Real Dice vs Dice by PCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real Dice
Simulate realistic dice rolls in augmented reality. Customize dice textures, colors, and surfaces for an immersive experience. The app offers physically simulated rolls and intelligent prompts for dice that fall off the surface.
- Augmented reality dice simulation
- Configurable dice textures and colors
- Physically simulated dice rolls
- Surface selection for rolling
- Dice drag and drop functionality
- Intelligent dice fall prompts
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• Realistic dice with configurable dice textures and colors. • Select the surface you want to roll your dice on. • Determine how many dice you want to roll and what the dice will look like. • Dice roll is physically simulated. • Dice can be dragged on surface. • App will prompt you if any dice fell off the selected surface. It will then ask you if you want to restore the fallen dice or roll again the dice that are left. • Beautiful and original organic, inorganic, plastic and metal dice textures. • Organic textures: wood, leather, jute, grass and reptile. • Inorganic textures: marble, granite, glass, rusted metal and pebbles. • Metal textures: gold, silver and copper. • Multiple colors for plastic texture. • Easy to follow instructions for surface and die configuration. Any questions or comments, contact us at azul3dapps@gmail.com
Dice by PCalc
This app simulates polyhedral dice with realistic 3D graphics for tabletop role-playing games. It allows for custom dice creation, saving presets, and supports various game mechanics like advantage/disadvantage and modifiers. It also offers companion apps and AR functionality.
- Physics-based dice simulation
- Near-photorealistic 3D graphics
- Custom dice creation with text, emoji, or images
- Save named presets for quick rolls
- Support for advantage/disadvantage and modifiers
- Companion Apple Watch app
- Augmented Reality (AR) support
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Dice by PCalc, is a physics-based simulation of polyhedral dice for use in tabletop role-playing games with dungeons and/or dragons. Featuring near-photorealistic 3D graphics, it comes with a variety of gorgeous dice sets. Throw multiple dice with advantage or disadvantage, and any given modifier, and the app will automatically calculate the correct total. You can save named presets to quickly roll the attack of your favorite sword, or figure out exactly how much damage your bard took from those seventeen giant rats. Flick dice to fire them across the screen when the numbers don’t go your way. Create custom dice with any text or emoji on the faces, or import your own images, and easily share your dice with friends. Supports split screen and slide-over on the iPad, so you can put it alongside your other RPG apps, and speech synthesis that can read out the list of dice and the results. Also comes with a companion Apple Watch app, so you'll never be without a D20 again. Even supports AR! The ideal app for every member of your party!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Real Dice at none against Dice by PCalc's 4. Real Dice also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Dice by PCalc's advantage is ratings volume (329 vs 4) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). On rating and ads 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
Real Dice costs $0.99 and Dice by PCalc $1.99 up front. Dice by PCalc sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Real Dice asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Real Dice against 4.9 for Dice by PCalc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dice by PCalc has 329 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Real Dice ships an update every 7 months, Dice by PCalc every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Dice | Dice by PCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (329 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 90.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 329 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #193 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 313 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fernando Morales | TLA Systems Ltd. |
Customer experience
Real Dice
Dice by PCalc
Bugs and requests
Real Dice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dice by PCalc
Reported bugs
4 issues- Apple Watch app crashes on launch (watchOS)
- Apple Watch app glitches and stutters after initial rolls
- Apple Watch app no longer functions on Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Physics-based rolling doesn't always appear realistic
Requested features
12 requests- Apple Watch app stability and functionality
- Reroll options with drop settings for Warhammer 40k
- Multiplayer/shared dice rolling mechanic
- Additional polyhedral dice (3, 5, 7, 14, 16, 24, 30-sided)
- More color options, especially green and purple
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- Default D10 as 1-10 instead of 0-9
- Drop lowest dice feature for stat rolling
- Themed environments (forest, dungeon, cave, pub)
- Better support for non-D&D game mechanics
- Ability to control dice list options from side panel
- Better camera control and angles
- Auto-remove dice on new roll option
In-app purchases
Real Dice
No in-app purchases
Dice by PCalc
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Enormous Tip$9.99









