Comparison

Gen Con vs Shadowrun Dice Roller

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

Head to head
About

Gen Con

Navigate and enhance your convention experience with this official guide. Discover events, manage your schedule, connect with friends, and utilize an interactive map to explore the venue. Event hosts can also use it for electronic badge scanning.

Highlights
  • Event browsing and searching
  • Ticket purchasing
  • Personal event schedule
  • Friend messaging
  • Interactive convention map
  • Electronic badge scanning
Features
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Make the most of your Gen Con experience with the Official Gen Con Mobile App: your handy electronic guide to The Best Four Days in Gaming. Browse and search for events, purchase tickets, view your event schedule, message with your friends, find your way with the interactive convention map, learn about what's happening at the convention, and more! Event hosts will also use this tool to scan badges for events using electronic ticketing. We're releasing new versions with added features and fixes often, so please keep your app up to date! Report issues or give us feedback through our Technical Support forum at gencon.com/forums

About

Shadowrun Dice Roller

This app provides a stylish way to roll D6 dice for tabletop games, featuring themed dice with unique animations and sounds. It automatically calculates hits, glitches, and initiative pips, supporting dice pools up to 40. Unlock additional dice and artwork through in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Themed dice with unique animations and sounds
  • Automatic calculation of hits, glitches, and initiative
  • Supports dice pools from 1 to 40
  • Roll by touch or shake
  • Unlockable dice and artwork
  • Works with any D6-based game
Features
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Keep Shadowrun action moving with cyberpunk style! Whether you’re calculating your dice pools on the fly or using some of your most common rolls, the app features themed dice with individual animations and sounds to make your dice easy to roll and easy to count. Features include: --Specially designed dice with Shadowrun themes, each with unique animations and sounds. --Street samurai dice included, with a sample die of each of the other types included, namely: mage die, adept die, decker die, face die, rigger die, and shaman die. Once you try them all out, you can purchase more of your favorites. --Automatic calculation of hits and glitches, while also tallying the total pips rolled for initiative purposes. --Dice pools as small as 1, as large as 40. --Roll by touching the screen—or by shaking your device. --When you buy dice beyond the free sample die, you get an accompanying piece of Shadowrun art that can be used as an app backdrop. Works with any edition of Shadowrun—or any game that includes rolling D6s. Keep the action moving and the dice rolling. And never again worry about whether your hands can hold all the dice you’re going to roll!

Screenshots

Gen Con4 screens
Shadowrun Dice Roller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shadowrun Dice Roller at 3.9 against Gen Con's 3.0. Shadowrun Dice Roller also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 30%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.5). Gen Con's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 21 months). On price, 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. Shadowrun Dice Roller sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Gen Con asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shadowrun Dice Roller holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Gen Con's written reviews are positive against 43% of Shadowrun Dice Roller's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gen Con ships an update fortnightly, Shadowrun Dice Roller every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gen Con versus Shadowrun Dice Roller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGen ConShadowrun Dice Roller
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (41 ratings)3.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better10
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB131 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGen Con, LLC.Catalyst Game Labs

Customer experience

Gen Con

All ratings41 ratings
Positive39.0%
Neutral14.6%
Negative46.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative55.0%

Shadowrun Dice Roller

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

Gen Con

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Shadowrun Dice Roller

One-time8
  • Mage Bundle$1.99
  • Adept Bundle$1.99
  • Decker Bundle$1.99
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  • Face Bundle$1.99
  • Rigger Bundle$1.99
  • Samurai Bundle$1.99
  • Shaman Bundle$1.99
  • Set 1 Bundle$9.99

Questions

Is Gen Con free?
Gen Con is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadowrun Dice Roller free?
Shadowrun Dice Roller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gen Con or Shadowrun Dice Roller?
Shadowrun Dice Roller is rated higher. Gen Con averages 3.0 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Shadowrun Dice Roller averages 3.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Gen Con or Shadowrun Dice Roller have ads?
Neither Gen Con nor Shadowrun Dice Roller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gen Con or Shadowrun Dice Roller?
Gen Con ships an update fortnightly, and Shadowrun Dice Roller every 21 months. Most recently, Gen Con was updated on August 13, 2026 and Shadowrun Dice Roller on June 6, 2026.

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