game. Play it enough its easy to win. But when you press where you want your line it may put it in another place besides where you chose.
We can't open the app! Everytime we click on it, it freezes and closes. Sane with doodle ships too.
Of all the dot games we have tried this one has the worst logic. At the hardest level it always gives away the most boxes possible. If a single is a play it will give away 4 or 5 boxes.
Ever heard of a undo button??? It goes the opposite way get a different dot game peps.
Horrible controls. You should be able to choose what kind of line u want, then drag it where u want.
Ok this game is pointless it's stupid!!!!when you make a while box the iPhone gets the point this is flipping gay DO NOT GET THIS STUPID APP!!!!!!we WARNED YOU.
Good idea but terrible creation. We won't let mental where we want to and it is so frustrating and we keep losing.
We wish we could give this app no stars we tap it and it always goes the wrong way.
If you don't know how to play this game, you are CRAZY! This is an original game that anyone would know how to play it! Our 5 year old nephew knows how to play it! :P TOTALLY WORTH IT.
This game is actualy very realistic. For those of u who dont get it ask a parent or something just dont give a bad reveiw because u r 2 lazy to look it up on the Internet or wateva. And 4 those who say the lines go everwhere, if u hold ur finger there and WAIT a few secconds then it will put the line there. We promise. Just experiment! Right and 2 carloinemdancer98 U GET THE MOST BOXES jeez its like im talking 2 kindergarteners here.
We like reminds us of grade school.
We agree with the people who say the controls are a bit difficult to use though. Also, there should be some kind of button that tells you where the computer made its last move. Overall though, this game is a ton of fun whenever you have some time to kill. Definitely worth downloading.
Update: ad supported Why would someone update to get ads? O.0.
We loved playing this game with our siblings as a kid. We can't wait to try 2 player with Ken or Il-Sun. If there isn't a timer, that would be a neat enhancement. Keep up the good work.
This game might be one of the best buys in the app store. It's great entertainment for free! This app is definitely the newest edition to your collection. Enjoy.
First of all……..Rickkk………that was dumb! Okay, now the game. We completely forgot about the game. We used to play it all the time in school. That was with pencil and paper though. This is so much easier. Sometimes it misinturperates where we want place a line. Other than that, good game! Note: Yes it's easy, yes it's elementary. It's everything it ever was! This game has been around for years and years!! Before the app store!! We played it as a kid and that was 30 years ago.
It isn't impossible to win. You just have to learn its tricks and how to outsmart it. We've beaten it numerous times, so we know it's possible. A great game that's fun against the computer or with friends. Saves lots of time drawing all of the dots.
Really fun we play it all the time. But the controls are a little off…. Sometimes the line gets drawn for the wrong box and we end up losing :\ please update the controls :).
Can't believe this is free. This one is better than the ones you pay for. Not sure why it's not ranked higher but we have a new great time killer.
Simple and fun. And loving the hand-drawn look. Told our friends. Keep making quality apps.
We really like 3 jacks software. This game is pretty fun.
We think we update this app almost every single day. It never gets out of the "Updates" section in our iPod's app store! Fix that, please.
For a dot game format this is pretty nice. Just wish the lines were thicker. It's hard to see where the opponent's line appears as it is hairline thin.
Sorry, we just had to laugh at the terrible grammer and spelling of the black iyed peas review. :) carp, lol. Thow, hehe. Anyways. We thought the game was alright. Good for wasting time.
A fun and simple game. We dislike how the lines frequently go wherever they want to rather than where we want them too, but otherwise very cool game.
It needs a redo button. We will sometimes accidentally click a dot and give up a ton of boxes. Also we think it should be easier to notice where they go. We sometimes miss it.
But the only thing is that it would even let us play some of our games it just exits out.
Great classic game. Just wish you can see the oponents move at a slower pace. It's hard to keep up.
Stupid update is frustrating us! It just won't do it. And when we're playing it doesn't do the right lines a lot of the time. But other than that it's great.
This is a fun and entertaining game but we have to try to update it almost every day and it never goes away no matter how hard we try:( please do something about this, it's really getting on our nerves.
We like this game but it sometimes cheat on us. We would give it a 4 or 5 but the cheating computer gotta go.
The game cheats. After we make a square we are forced to make another line. But not the comp. It doesn't have to move if it doesn't want to. But it's still fun.
Often when we press a line, it ends up somewhere else and causes us to lose. Still needs a lot of work.
You don't have to play too many times on Hard to know that the AI is pretty weak. Sometimes it may surprise you, but 90% of the time you can win easily. Otherwise, it's a classic game for two as it ever was.
Fun version of the good old game. Sometimes it won't let you 'draw' your line on the edge of the screen – it seems so especially when you really need to draw that line to beat the iphone – otherwise – what the heck. It's just to pass the time.
We love this game and it is not bad for a free game. We won the very first time we played it. The controls are a little off but you have to learn how to manipulate it. Overall, we're pleased with it :).
Large is small and small is large? Also, sometimes when computer gets a lot of squares, it's allowed to skip its turn.
It's good for a free app, but there should be a repeat button to show where the last move was made by the computer. Also, there should be an undo button as it is easy to make mistakes with the touch screen.
Couldn't always tap where u wanted. Frustrating. Wanted to play — love this game in real life — don't love the app.
Lines appear where they want to. Maybe touching two dots to make a line and a confirm button will fix it. Great idea but needs a fix for a higher rating.
Over all a fun game. UI has problems with putting lines where you want them. Highlight of where you want you line show fine but when you release, the line doesn't show up or is place in a different location than shown.
It's fun when playing with someone else but the computer is too easy. We have won everytime on the highest difficulty.
We wish we could say something good about this app. Oh wait, we can. It was free. Other than that, it's a waste of time. The lines seem to have a mind of their own. We swat our finger where we want to place the line, and bam, a line shows up someplace else, many times completing the square. And the ads, Oh man the ads. What's happening to Apple letting junk like this meet their app standards? We are familiar with this game as we've played it in the past, so it potentially is a very fun game. Just not this particular app. Sorry guys, take out maybe 50% of those annoying adds, allow to lines to be placed between the proper dots, and then you'll have a decent, enjoyable app.
It's stupid that's all we have to say if you want this app we think you should change your mind.
This game is complete CARP DO NOT GET THIS APPP EVEN THOW IT IS FREE.
We didn't get how to play this game for a few days, there really needs to be instructions!! And also we don't get how you win this stupid thing it's like impossible.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.1.2
- Size: 0.99 MB
- iOS: 16.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Big River Games Corporation
Last updated: 26th February 2024 | Genre: Entertainment, Board | Developer: Big River Games Corporation