Play Farkle vs SyFive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Play Farkle
Experience the classic dice game of Farkle with friends. This app simplifies scoring and adds fun sound effects, making it easy to play face-to-face. Decide whether to bank your points or risk rolling again for a higher score.
- Face-to-face multiplayer
- Simplified scoring
- Sound effects
- Customizable sound options
- 6-dice gameplay
Read full descriptionHide full description
If you want a video game that you can play by yourself whenever you want… THIS ISN’T YOUR GAME. This app is Farkle - a dice game that’s meant to be played face-to-face with friends. It may result in loud triumphant cheers or disappointing slaps of the table, but the end result is always FUN. Farkle is a classic dice game played with 6 real dice. Players take turns rolling the dice. Certain combinations of dice score points. The challenge is deciding whether to keep the points or risk rolling again for more points. Farkle is a fun game for all ages, but scoring can be a challenge. This app makes scoring a breeze, and the sound effects and game options make it even better. You can even add your own sound effects with your friends to really make the game your own. All the features of this app are available for free. There is an in-app purchase to remove the small ads that appear at the bottom of the screen while playing a game, but that purchase is optional and does not impact any features in the app. For your next game night, grab some dice and start farkling!
SyFive
Experience a realistic dice-rolling simulation for a classic dice game. Enjoy a calm, ad-free experience with customizable themes and optional spoken commentary. Play offline or with friends across distances.
- Real physics dice simulation
- Classic Yatzy scoring
- Offline play
- Customizable themes
- Optional spoken commentary
- Game Night multiplayer
- Ad-free experience
Read full descriptionHide full description
Most dice apps pick a number, then animate it. SyFive doesn't. Every roll is a real physics simulation — impulse, spin, collision, settle. The result isn't decided until the dice stop moving. Then we tested it across 10,000 rolls to prove it's fair, so you never have to wonder. And then we spent just as long making it calm. Five dice you can feel. They tumble, knock, rock to a stop, and catch the light on the final turn. Hold the ones you want, roll the rest, take your three rolls, and choose where the score goes. Classic Yatzy, in full. Upper bonus, the lower categories, the Yatzy bonus, joker scoring — all of it. And a scorecard that's finally readable: available moves obvious, locked ones quiet, totals that settle instead of pop. Game night, across any distance. Start a Game Night over FaceTime or Messages and pass the dice around the table — even when the table spans time zones. Made your way. Seven themes, light and dark. Optional spoken commentary in four voices, off until you ask for it. Celebrations that mark the moment without shouting. And more when you go looking. House records that honor everyone who's played instead of ranking them. A play-understanding layer that reads your game back to you in plain language. Never nagging, never loud. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. No tracking. No casino noise. Works fully offline — nothing leaves your devices except through your own iCloud. Five dice. Pure calm.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SyFive at none against Play Farkle's 2. SyFive also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Play Farkle's advantage is ratings volume (289 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Play Farkle sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SyFive asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Play Farkle against 5.0 for SyFive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play Farkle has 289 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Play Farkle's written reviews are positive against 100% of SyFive's.
Play Farkle ships an update every 3 weeks, SyFive every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Play Farkle | SyFive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (289 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 289 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jon Barry | Syzygy Softwerks LLC |
Customer experience
Play Farkle
SyFive
Bugs and requests
Play Farkle
Reported bugs
1 issue- Cannot edit mistakes after entry
Requested features
3 requests- Develop a paid version without ads
- Move the Farkle button to the bottom
- Use Bluetooth to share games
SyFive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Play Farkle
- Remove ads for 1 year$2.99
- Remove ads$2.99
SyFive
No in-app purchases









