Comparison

Chess TD vs Monster Dice!

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

Head to head
About

Chess TD

Engage in a strategic tower defense experience where you merge and upgrade hero cards to build powerful combinations. Defend your stronghold against an invading army through various game modes, including campaign, PvP battles, and dungeons.

Highlights
  • Merge and upgrade hero cards
  • Strategic tower defense gameplay
  • Campaign mode with daily missions
  • PvP Battle Mode
  • Dungeon escape system
  • Card collection and hero diversity
  • Guild and clan battles
Features
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Chess TD is a story about Toad Stool – The Mighty Wind, a kindness guy with an endless journey to prevent the Dark Lord and his army. During the journey, Toad Stool makes friends with a lot of strong characters and they have the same goal that saving the world. Chess TD will redefine the Tower Defend series with a lot of daily missions, weekly missions, monthly missions. Especially, a brand new campaign mode with a lot of features are waiting for you. Chess TD also have battle mode, where you can challenge and defeat other players Mix and create your most powerful deck combination to defend your stronghold. Collect cards and level up to upgrade your hero. Through battles to find the new card and combine to create a new hero. Endless journey in the big world. Dual with your partner and conquer the dungeon. Complete your collection with diversity cards hero. - Mix and match various kind of hero cards to create a combination that will help you winning other players in Battle Mode - Merge and level up your card hero and play with your partner to get through the dungeon in Dual Mode. - Player will create a new combination with a lot of heroes to defend and against the Dark Lord and his army in Campaign mode - Defend the stronghold from attacks of Dark Lord - Easy to get acquainted - Diverse hero system - Smart upgrade system - Global ranking system - Dungeon escape system - attractive tower climbing - Card collection - Customize tactics - Special PvP system - Diverse mission system with a lot of reward from hero card to gold - Special campaign system - Searching for resources has never been so easy in Chess TD - Many attractive gifts received - Create a guild and build up your empire - Clan battle and world battle - Communicate with players around the world - The difficulty increases with the progress of the game - New Feature like Dual Dungeon will be coming soon - Complete your collection and collect more cards. - Play Dungeon and finding your own cards hero - Free to Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/chesstdofficial Discord: https://discord.gg/FY8aBCujWD

About

Monster Dice!

Summon powerful monsters by rolling dice and lead your army into epic battles against opponents. Collect and strategize with a diverse range of creatures to dominate the arena.

Highlights
  • Dice-based monster summoning
  • Epic monster battles
  • Build a monster army
  • Strategic combat
  • Cute and powerful monsters
Features
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Throw your dices to summon cute and powerfull monsters! Battle your opponent in epic fights with your monsters army!

Screenshots

Chess TD4 screens
Monster Dice!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chess TD at 4.7 against Monster Dice!'s 4.1. Chess TD also leads on ratings volume (854 vs 10) and review sentiment (19% vs 0%). Monster Dice!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads 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. Chess TD sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Monster Dice! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chess TD holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess TD has 854 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Chess TD's written reviews are positive against 0% of Monster Dice!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess TD ships an update every 6 weeks, Monster Dice! every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Chess TD versus Monster Dice!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess TDMonster Dice!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (854 ratings) — better4.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings854 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size491 MB165 MB
Age rating17+12+
DevelopervmogaYso Corp

Customer experience

Chess TD

All ratings854 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative72.5%

Monster Dice!

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Chess TD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Can't type in name on login screen
  • Game crashes on startup
  • Matchmaking with AI players instead of real people

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more slots for characters
  • Improve online multiplayer experience
  • Introduce solo survival mode

Monster Dice!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Chess TD

One-time10
  • Pile of Diamonds$0.99
  • Wood Offer$0.99
  • Patron Pack$1.99
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  • Scoop of Diamonds$4.99
  • Beginner Pack$4.99
  • Heap of Diamonds$9.99
  • VIP Pass$9.99
  • Gold Offer$9.99
  • Pocket of Diamonds$19.99
  • Bucket of Diamonds$49.99
None

Monster Dice!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess TD free?
Chess TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monster Dice! free?
Monster Dice! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess TD or Monster Dice!?
Chess TD is rated higher. Chess TD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 854 ratings, while Monster Dice! averages 4.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Chess TD or Monster Dice! have ads?
Both Chess TD and Monster Dice! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess TD or Monster Dice!?
Chess TD ships an update every 6 weeks, and Monster Dice! every 3 months. Most recently, Chess TD was updated on November 3, 2026 and Monster Dice! on November 3, 2026.

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