Comparison

Make Dice vs Collectors Gazette

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

Head to head
About

Make Dice

This app helps you make decisions by rolling virtual dice. Customize dice with text or photos, choose from various colors and table backgrounds, and even use your own pictures. It supports all languages and can be used for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Customizable dice with text
  • Add photos to dice
  • Shake to roll
  • Multiple dice colors
  • Photo album integration for tables
  • Supports all languages
Features
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You can make dice anywhere anytime on the iPhone & iPad. Where should we go? Who should it be? What do we eat? We all come across a situation where decisions are hard to make. How about having a dice make the decision for you? We support all languages. Let's enjoy it anywhere and on any occasions: with your friends, office members, roommates, partners, family, at parties, and so on. Enjoyable all over the world! Features - Write a text on dice. - Add photo on dice. - Dice rolls when the device is shaken. - 6 colors of dice. (White, Black, Pink, Blue, Wood, Stone) - Up to 6 dice. - 5 color tables. (Green, Red, White, Black, Gray) - also possible to use favorite photograph a table from the photo album. - All the languages and signs can be input. - A favorite language can be expanded with the keyboard in setting > General > Keyboard > International Keyboards. - Sounds ON/OFF - Accelerometer ON/OFF YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKE-HwE7ZPc

About

Collectors Gazette

This monthly newspaper keeps toy collectors informed about the latest news, vintage models, and price guides. It offers digital interactivity with exclusive content and event listings.

Highlights
  • Latest collecting news
  • In-depth features on vintage models
  • Price guides
  • Event listings
  • Digital interactivity
  • Exclusive images and videos
Features
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Collectors Gazette - the only monthly newspaper for toy collectors! Keeping you up to date with all the latest collecting news, along with in-depth features on vintage diecast, railways, tinplate and TV & film models. We also bring you up to date price guides, event listings and swapmeet reports from around the country. The Digital version is fully interactive with exclusive images, videos, extra auction results and more! • Latest auction, toyfairs and event news. • Features on traditional and nostalgic toys and models • Price guide • The very latest releases can be found from all the major manufacturers in the industry – Corgi, Dinky, Tri-ang, Matchbox, Tekno, Hornby, Airfix, Lego, Chad Valley, Betal, Wells, Barret & sons and much more! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest issue. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

Screenshots

Make Dice4 screens
Collectors Gazette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Collectors Gazette at Free against Make Dice's $2.99. Collectors Gazette also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.3). Make Dice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 20 months). On ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Collectors Gazette is free to download; Make Dice costs $2.99 up front. Collectors Gazette sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Make Dice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Collectors Gazette holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Make Dice's written reviews are positive against 67% of Collectors Gazette's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Dice ships an update every 6 weeks, Collectors Gazette every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Make Dice versus Collectors Gazette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake DiceCollectors Gazette
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperH.I.C. Co.,Ltd.Warners Group Publications PLC

Customer experience

Make Dice

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

Collectors Gazette

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Make Dice

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Collectors Gazette

Subscriptions3
  • Collectors Gazette Auto-Renewable Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Collectors Gazette 3M Auto Sub$7.993 Months
  • Collectors Gazette Auto-Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • February 2013 (id:825313)$2.99
  • January 2013 (id:825310)$2.99
  • December 2016 (id:825405)$2.99
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  • July 2017 (id:825419)$2.99
  • October 2017 (id:825425)$2.99
  • Toy Collectors ... (id:737007)$4.99
  • Collectors Gazette 6 Back Issue Bundle$14.99

Questions

Is Make Dice free?
Make Dice costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Collectors Gazette free?
Collectors Gazette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Make Dice or Collectors Gazette?
Collectors Gazette is rated higher. Make Dice averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Collectors Gazette averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Make Dice or Collectors Gazette have ads?
Neither Make Dice nor Collectors Gazette shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Dice or Collectors Gazette?
Make Dice ships an update every 6 weeks, and Collectors Gazette every 20 months. Most recently, Make Dice was updated on October 15, 2026 and Collectors Gazette on October 4, 2026.

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