sugar (game) vs Roll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
sugar (game)
Draw lines on your screen to guide falling sugar into cups. Enjoy a calming puzzle experience with visually satisfying sugar particles. This game offers a fresh, free puzzle challenge.
- Draw to direct sugar
- Soothing particle physics
- Relaxing puzzle gameplay
- Free puzzle experience
- Creator of color puzzle series
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Draw on the screen to direct sugar into the cups. Experience the soothing puzzling with sugar particles trickling across the screen. A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of the color puzzle series and the "sugar, sugar" games. It was time for a brand new free sugar puzzle experience so I hope you'll enjoy this! @BartBonte
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.
- Dice rolling for points
- Dice upgrading system
- Strategy and critical thinking
- Relaxing and meditative experience
- Unique dicebuilding synergies
- Highscore chasing
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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. :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Roll at none against sugar (game)'s shown. Roll also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. sugar (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Roll sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Roll holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 410 and 439 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of sugar (game)'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Roll's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
sugar (game) ships an update monthly, Roll weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | sugar (game) | Roll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (410 ratings) | 4.6 (439 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews — better | 78.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 410 | 439 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 370 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bart BONTE | Joseph Anthony Distler |
Customer experience
sugar (game)
Roll
User reviews
sugar (game)
From 410 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Challenging but not frustrating
- 🚀 Satisfying and well thought out
- 🚀 Addictive and fun
- 🚀 Simple yet clever
- 🚀 Nostalgic and classic
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches or bugs
- 🔍 Difficult levels without ability to skip
- 📺 Frequent unskippable ads
- 🎨 Lack of colorblind accessibility
- 🎨 Unsatisfying visuals or art style
Roll
From 439 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to play
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🔒 No ads or microtransactions
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 👍 Unique and innovative
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 👎 Limited free content
- 👎 Confusing or overwhelming UI
- 👎 Lack of customization options
- 👎 Repetitive gameplay
Bugs and requests
sugar (game)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not progressing after completion
- Sugar disappearing or not registering correctly
- Restart button accidentally pressed instead of gravity switch
Requested features
6 requests- Undo/reset option per level
- Ability to skip difficult levels
- Colorblind mode or options
- More levels and content updates
- Landscape mode support on tablets
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- Customization options
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
sugar (game)
- premium unlock$2.99
Roll
- Roll Premium$3.99
