Comparison

Solo Chess vs Roll

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

Head to head
About

Solo Chess

Engage in a challenging solo chess experience that adapts to your skill level. From beginner puzzles to expert challenges, this game offers a relaxing yet demanding way to improve your chess game.

Highlights
  • Solo chess gameplay
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Skill progression
  • Relaxing experience
Features
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Solo Chess is a fun, relaxing, yet challenging chess game you can play by yourself! The puzzles start out easy, but they'll get more complex as you move on, always adapting to your skill level. Whether you want to learn how to play chess or you are already a chess expert, prepare for a challenge. Will you become a Solo Chess grandmaster?

About

Roll

Engage in a relaxing dice-rolling experience where you aim to collect points by rolling dice and strategically upgrading them. This game blends elements of strategy, clicker, and roguelike deckbuilders for a unique dice-building system with deep strategic choices. Enjoy a meditative escape with its minimalistic design and peaceful atmosphere.

Highlights
  • Dice rolling for points
  • Dice upgrading system
  • Strategy and critical thinking
  • Relaxing and meditative experience
  • Unique dicebuilding synergies
  • Highscore chasing
Features
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In Roll, you have 2500 rolls to collect as many points as possible. Roll your dice to gain points, spend your points to upgrade your dice, and repeat. Borrowing gameplay elements from strategy, clicker, and roguelike deckbuilder genres, Roll creates a perfect balance of relaxation with critical thinking. While the "Clicker"/"Incremental" genre is not known for its variety or depth of game mechanics, Roll offers a unique dicebuilding system which allows you to explore different strategies and synergies between upgrades. Each run will present you with new and interesting decisions creating a huge depth of strategy and keeping the game feeling always fresh. Roll is designed to be a relaxing and meditative experience. Get lost in the satisfying sounds and effects as all your worries melt away. From the minimalistic UI to the slow peaceful music, everything was designed to create the perfect zen environment. If you enjoy building an engine and watching it grow, chasing down highscores, or just need to escape from your own thoughts, then I really hope you'll enjoy my game, Roll. :)

Screenshots

Solo Chess4 screens
Roll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solo Chess at none against Roll's 1. Roll's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (439 vs 13). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solo Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Roll holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roll has 439 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Solo Chess's written reviews are positive against 78% of Roll's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Solo Chess versus Roll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolo ChessRoll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (13 ratings)4.6 (439 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews78.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13439 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB370 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCreate Neptune LLCJoseph Anthony Distler

Customer experience

Solo Chess

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative11.1%

Roll

All ratings439 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive78.2%
Neutral8.4%
Negative13.4%

Bugs and requests

Solo Chess

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Roll

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Upgrade shop issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Swiping/tapping issues
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode
  • More dice skins and customization
  • Sandbox mode with unlimited rolls
  • Improved dice management UI
  • More detailed stats and analytics

In-app purchases

None

Solo Chess

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Roll

One-time1
  • Roll Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Solo Chess free?
Solo Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roll free?
Roll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solo Chess or Roll?
Roll is rated higher. Solo Chess averages 4.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Roll averages 4.6 from 439 ratings.
Do Solo Chess or Roll have ads?
Solo Chess shows ads; Roll does not.

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