Comparison

Dice Mage 2 vs Hero's Quest

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

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About

Dice Mage 2

Engage in strategic dice-based combat across mystical worlds. Battle diverse enemies, explore hidden paths, and collect powerful loot and equipment to upgrade your mage. Master the many sides of magic to defeat evil.

Highlights
  • Strategic dice combat
  • Magical explosive dice
  • Explore 8 mystical worlds
  • Collect rare loot and equipment
  • Upgrade your mage
  • High-stakes mini-games
Features
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With more magical dice duels, accessible yet strategic combat and many mystical worlds to explore, Dice Mage is now better than ever before! Win loot in high-stakes games of chance and battle your enemies with powerful spells on your quest to defeat evil. BECOME THE DICE MAGE AS YOU: FIGHT FOES Ugly ogres, golden golems, pirate zombies and other creatures of the arcane stand in your way. Use magic explosive dice and your luck-fueled Limit Break to defeat them! EXPLORE ENVIRONMENTS Eight worlds filled with random encounters, hidden treasures and secret paths await you! Power on towards victory, while defeating foes and spending your hard-earned spoils to win rare loot. KEEP ROLLING Combat is risky but decisive. The highest roller hurls magical explosive dice. Cast spells to bathe your enemy in flames. Believe in the dice and you shall emerge victorious! EARN EQUIPMENT High-stakes mini-games offer great rewards. Push your luck to gain mighty artifacts and outfit your mage with upgrades! SLING SPELLS Drop Fire, Ice, and Lightning spells or add Spinning Blades to your dice. Find powerful spellbooks to rain devastation on all those who oppose you! ROLL THE DICE for FREE now! Feature list: - Fast paced strategic combat! Roll magical explosive dice -4,000+ combinations of equipment to change your strategy, strength and style -High-stakes loot fueled mini-games -Fearsome Limit Breaks reward you for your bad luck -17 enemy bosses to defeat, ranging from ugly ogres to golden golems -8 rich worlds to explore -Optional in-app credit packages to purchase Boarding Party Games Darren Briden Paul Bromen Art - Eric Proton Music - Matt "Norrin_Radd" Creamer Special Thanks - Jessica Briden About Tapinator Tapinator (Ticker: TAPM) designs, develops, and publishes games on mobile platforms. The Company’s portfolio includes over 300 mobile gaming titles that, collectively, have achieved over 400 million downloads. Tapinator is headquartered in New York. For more info, visit Tapinator.com.

About

Hero's Quest

Embark on an epic adventure as a hero, exploring a world filled with monsters and powerful bosses. Strategize your battles, level up your character, and collect gold, weapons, and equipment to enhance your stats and abilities. Discover new fighting styles and combinations in this roguelite RPG.

Highlights
  • Automatic battles
  • Hero and skin customization
  • Skill tree progression
  • Unlockable areas and bosses
  • Roguelite permanent upgrades
  • Portrait orientation gameplay
Features
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Hero's Quest is a game where you play the role of a lovely hero, go around exploring the world, and challenge your fighting ability to reach the highest level in the limited energy range. Your mission is to reach the highest level as you can to get a lot of gold coins, new weapons and equipment to improve your stats. Initially, you will have 20 energy points (EP). Trying to maintain or improve this stat so you can get high levels in the game. Every time you beat monsters and Bosses, you will get gold coins. The more monsters you beat, the more money you have and the faster you go on the adventure. The more you win, the faster you level up. The higher the level, the higher your ability to defeat the aggressive monsters encountered along the jorney. During the game, you will gradually discover your abilities and find the most effective fighting style for yourself. That's the magic, it can be very rewarding to play and discover new strategies or relics combinations. Explore the world and challenge yourself to reach the highest levels within limited energy! • Heroes and Skins • Hero’s Quest allows you to choose different characters to participate in thrilling battles, each hero have different bonus stats and wonderful pixel art skins. Heores can also be situational you'll have to chose the most suitable Hero for each scenario. • Skill Tree • Players can chose between multiple passive Skills to shape the gameplay the way they like. Skills are separated into different types ranging ranging from ofensive, defensive or utility skills. • Immersive world • Unlock multiple areas, where with powerful monsters enemies are waiting for you. Battle can be very intense the further you get. Players also need to defeat Bosses with outstanding power to unlock new Maps, Relics and Equipment. • Roguelite action • Roguelite is an evolution of the Roguelike genre, this means you still have to start the game from the beginning when the game is over, but you also have permanent upgrades to make each run easier and esiear while also making you progress further and further. The more you play, the more you progress! • Automatic battle • You'll find monsters along the map and your job is to choose the fights. Your focus should be on strategy, Hero and Relics combinations. Let the game do the rest. • Portrait orientation • Play the game anywhere with only one hand. Music by Aaron Krogh: https://soundcloud.com/aaron-anderson-11 Character Art by Ækashics: http://www.akashics.moe/

