Comparison

Fighting Fantasy Classics vs Group RPG Dice Roller

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

Head to head
About

Fighting Fantasy Classics

Embark on epic text-based roleplaying adventures where your choices shape the narrative. Explore magical realms, battle monsters, and uncover mysteries with interactive storytelling and remastered classic tales. Features include automated character sheets, map tracking, and collectible artwork.

Highlights
  • Text-based roleplaying adventures
  • Automated adventure sheet
  • Map your journey feature
  • Collectible artwork gallery
  • Atmospheric music
  • Unlimited bookmarks
  • Dice accelerometer support
Features
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Ready your sword, pack your provisions and prepare to embark upon quests of epic proportions where YOU choose what happens next! Journey a magical realm, fighting monsters and unravelling mysteries in Fighting Fantasy Classics – text-based roleplaying adventures remastered. FREE GAMEBOOK FOR EVERY PLAYER Receive Jonathan Green's swashbuckling pirate adventure - Bloodbones - for free when you download the game. MULTIPLE DIFFICULTY SETTINGS Make the gamebooks as easy or hard as you like with a range of difficulty settings to suit the needs to every player. AUTOMATED ADVENTURE SHEET Which keeps track of your equipment, stats, inventory, and knowledge gained during your journey. MAP YOUR JOURNEY Auto mapping feature makes it easy to keep track of everywhere you have explored during both current and previous playthroughs. COLLECTABLE ARTWORK GALLERY Featuring classic, original artwork from Iain McCaig, Russ Nicholson, Malcolm Barter, Ian Miller, Brian Williams and more! ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC Specially composed ambient tracks immerse you in your adventure, transporting you to the game world. UNLIMITED BOOKMARKS Allow you to revisit difficult sections of the story as many times as desired. DICE ACCELEROMETER SUPPORT Roll your way to victory with accelerometer support - shaking the device will allow you to reroll your dice! All this and more as you play through classic adventures including: Bloodbones, Caverns of the Snow Witch, Citadel of Chaos, City of Thieves, Deathtrap Dungeon, Forest of Doom, House of Hell, Island of the Lizard King, Trial of Champions and Warlock of Firetop Mountain, with more titles to come in future updates. Originally presented by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone in the 80s and 90s, Fighting Fantasy Classics brings these timeless tales to your phone or tablet using our critically acclaimed Gamebook Adventures Engine. Traverse the realm of Allansia, using your might and magic to hunt down evil demisorcers. Brave the dangers of Darkwood Forest to help save a doomed village of dwarves. Seek vengeance from the Pirate Lord who stole your family and destroyed your life many moons ago. Save a port-town from the wrath of an undead lord and his ghostly hound minions! Part story, part game, in these adventures YOU ARE THE HERO!

About

Group RPG Dice Roller

This app allows remote players and Dungeon Masters to share dice rolls in real-time over the internet for tabletop role-playing games. It offers a rich set of features for managing combat, tracking character stats, and customizing dice, functioning both as a shared tool and a standalone dice roller.

Highlights
  • Real-time remote dice rolling
  • Shared initiative tracker
  • Encounter manager
  • Character profile saving
  • Customizable dice and themes
  • Advantage & disadvantage rolling
  • Player turn notifications
Features
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Remote D&D Role playing game (RPG) die roller app for one or more players. The DM and each player can view rolls of the other players in real-time over the Internet on their mobile devices. Also great as a stand-alone, feature rich die-roller! Choose from a variety of themes. The DM can manage combat initiative. Add and remove monsters. Roll and get combat initiative order for all players and monsters instantly and have it broadcast to each player. The DM can then advance turns. When it is a player's turn, the player can be alerted on their device. During combat, the DM can keep track of monster and player status, like, 'stunned', 'restrained', etc. Features: - Create or join a 'table' to roll with other players - Save multiple character profiles - Default dice d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, d100 - Custom dice, e.g. 2 sided (coin) - Modify dice rolls +/- - Automatic advantage & disadvantage rolling - Player turn notification - Label & save rolls, 'sword attack' - Built-in shared initiative tracker - Encounter manager - Track hit points (DM) - Option to auto-roll hit dice when adding creatures (DM) - Color themes - History

Screenshots

Fighting Fantasy Classics4 screens
Group RPG Dice Roller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Group RPG Dice Roller at none against Fighting Fantasy Classics's 10. Group RPG Dice Roller also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). Fighting Fantasy Classics's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 64%) and ratings volume (425 vs 79). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Fighting Fantasy Classics sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Group RPG Dice Roller asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Fighting Fantasy Classics against 4.7 for Group RPG Dice Roller. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fighting Fantasy Classics has 425 ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Fighting Fantasy Classics's written reviews are positive against 64% of Group RPG Dice Roller's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fighting Fantasy Classics ships an update every 2 months, Group RPG Dice Roller every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fighting Fantasy Classics versus Group RPG Dice Roller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFighting Fantasy ClassicsGroup RPG Dice Roller
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (425 ratings)4.7 (79 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings425 — better79
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB52 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTin Man GamesAlexis Panagides

Customer experience

Fighting Fantasy Classics

All ratings422 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews202 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative12.9%

Group RPG Dice Roller

All ratings72 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral27.3%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fighting Fantasy Classics

One-time10
  • Forest of Doom$3.99
  • Island of the Lizard King$3.99
  • Caverns of the Snow Witch$3.99
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  • Warlock of Firetop Mountain$3.99
  • Citadel of Chaos$3.99
  • City of Thieves$3.99
  • Deathtrap Dungeon$3.99
  • Trial of Champions$3.99
  • House of Hell$3.99
  • Freeway Fighter$3.99
None

Group RPG Dice Roller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fighting Fantasy Classics free?
Fighting Fantasy Classics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Group RPG Dice Roller free?
Group RPG Dice Roller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fighting Fantasy Classics or Group RPG Dice Roller?
Group RPG Dice Roller is rated higher. Fighting Fantasy Classics averages 4.7 out of 5 from 425 ratings, while Group RPG Dice Roller averages 4.7 from 79 ratings.
Do Fighting Fantasy Classics or Group RPG Dice Roller have ads?
Neither Fighting Fantasy Classics nor Group RPG Dice Roller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fighting Fantasy Classics or Group RPG Dice Roller?
Fighting Fantasy Classics ships an update every 2 months, and Group RPG Dice Roller every 4 days. Most recently, Fighting Fantasy Classics was updated on November 2, 2026 and Group RPG Dice Roller on November 7, 2026.

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