Comparison

Dice vs Dice Area

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

Head to head
About

Dice

This app provides a simple and beautiful dice rolling experience for iPhone and iPad. It's perfect for playing board games like Monopoly, Backgammon, Yatzy, or Yahtzee anywhere you go.

Highlights
  • Simple and beautiful design
  • Usable interface
  • Dice rolling for board games
  • Supports Monopoly, Backgammon, Yatzy, Yahtzee
  • iPhone and iPad compatibility
Features
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Designed for iPhone and iPad with simplicity, usability and beauty in mind! With Dice you can play anywhere your favorite board game like Monopoly, Backgammon, Yatzy or Yahtzee! Download, roll and enjoy :)

About

Dice Area

This app provides a digital dice rolling experience for tabletop gamers. It supports a wide variety of dice types, custom dice creation, and game session management, including turn tracking and history. Enjoy realistic dice rolling with sound and tactile feedback, all without waiting for animations.

Highlights
  • Quick and simple dice rolls
  • Basic and custom dice construction
  • Game session support with turn management
  • Realistic sound and tactile feedback
  • Detailed rolling history with export
  • Random player selection
Features
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In particular, RPG gamers, Warhammer 40K and Zombicide players, and Dungeons and Dragons fans can use this roller as well as real dice. Keep your full set of dice in a single pocket! Features: - quick and simple dice rolls with a single touch; - basic set of d2, d3, d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, dN, and fate dice; - custom dice construction: any picture, text or color, and any number of faces; - full package for D&D and RPG players available; - game session support: control and manage player turns and game history; - auto turn and separate dice sets for every player supported; - no waiting for results because of animation; - add, remove, hold, or roll a die in a single swipe; - group selection of dice and different actions; - pin a die if needed; - randomly choose player or playing order; - show result of various aggregators: sum, maximum, minimum, drop highest, drop lowest, dice counters (greater or less than N); - panels: different sets of buttons for various games (Quick, Selector, Yahtzee, Zombicide); - modifier: add or subtract a constant value for any dice; - color: choose the colors of your dice; - sound and tactile sense of dice rolling; - shake your device to roll dice; - auto-sort option; - color theme and background option; - possibility to use pictures for your dice faces from your files and the internet; - full and detailed rolling history; - history filtering by players and aggregators; - history e-mail export; - today and total rolling statistics; - only banners ads (for free version); - thousands of dice can be rolled at once. Please send questions and suggestions to diceria.game@gmail.com. Visit & join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/26W5qqsx7G

Screenshots

Dice2 screens
Dice Area4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dice at none against Dice Area's 1. Dice also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (278 vs 6). Dice Area's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Dice Area sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dice holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dice has 278 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Dice's written reviews are positive against 83% of Dice Area's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dice ships an update monthly, Dice Area every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dice versus Dice Area: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiceDice Area
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (278 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings278 — better6
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperxNeat.comBoris Sivko

Customer experience

Dice

All ratings278 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Dice Area

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dice

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dice Area

One-time1
  • Dice Area Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Dice free?
Dice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dice Area free?
Dice Area is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dice or Dice Area?
Dice is rated higher. Dice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 278 ratings, while Dice Area averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Dice or Dice Area have ads?
Dice Area shows ads; Dice does not.
Which is updated more often, Dice or Dice Area?
Dice ships an update monthly, and Dice Area every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dice was updated on October 12, 2026 and Dice Area on September 21, 2026.

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