Screenshots

Dice Mage 24 screens
Hero's Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dice Mage 2 at none against Hero's Quest's shown. Dice Mage 2 also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Dice Mage 2 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Hero's Quest sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Dice Mage 2 against 4.8 for Hero's Quest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Dice Mage 2's written reviews are positive against 66% of Hero's Quest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dice Mage 2 versus Hero's Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDice Mage 2Hero's Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.4K ratings)4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews — better66.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better1.3K
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB210 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTapinator, Inc.Murilo Bastos

Customer experience

Dice Mage 2

All ratings1,427 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews512 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.8%

Hero's Quest

All ratings1,344 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral9.4%
Negative24.6%

User reviews

Dice Mage 2

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎲 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Simple yet engaging mechanics
  • 🎨 Retro pixel art style
  • 💰 Fair free-to-play model
  • 🕹️ Smooth controls and animations

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Lack of in-game instructions
  • 🔊 No option to mute sound/music
  • 🎲 Perceived unfairness in dice rolls
  • 🤕 Frequent screen flashing can cause headaches

Hero's Quest

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Frequent updates and developer engagement
  • 🔒 No exploitative monetization
  • 💡 Innovative progression system

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay loop
  • 🔍 Lack of content variety
  • ⏱️ Slow progression at higher levels
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues

Bugs and requests

Dice Mage 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes and black screen issues
  • Inability to exit certain game screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more spells and equipment options
  • Implement a cooperative or multiplayer mode
  • Provide detailed explanations for game mechanics
  • Allow players to save and resume progress

Hero's Quest

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Infinite loading screen
  • Crit rate bug causing inconsistent damage

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add teleport/skip functionality
  • Implement a reset progress option
  • Improve the equipment progression curve
  • Introduce more enemy/boss variety

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Dice Mage 2

One-time5
  • Fistful of Gems$1.99
  • Armload of Gems$4.99
  • Tons of Gems$9.99
Show 2 more
  • Gem Depository$19.99
  • So Many Gems$99.99
22 purchases

Hero's Quest

One-time22
  • Tickets - Tiny$0.99
  • Ad Skip - Tiny$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
Show 19 more
  • Tickets Small$1.99
  • Skin: Void Bender$1.99
  • Skin: Shadowbringer$1.99
  • Ad Skip - Small$1.99
  • Skin: Warlock Warrior$1.99
  • Skin: High Summoner$2.99
  • Skin: Elaine$2.99
  • Skin: Blight Lord$2.99
  • Skin: Goddess Yoko$2.99
  • Skin: Asema$2.99
  • Skin: Shadow Piercer$2.99
  • Tickets - Medium$3.99
  • Ad Skip - Medium$3.99
  • Tickets - Large$6.99
  • Ad Skip - Large$6.99
  • Tickets - Super$12.99
  • Ad Skip - Super$13.99
  • Tickets - Extra Large$27.99
  • Tickets - Ultra$54.99

Questions

Is Dice Mage 2 free?
Dice Mage 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hero's Quest free?
Hero's Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dice Mage 2 or Hero's Quest?
Hero's Quest is rated higher. Dice Mage 2 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Hero's Quest averages 4.8 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Dice Mage 2 or Hero's Quest have ads?
Hero's Quest shows ads; Dice Mage 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, Dice Mage 2 or Hero's Quest?
Dice Mage 2 ships an update fortnightly, and Hero's Quest fortnightly. Most recently, Dice Mage 2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hero's Quest on October 27, 2026.

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