Dicey Elementalist vs Card Crawl Adventure
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dicey Elementalist
Engage in a strategic RPG combining dice rolling with deck building. Roll dice up to three times to score, then use those results to activate elemental cards. Build your deck wisely to overcome challenges and become the Dice Master.
- Dice rolling with Yahtzee-like scoring
- Deck building mechanics
- Rogue-lite random variables
- Unique hero characters
- Elemental card activation
- Strategic deck construction
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Inspired by a popular dice game called Yahtzee. - Five dice are rolled three times, keep the best score. On this basis. Add some deck building Add some random variables (Rogue-lite) Add some unique heroes Add some different game mechanics And...Here it comes! The Dice Master! THE RULE IS SIMPLE Light up the elements of a card required to play, bingo! If you can't light the card, the card will be unusable = useless! So Be sure to build your deck reasonably well with your "brilliant strategic"!
Card Crawl Adventure
Embark on a single-player roguelike deckbuilding adventure where you combine cards by drawing paths to defeat monsters and collect treasures. Explore cozy taverns, upgrade your cards, and compete weekly in randomly generated journeys.
- Solitaire style roguelike deckbuilding
- Path drawing card combination
- Loot shiny treasures
- Collect and improve cards
- Weekly Tavern Crawl competitions
- Unique character cards and effects
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Card Crawl Adventure is a solitaire style roguelike deckbuilding card game. In this single player card game you travel the world to visit cozy Taverns, play against devious monsters and loot shiny treasures. By drawing a path across your cards you combine them to create powerful attacks and magical spells. Collect and improve your cards, equip powerful items and refine your strategy. Each character comes with its own cards and effects which will challenge your wit, courage and resourcefulness. All adventures are randomly generated and every week you are invited to join the Weekly Tavern Crawl to compete with other adventurers around the world on a unique journey through the taverns of Card Crawl. Features - visit Card Crawls taverns - based on Card Thiefs pathing puzzle mechanic - roguelike deckbulding - short and engaging gameplay - weekly competitions Learn More about Tinytouchtales & Card Crawl Adventure at www.tinytouchtales.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Card Crawl Adventure at none against Dicey Elementalist's shown. Card Crawl Adventure also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Dicey Elementalist's advantage is ratings volume (5.1K vs 298). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Dicey Elementalist sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Card Crawl Adventure sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Dicey Elementalist against 4.6 for Card Crawl Adventure. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dicey Elementalist has 5.1K ratings behind it against 298, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Dicey Elementalist's written reviews are positive against 65% of Card Crawl Adventure's.
Dicey Elementalist ships an update monthly, Card Crawl Adventure every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dicey Elementalist | Card Crawl Adventure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.1K ratings) — better | 4.6 (298 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 64.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 298 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 391 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 兆万 林 | Arnold Rauers |
Customer experience
Dicey Elementalist
Card Crawl Adventure
User reviews
Dicey Elementalist
From 5.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Super fast, responsive gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful, unique art style
- 👍 Highly replayable and addictive
- 🕹️ Fun gameplay loop
- 💰 Reasonable in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g. freezing, crashes)
- 📢 Increasing number of ads
- 🔒 Lack of option to permanently remove ads
- 🤯 Overpowered enemies and unbalanced gameplay
Card Crawl Adventure
From 298 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Unique art style
- 🔒 No ads or intrusive monetization
- 🤩 Excellent replayability
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 📖 Unclear tutorial and mechanics
- 🤔 Unbalanced difficulty curve
- 🕰️ Slow animations and pacing
Bugs and requests
Dicey Elementalist
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tavern and daily challenge bugs
- Enemies with broken abilities (e.g. Blizzard, Joker)
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- More content and updates
- Ability to pay to remove ads permanently
- Improved balance and difficulty scaling
- Better explanation of game mechanics and status effects
Card Crawl Adventure
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashing on startup
- Inability to exit the tavern after selecting a card
- Treasure map cards not activating properly
- Achievements and progress not tracking correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to replay completed taverns
- Option to skip or speed up animations
- Improved tutorial and in-game explanations
- Support for additional languages (French, Spanish, etc.)
In-app purchases
Dicey Elementalist
- Daily Pack$0.99
- The Chanter$0.99
- Hoard of Diamond$0.99
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- The Prophet$1.99
- The Telepathic$1.99
- The Greedy$1.99
- Super Pack$4.99
- Barrel of Diamond$4.99
- Character Gift Box$5.99
- Big Wagon of Diamond$9.99
- Lost Crown$9.99
- SVIP$19.99
- Luxurious Character Gift Box$34.99
Card Crawl Adventure
- Unlock Pyromancer$0.99
- Unlock Frost Warden$0.99
- Unlock Mechanica$0.99
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- Unlock Blood Cultist$0.99
- Unlock Talisman of the Goddess$0.99
- Unlock Weekly Tavern Crawl$0.99
- Unlock Necromancer$0.99
- Unlock Berserker$0.99
- Unlock Full Game$3.99
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