Sliding Seas vs Roll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sliding Seas
Build and decorate your own tropical island paradise by matching and merging land. Collect VIP characters, complete puzzles, and enjoy a relaxing match-3 experience with daily missions and events. Escape to a world of fun with over 1000 levels.
- Match and merge land to create islands
- Decorate and grow your home island
- Collect cute VIP characters
- Multiple game modes
- Daily missions and weekend events
- Offline play support
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Be the mayor of your own tropical world! Pick cute buildings to decorate your island and hang out with cool VIP characters that you collect. Sliding Seas is the cutest and most relaxing match-3 puzzle game on mobile! SO MUCH FUN: • Easy to play, hard to master - endlessly fun and addictive! • Unique gameplay - match and merge land to make islands • Lots of game modes - ocean rescue, penguins, turtles, pirates and treasure • A world of your own - grow and decorate your home island • Earn rewards and prizes with daily missions and weekend events • Unlock cute VIP characters as you play • Awesome power-ups and spectacular combos • Supports offline play • Over 1000 levels, with more added all the time Sliding Seas is free to play, though some in-game items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this option, simply turn it off in your device settings. Need to get away and relax? Escape to paradise with Sliding Seas!
Roll
Engage in a relaxing dice-rolling experience where you aim to collect points by rolling dice and strategically upgrading them. This game blends elements of strategy, clicker, and roguelike deckbuilders for a unique dice-building system with deep strategic choices. Enjoy a meditative escape with its minimalistic design and peaceful atmosphere.
- Dice rolling for points
- Dice upgrading system
- Strategy and critical thinking
- Relaxing and meditative experience
- Unique dicebuilding synergies
- Highscore chasing
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In Roll, you have 2500 rolls to collect as many points as possible. Roll your dice to gain points, spend your points to upgrade your dice, and repeat. Borrowing gameplay elements from strategy, clicker, and roguelike deckbuilder genres, Roll creates a perfect balance of relaxation with critical thinking. While the "Clicker"/"Incremental" genre is not known for its variety or depth of game mechanics, Roll offers a unique dicebuilding system which allows you to explore different strategies and synergies between upgrades. Each run will present you with new and interesting decisions creating a huge depth of strategy and keeping the game feeling always fresh. Roll is designed to be a relaxing and meditative experience. Get lost in the satisfying sounds and effects as all your worries melt away. From the minimalistic UI to the slow peaceful music, everything was designed to create the perfect zen environment. If you enjoy building an engine and watching it grow, chasing down highscores, or just need to escape from your own thoughts, then I really hope you'll enjoy my game, Roll. :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Roll at none against Sliding Seas's shown. Roll also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Sliding Seas's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (92% vs 78%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Sliding Seas sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sliding Seas holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sliding Seas has 3.6K ratings behind it against 439, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Sliding Seas's written reviews are positive against 78% of Roll's.
Sliding Seas ships an update every 3 weeks, Roll weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sliding Seas | Roll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better | 4.6 (439 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 78.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 439 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 575 MB | 370 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mugshot Games Pty Ltd | Joseph Anthony Distler |
Customer experience
Sliding Seas
Roll
User reviews
Sliding Seas
From 3.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 No forced ads
- 💡 Unique twist on match-3 mechanics
- 👍 Cute graphics and animations
- 👍 Relaxing and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficulty spikes at certain levels
- 💡 Lack of customization options for island
- 💡 Repetitive gameplay after a while
- 🐛 Hints/tutorials can be intrusive
- 💡 Desire for more game modes/endless play
Roll
From 439 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to play
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🔒 No ads or microtransactions
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 👍 Unique and innovative
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 👎 Limited free content
- 👎 Confusing or overwhelming UI
- 👎 Lack of customization options
- 👎 Repetitive gameplay
Bugs and requests
Sliding Seas
Reported bugs
2 issues- Some levels feel impossible without using boosters
- Occasional crashes or loss of progress after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels and content updates
- Implement an endless/survival mode
- Allow replaying of completed levels
- Improve contrast between ocean tile colors
- Add option to skip survivor arrival animation
Roll
Reported bugs
4 issues- Upgrade shop issues
- Crashes and freezes
- Swiping/tapping issues
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode
- More dice skins and customization
- Sandbox mode with unlimited rolls
- Improved dice management UI
- More detailed stats and analytics
In-app purchases
Sliding Seas
- Handful of Diamonds$1.99
- 2 Hours Unlimited Lives$2.99
- Beginner's Bundle$3.99
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- Moonflower Bundle$3.99
- Unlimited Event Tickets$3.99
- Pile of Diamonds$5.99
- Modern Mayor's Bundle$5.99
- Luxury Rescue Boat$5.99
- Rescuer's Bundle$6.99
- Large Power-Up Bundle$7.99
- Diamond Trader Bundle$9.99
- Mayor's Mansion Bundle$9.99
- Penguin Lodge$9.99
- Bucket of Diamonds$9.99
- Super Bundle$14.99
- Mega Bundle$29.99
Roll
- Roll Premium$3.99
