Idle Dice vs Buffering
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Dice
A nearly endless incremental game where you test your luck by rolling dice to earn money. Upgrade dice, earn combos, and use strategy cards to boost your income. The game continues to earn while you're away, allowing for auto progression and tycoon growth.
- Upgrade dice value
- Idle game play
- Dice combos
- Strategy cards
- Prestige system
- Roulette bonuses
- Auto progression
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Test your luck in this nearly endless game! Roll the dice in Idle Dice and see how much money you can earn. Features: • Upgrade the value of your dice to increase your income • Idle Game Play: The game continues to earn you income while you’re away • Earn crazy dice combos to multiply your earnings • Strategy: Select cards that provide massive bonuses to your play through • Prestige: Reset to earn permanent bonuses for your next run. Try new card combinations • Roulette: Test your luck with roulette and unlock powerful bonuses and upgrades • Auto Progression: Idle Dice continues to roll the dice even when you don’t want to play actively. Set it up next your work computer and just watch the income pour in and your tycoon grow Become the true Idle Dice Tycoon
Buffering
Compete with friends in a weekly Survivor-style game. Predict which cast member will survive each round. Get eliminated if your pick is wrong.
- Weekly cast member predictions
- Elimination-based gameplay
- Compete with friends
- Season-long challenges
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Buffering lets you compete with your friends during a season of Survivor! Each week, pick a cast member you think will survive. Pick wrong and you're out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Buffering at 5.0 against Idle Dice's 4.0. Buffering also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Idle Dice's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Idle Dice sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Buffering asks for nothing beyond the download.
Buffering holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Dice has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Idle Dice | Buffering |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lutz Schoenfelder | Tomas Agrest |
Customer experience
Idle Dice
Buffering
Bugs and requests
Idle Dice
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tracking permission prompt causes crashes
- Unresponsive controls after minimizing app
- Progress resets or gets wiped unexpectedly
- Ads not working as intended
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved save/load functionality
- More content and game modes
- Better optimization for mobile devices
Buffering
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Idle Dice
- 230 Bonus Points$4.99
- 112 Duel Dice Cups$4.99
- No Ads$9.99
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- Starter Pack$9.99
- 480 Duel Dice Cups$23.99
- 1200 Bonus Points$24.99
- Epic Pack$29.99
- 1000 Duel Dice Cups$49.99
- 2600 Bonus Points$49.99
Buffering
No in-app purchases
