Comparison

Slay vs kdice

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

Head to head
About

Slay

Engage in a turn-based strategy game set in medieval times. Conquer enemy territories, expand your own, and strategically upgrade your units from peasants to powerful barons. Balance resource management to avoid bankruptcy and achieve victory.

Highlights
  • Territory capture and expansion
  • Unit upgrades (Peasants to Barons)
  • Strategic combat and castle sieges
  • Resource management and bankruptcy risk
  • Turn-based multiplayer
  • AI opponents
Features
Currently charting
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Slay is a simple to learn game of strategy and cunning set in medieval times. The island is divided up between the six players, and you must try to capture your enemies' land and link up your own territories to create larger and stronger ones. You begin capturing land by attacking with your peasants. Once your territories become richer you can combine peasants to make stronger and stronger people (Spearmen, Knights and then Barons) who can kill weaker enemy troops, or knock down their castles. Just be careful that you don't create too many expensive men or the territory will go bankrupt! "This game is pure strategy! It's a work of genius. Brilliant AI. Engaging turn-based multiplayer strategy. Sid Meier, eat your heart out!" - GameSpy.com "I love this game! I play it all the time, and when I'm not, I think about wanting to play it." - PocketNow.com "At first glance, Slay looks elementary, but hidden beneath are cunning strategy elements that must be finely balanced for success" - PC Magazine "Deceptively delightful. The graphics are simple, but the strategy is complex." - Download.com For the latest news on all my games follow @SeansGames on Twitter!

About

kdice

Engage in a Risk-like multiplayer strategy game with quick 5-10 minute matches or multi-game tournaments. Compete monthly for the highest score in this dice-based strategy challenge.

Highlights
  • Risk-like strategy gameplay
  • Monthly high score competition
  • Quick 5-10 minute matches
  • Hourly multi-game tournaments
  • Multiplayer strategy
Features
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Join kdice, a monthly competition where you play a Risk like strategy game (based on Dicewars). Players compete for the highest score before the month ends. Play the simple 5-10 minute multiplayer games or one of the hourly multi-game tournaments.

Screenshots

Slay4 screens
kdice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: kdice at Free against Slay's $4.99. Slay's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 69 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

kdice is free to download; Slay costs $4.99 up front. Slay sells 12 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slay has 266 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 74% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slay ships an update every 3 months, kdice every 69 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Slay versus kdice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlaykdice
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (266 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings266 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 69 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#101 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSean O'ConnorRyan Dewsbury

Customer experience

Slay

All ratings266 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews536 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative18.8%

kdice

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Slay

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Multiplayer not working
  • Progress not saving in custom levels
  • Graphical issues on newer devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to revert to classic graphics
  • Ability to choose starting color
  • Larger/randomized map sizes
  • Online/multiplayer mode
  • Level editor or custom map creation
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  • Stats tracking and achievements

kdice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Slay

One-time12
  • Snowflakes$0.99
  • Countries 1$0.99
  • Countries 2$0.99
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  • Patterns 1$0.99
  • Patterns 2$0.99
  • Patterns 3$0.99
  • Patterns 4$0.99
  • US States$0.99
  • Mythical Creatures$0.99
  • Whole row of 18 pages$9.99
  • Whole 3rd row$9.99
  • Whole 4th row$9.99
1 purchases

kdice

One-time1
  • 2,500$4.99

Questions

Is Slay free?
Slay costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is kdice free?
kdice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slay or kdice?
Slay is rated higher. Slay averages 4.6 out of 5 from 266 ratings, while kdice averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Slay or kdice have ads?
Neither Slay nor kdice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Slay or kdice?
Slay ships an update every 3 months, and kdice every 69 months. Most recently, Slay was updated on September 24, 2026 and kdice on August 28, 2026.

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