Comparison

Pixels vs Dice Roller Calculator

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

Head to head
About

Pixels

Enhance your tabletop gaming experience with digital dice that offer customizable LED colors and animations. Set up unique profiles for specific rolls, add custom audio cues, and even integrate with smart home devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable LED colors and animations
  • Profile creation for specific rolls
  • Audible roll results
  • Custom audio clip integration
  • Web requests for smart home integration
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Light Up Your Game with Pixels Dice! Enjoy the analog feel of dice in your hand with all new digital features available when connected to this Pixels app. Use the Pixels app to customize LED colors and animations on your dice, using profiles and rules to make things happen exactly how you want to enhance your TTRPG session. Create a “Nat 20” profile that plays a unique animation of rainbow colors whenever you roll a natural 20, or a “Fireball” profile that plays a flickering orange color when your d6 rolls max damage. Use the app’s built-in Speak Numbers profile to make your roll results audible for the whole table! Or add your own audio clips to be played on rolls. Use web requests to communicate with external sites like IFTTT. Create rules that change the colors of your smart light bulbs based on your roll results. — COMING SOON: - ACCESSIBILITY: Improved navigation, screen reader compatibility, and new user settings. Switch between light and dark mode, increase contrast, adjust animation speeds, and more!

About

Dice Roller Calculator

This app functions as a digital dice roller, allowing users to simulate dice rolls for various games and calculations. It supports complex mathematical expressions and includes modifiers for popular tabletop role-playing games.

Highlights
  • Digital dice simulation
  • Mathematical expression support
  • Dice modifiers for RPGs
  • Pocket dice roller
  • Supports 5e mechanics
Read full description

Whether you forgot your bag of dice at home or just like to have a dice roller in your pocket, this Dice Roller Calculator has you covered. It supports embedding dice rolls into simple or complex mathematic expressions. Dice mechanics of some of the most popular tabletop role playing games such as 5e are supported by a wide range of dice modifiers.

Screenshots

Pixels3 screens
Dice Roller Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pixels and Dice Roller Calculator both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Dice Roller Calculator's written reviews are positive against 71% of Pixels's. Dice Roller Calculator also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Pixels's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pixels against 4.5 for Dice Roller Calculator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixels has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Pixels's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dice Roller Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixels ships an update every 3 months, Dice Roller Calculator every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pixels versus Dice Roller Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelsDice Roller Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.3
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSystemic Games, LLCSynapptic Labs LLC

Customer experience

Pixels

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Dice Roller Calculator

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixels

No in-app purchases

None

Dice Roller Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixels free?
Pixels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dice Roller Calculator free?
Dice Roller Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pixels or Dice Roller Calculator?
Pixels is rated higher. Pixels averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Dice Roller Calculator averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Pixels or Dice Roller Calculator have ads?
Neither Pixels nor Dice Roller Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixels or Dice Roller Calculator?
Pixels ships an update every 3 months, and Dice Roller Calculator every 6 months. Most recently, Pixels was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dice Roller Calculator on October 24, 2026.

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