Comparison

Dice Area vs Nice Dice Roller 3D

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

Head to head
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

About

Nice Dice Roller 3D

This app simulates realistic dice rolls with multiple dice types, environments, and skins. It offers freestyle and backgammon modes, automatically calculates sums, and provides a satisfying visual and auditory experience for tabletop gamers.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D dice simulation
  • Multiple dice types (D4-D20)
  • Customizable environments and skins
  • Automatic sum calculation
  • Freestyle and Backgammon modes
  • Physics-based animations and sounds
Features
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Two modes available: Freestyle and Backgammon, selectable in settings. Nice Dice 3D Roller is a realistic dice simulator supporting multiple dice types, environments and skins. Now with three main ways to play: Freestyle, Backgammon and Pig. Freestyle gives you a flexible dice table where you can roll different dice types for tabletop games, board games, RPGs or quick random rolls. Backgammon mode gives you a clean dice setup designed for backgammon-style play. Pig is a new classic dice game mode where you can play solo against AI opponents across three difficulty levels, or challenge friends online through Game Center. With an easy to use interface and nice feel to it you'll spend hours throwing dices just for the pleasure of watching them roll. Nice Dice 3D Roller is the perfect companion for games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Backgammon, Yahtzee and more ! Tired of always carrying the dices with you, looking for them around the room when someone rolls a bit too strong ? Nice Dice 3D Roller is the perfect solution for all your dice roll needs ! It's fast, realistic, it calculates the sum of letters automatically and in real time and it's FREE !! Here are some of the features available: * Works on both iPhone and iPad * D4, D6, D8, D10, D12 and D20 dices * Multiple dice skins * Multiple backgrounds * Realistic physics * Realistic collision sounds between dices and table * Realtime display of the sum of all dice faces * Remove the last dice by pressing the top left "Reload" button * Clear all dices on the table * Shake the phone to scramble the dices * Virtually infinite number of dices supported (only limited by the hardware) * Move any dice - even when it is in the air - and smash it through the others * Beautifully crafted physics and animations Designed with passion and care. If you like the app, share it with your friends !

Screenshots

Dice Area4 screens
Nice Dice Roller 3D3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Nice Dice Roller 3D at 133 against Dice Area's 6. Nice Dice Roller 3D also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). Dice Area's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dice Area sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nice Dice Roller 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Dice Area against 4.4 for Nice Dice Roller 3D. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nice Dice Roller 3D has 133 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Dice Area's written reviews are positive against 87% of Nice Dice Roller 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dice Area ships an update every 3 weeks, Nice Dice Roller 3D every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dice Area versus Nice Dice Roller 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDice AreaNice Dice Roller 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.4 (133 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6133 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoris SivkoPixel Works Software SRL

Customer experience

Dice Area

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

Nice Dice Roller 3D

All ratings133 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dice Area

One-time1
  • Dice Area Pro$3.99
1 purchases

Nice Dice Roller 3D

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Dice Area free?
Dice Area is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nice Dice Roller 3D free?
Nice Dice Roller 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dice Area or Nice Dice Roller 3D?
Nice Dice Roller 3D is rated higher. Dice Area averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Nice Dice Roller 3D averages 4.4 from 133 ratings.
Do Dice Area or Nice Dice Roller 3D have ads?
Both Dice Area and Nice Dice Roller 3D show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dice Area or Nice Dice Roller 3D?
Dice Area ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nice Dice Roller 3D every 11 days. Most recently, Dice Area was updated on August 24, 2026 and Nice Dice Roller 3D on September 17, 2026.

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