Strategery vs kdice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strategery
Engage in a turn-based strategy game where you conquer a world made of colorful blobs. Roll dice, capture neighboring blobs by outnumbering their pegs, and dominate the map. Play solo, online against friends, or pass and play on a single device.
- Blob conquest gameplay
- Dice rolling mechanics
- Solo, online, and pass-and-play modes
- Classic and Chaos game modes
- No in-game violence
- iPhone and iPad support
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Dominate the world. One blob at a time. World domination isn't a very fashionable ambition these days, but that doesn't mean you can't pretend. Strategery is a battle between your pegs and the green, orange, blue, and red blobs that dare to stand in your way. It's also a little bit of App Store history. Strategery first launched in 2008, back when the App Store was barely a few months old. Macworld named it the Best Strategy Game of 2009. Slate called it their latest iPhone gaming habit. Daring Fireball said the gameplay had a great feel. And a Macworld reviewer named Lex Friedman wrote that there was no game he played on his iPhone more. That reviewer now makes Strategery. Life is funny. HOW IT'S PLAYED The world is made of blobs. Every blob holds pegs — your pegs, ideally. Pick a blob you own, point at a neighboring blob you don't, and roll. More pegs, better odds. Win the roll and the blob changes color. Lose it and, well, you still have your other blobs. Keep going until the whole map is your color and everyone else is looking for the rematch button. Your turn, your dice, your questionable decisions Bigger stacks of pegs win more rolls. Usually. Every blob you hold earns you more pegs Last color standing dominates the world. Politely. THREE WAYS TO CONQUER Solo: Play against the computer. It has no friends, no feelings, and no plans this evening. It will happily lose to you all night. (Or not. You choose how clever it gets to be.) Online: Play against your friends. Take turns from wherever you are. A push notification lets you know when it's your move, or when someone has done something regrettable to your blobs. Pass and play: One phone, one couch, several rivals. Hand it over, let them try, and try not to gloat. CLASSIC OR CHAOS Classic is the game you remember: dice, blobs, and your own poor judgment. Chaos adds starred blobs. Capture one and the wheel spins. Your conquest has consequences. Either way, you pick how much world there is to dominate. A WAR WITH NO CASUALTIES Blobs don't bleed. Pegs don't feel pain. Nothing explodes, nobody gets hurt, and the only thing that ever gets conquered is a colorful shape on a map. Somebody's pride may be wounded when you take their last blob, but that's between the two of you. For iPhone and iPad. Contains no violence, several dice, a healthy number of blobs, and a reasonable amount of whimsy. Strategery was originally designed by Sumul Shah, Courtland Idstrom, and Peter Ju. This version comes from Lex Friedman, who is one person and would be delighted by a rating or review. It's not strategy. It's Strategery.
kdice
Engage in fast-paced multiplayer dice strategy games. Conquer territories, build empires, and eliminate rivals in quick matches. Compete on monthly leaderboards and join tournaments.
- Multiplayer dice strategy
- Territory conquest
- Monthly leaderboards
- Join tournaments
- Team play
- Guest play available
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kdice is a multiplayer dice strategy game and a monthly competition. Roll to take territory, build the largest connected empire and knock out your rivals in fast 5 to 10 minute games against real players. • Play right away as a guest, no account needed. Save your account any time to keep your name, score and rewards. • Climb the monthly leaderboard. Every game counts toward your rank, and the race starts fresh each month. • Join tournaments through the day. • Chat with your table, follow other players and join a team. • Use the same account here and on the web at kdice.com. kdice has been online since 2006.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: kdice at Free against Strategery's $4.99. kdice also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Strategery's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks) and rating (3.9 vs 3.5). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
kdice is free to download; Strategery costs $4.99 up front. Strategery sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and kdice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Strategery holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strategery has 359 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Strategery's written reviews are positive against 75% of kdice's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Strategery ships an update daily, kdice every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strategery | kdice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (359 ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 359 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lex Friedman | Ryan Dewsbury |
Customer experience
Strategery
kdice
Bugs and requests
Strategery
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes when opponent is eliminated
- Armies disappear after switching apps
- Cannot log in or create account
- Game crashes on newer iOS versions
Requested features
8 requests- Pinch to zoom for maps
- More map options and sizes
- Ability to redeploy armies
- Online multiplayer with random opponents
- Ability to play more than 2 players online
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- Stats and leaderboards
- Automatic army placement option
- Ability to skip replay at end of game
kdice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Strategery
- $3 tip$2.99
- War Chest$9.99
kdice
- 2,500$4.99









