Nine Tricky Tiles vs Payroll Dice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nine Tricky Tiles
A challenging puzzle game where players must match nine distinct pieces. Available in two vibrant designs, it offers a deceptively simple yet tricky experience for players seeking a brain-teasing challenge.
- Match nine puzzle pieces
- Challenging gameplay
- Two design options
- Simple to learn, hard to master
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Match the 9 pieces of this puzzle. Sounds easy? It's TRICKY! NINE TRICKY TILES in 2 different designs: - Colourful Chameleons - Pure Popsicles
Payroll Dice
Strategically manipulate dice rolls to score points and pay off debts. Build unique dice combinations with new faces and synergies to overcome challenges. Face a loan shark in boss rounds with random modifiers and test your skills in an endless mode.
- Strategic dice manipulation
- Dice face customization
- Synergy crafting
- Boss rounds with modifiers
- Unlockable dice sets
- Endless mode
- Bite-sized runs
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CONTROL THE CHAOS This isn't a luck simulator. This is strategic dice manipulation. Throw your dice. Rotate each die to any visible face. Score to pay your debts. BUILD YOUR PERFECT DICE Spend pips in the shop after each roll. Add new faces, craft synergies, and build something that probably shouldn't work — until it does. Every decision compounds. Every run feels different. Grow to 6 dice and upgrade them into d12s. FACE THE LOAN SHARK Clear your debts and the shark himself shows up. He doesn't play fair. Boss rounds twist the rules with random modifiers. 8 DICE SETS TO UNLOCK Different starting faces, unique passive abilities, and entirely new combo potential — every unlocked die opens a fresh tactical rabbit hole. Over 100 Unique Dice Faces Rotate Dice to Control Your Luck 7 Unlockable Dice — each transforms how you play Boss Rounds with Random Modifiers Endless Mode — difficulty scales infinitely 15–30 Minute Runs — perfect bite-sized sessions True Roguelike — no permanent upgrades, pure skill Strategic Combo Crafting High Replayability NO SAFETY NETS. NO EXCUSES. No meta-progression. No permanent upgrades. Every run starts from zero. Build from blank dice to devastating combos in 10 rounds. Think you've figured it out? Endless Mode is waiting. Simple to learn. Impossible to master. Throw. Rotate. Score. Shop. Survive. Can you pay off the loan shark before he cashes in?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nine Tricky Tiles at Free against Payroll Dice's $4.99. Payroll Dice's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 44 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Nine Tricky Tiles is free to download; Payroll Dice costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nine Tricky Tiles against 5.0 for Payroll Dice. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Payroll Dice has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nine Tricky Tiles ships an update every 44 months, Payroll Dice every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nine Tricky Tiles | Payroll Dice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 44 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #116 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gian Defilla | George Timms |
Customer experience
Nine Tricky Tiles
Payroll Dice
In-app purchases
Nine Tricky Tiles
No in-app purchases
Payroll Dice
No in-app purchases
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