Pixels vs Pebble Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Pebble Core
Manage your Pebble smartwatch, Index 01 ring, and other Core Devices products. Pair devices, customize settings, and explore a gallery of watchfaces, apps, and tools. Sync health data and control notifications.
- Bluetooth pairing
- Watchface and app gallery
- Firmware updates
- Notification control
- Health data sync
- Developer tools
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Pebble Core is the official iPhone app for managing your Pebble smartwatch, Pebble Index 01 ring and other Core Devices products. Pair your watch and/or ring, customize your settings, and discover a growing ecosystem of watchfaces, apps, and tools designed for your device. Features include: • Bluetooth pairing and reconnection • Watchface and app gallery browsing • Firmware updates and bug reporting • Notification control and preferences • Health data sync (steps, sleep, heart rate*) • Developer tools for sideloading and debugging This app supports all Core Devices smartwatches (Pebble 2 Duo, Pebble Time 2, Pebble Round 2), Pebble Index 01 ring, and older Pebble models (Pebble, Pebble Steel, Pebble Time, Time Steel, Time Round, and Pebble 2) Built for long battery life, fast sync, and full compatibility. This app is open source - https://github.com/coredevices/mobileapp.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pebble Core at every 11 days against Pixels's every 3 months. Pebble Core also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 22). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pixels against 4.5 for Pebble Core. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 74 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 71% and 70% positive.
Pixels ships an update every 3 months, Pebble Core every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixels | Pebble Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) — better | 4.5 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 70.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Systemic Games, LLC | Core Devices LLC |
Customer experience
Pixels
Pebble Core
Bugs and requests
Pixels
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pebble Core
Reported bugs
1 issue- None mentioned
Requested features
1 request- Standard email registration option
In-app purchases
Pixels
No in-app purchases
Pebble Core
No in-app purchases









