Käsekästchen: Dots & Boxes
Draw the lines, win the boxes
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The schoolyard dots-and-boxes classic, rebuilt: draw each line with your finger instead of tapping. Two players or a fairer computer. No ads, no tracking, fully offline.
Käsekästchen is the schoolyard dots-and-boxes classic, rebuilt for iPhone and iPad. You don't tap the lines — you draw them with your finger. The stroke doesn't have to be accurate: it snaps to the nearest valid edge, but renders as a slightly wobbly pen line, so the board fills up looking like a real squared notebook.
HOW IT WORKS
Take turns drawing a line between two dots. Close a box and it's yours — and you go again. Whoever owns more boxes at the end wins.
FEATURES
• Draw the lines instead of tapping them, with pencil sound and haptics
• Two players on one device, or play the computer
• Four levels, beginner to no-mercy: Anfänger, Fortgeschritten, Profi and Brutal
• A fair "hard" mode: the computer plays the chain endgame properly but still leaves a strong human a real chance
• Four board sizes: 3×3 for a quick round, 5×5, 7×7 and 9×9 for long games
• Six themes, light and dark: Exercise Book, Violet & Rust, Kraft Paper, Blueprint, Chalkboard and Neon
• Games in progress are saved and can be resumed later
• Stats across all your games
• VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion supported
CALM BY DESIGN
After 15 minutes of play Käsekästchen takes a deliberate break and locks itself for half an hour. No streaks, no reward loops, no notifications pulling you back. That is on purpose: the game is meant to respect your time.
NO DATA COLLECTION
No ads. No analytics SDKs. No account. No network for gameplay — Käsekästchen works completely offline. App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected.
The game is complete and free. If you'd like to support development you can leave a one-time tip — it unlocks nothing and changes nothing about the game.
Ratings & Reviews
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• The Käsekästchen wordmark on the home screen is back to its full size — it had been drawn at half of it.
• Buttons on the home, new game and end screens now share one width instead of each hugging its own label.
• The Supporter tip is now available in Settings. It unlocks nothing; it just says thanks.
• Sharing a finished game now links to the App Store instead of the old beta invite.
The developer, Lars Gregori, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Lars Gregori
- Size
- 1.5 MB
- Category
- Puzzle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swabian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Supporter $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lars Gregori